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CITY-ZEN

City-zen: a balanced approach to the city of the future

Details

Status
to
Status
Finished
EU contribution
€25,189,520
Total costs
€42,874,939
Funding programme
FP7
4- Demonstration of optimised energy systems for high performance-energy districts.

Description

City-zen was a joint project of Amsterdam, Grenoble and 28 partners that was granted EU-funding to develop and demonstrate energy efficient cities and to build a methodology and tools for cities, industries and citizens to reach the 20-20-20 targets.

Map

Project demonstration sites

Results

  • Sanquin cooling by raw water realized
  • Houthaven comfort cooling realized
  • Amount of renovated (residential) buildings: 76000 m2
  • Amount of dwellings connected to a smart grid: 10000
  • Innovative collective drainage network for a significant density of highly energy performance groundwater heat pumps realized
  • Development of two roadmaps to carbon neutrality
  • Smart grid elements tested:
    • Virtual power plant in Amsterdam and PV combined with batteries in Grenoble
    • Multi-territorial monitoring system (heat, water, electricity)
    • Vehicle to grid
    • End to end smartification
  • 10 Roadshows executed (intense, one week programs at cities that want to kick-start their energy transition)

Visualisation type

expected

Objective

The City-zen project has yielded the following results:
* saving 35,000 tons CO2 per year
* renovated 76,000 m2 residential buildings
* connected 10,000 dwellings to smart grid
* 20 pilot projects completed in Grenoble and Amsterdam

Building aspects

Building Energy Services
heating (only)
heating and DHW
lighting and appliances
other please specify
Building features
Building type
Building use
Installed Renewable Energy Sources
photovoltaic
solar thermal collectors
Technology used to supply the buildings
boiler
condensing boiler
electrical equipment
heat pump: compression
other please specify
stove

Organisation

VITO

Email

birgit.vandevelde@energyville.be

Name

Birgit Vandevelde

Energy Carriers

Cold/district cold
Domestic gas - grid-bound
Electricity
Light oil
Other
Wood pellets
‘Green’ electricity

Energy Systems Types

Infrastructure & System Integration
DHC extension
Storage
Electrical Storage

Mobility Type of Intervention

Infrastructure

Thematic Field

Energy System(s) Integration
Mobility and Transport
Refurbished Building(s)

ICT aspects

Building
City level
Energy Systems Integration
ICT
Mobility and Transport

Project data