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Smart Sustainable Cities – a strategic innovation agenda

Smart Sustainable Cities – a strategic innovation agenda. Project leaders: Mattias Höjer, hojer@kth.se and Olga Kordas olga@kth.se Financed by Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova The city we want: smart and sustainable, Genoa, June 18 2014. Smart . What is a SIA-SSC about ?. SSC . Cities .

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Smart Sustainable Cities – a strategic innovation agenda

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  1. Smart Sustainable Cities – a strategic innovation agenda Project leaders: Mattias Höjer, hojer@kth.se and Olga Kordas olga@kth.se Financed by Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova The city we want: smart and sustainable, Genoa, June 18 2014

  2. Smart What is a SIA-SSC about? SSC Cities Sustainable

  3. Why? • Because we see an enormous potential and want to • ”Help” the Energy agency and Vinnova identify needs and opportunities and prioritise activities • Create a basis for an application on a ”Strategic Innovation Program” • The SIA on Smart Sustainable Cities is being developed by more than 20 large organisations in cooperation during 2014

  4. What? • Show how the area can meet global challenges • Identify stakeholders and challenge them to position themselves • Define activities for reaching the targets

  5. ABB Electrolux Ericsson Fortum IBM Intel NCCSiemens SwecoTeliaSonera Vasakronan Who? • SP • Swedish ICT • KTH: • Energy Platform • ICT Platform • KTH-S • CESC - Centre for Sustainable Communications • ACCESS-Centre • Centre for Sustainable Built Environment • Electromagnetic Engineering • Energy Technology • Environmental Strategies Research • ECO2 Vehicle Design • Industrial Ecology • Industrial Information and Control Systems • Land and Water Resources Engineering • Media Technology and Interaction Design • City of Malmö • Skåne Regional Council • City of Stockholm • KTH Royal Institute of Technology • Lund University • ITU – SSC (FN) • Swedish National Grid • Swedish Transport Adm HS2020 Swedish Union of Tenants Partners may be added

  6. A definition of Smart Sustainable City • A Smart Sustainable City is a city that meets the needs of its present inhabitants, • without compromising the ability for other people or future generations to meet their needs, and thus, does not exceed local or planetary environmental limitations, and • where this is supported by ICT Höjer and WangelSmart Sustainable Cities – definition and challenges In: Hilty, L.M., Aebischer, B. (eds.)ICT Innovations for SustainabilitySpringer, Heidelberg New York 2014 (in press)

  7. Challenges for Smart Sustainable Cities • Development of assessment methods to ensure that cities identified as Smart Sustainable Cities are in fact sustainable; • Complementing mitigating measures to avoid rebound effects; • The relationship between top-down and bottom-up initiatives needs further exploration; • Strategies for strengthening city governments’ competences are needed; • Governance models for smart sustainable city development must be considered. Höjer and WangelSmart Sustainable Cities – definition and challenges In: Hilty, L.M., Aebischer, B. (eds.)ICT Innovations for SustainabilitySpringer, Heidelberg New York 2014 (in press)

  8. Characteristics? • Create innovation through • Demanding solutions toglobal challenges connected to environment and energy • Integrating several fields and thestrongest most dedicated actors from industry, institutes, cities, universities, authorities and citizens’ organisations

  9. 2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability 24-27 August 2014, Stockholm, Sweden Theme: ICT and transformationalchange Keynote speakers 2.5 daysconference 13 Workshops + Organized by Centre for Sustainable Communications KTH Royal InstituteofTechnology

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