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GrowSmarter

GrowSmarter: Transforming Cities for a Smart, Sustainable Europe

Details

Duration
to
Status
Finished
Project URL
GrowSmarter
EU contribution
€24,820,974
Total costs
€34,445,071
Funding programme
H2020
SCC 1 - 2014 Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating energy, transport, ICT sectors through lighthouse (large scale demonstration - first of the kind) projects

Description

GrowSmarter aimed to stimulate city uptake of smart solutions by using the three Lighthouse cities Stockholm (Sweden), Cologne (Germany) and Barcelona (Spain) as a way to showcase 12 Smart City solutions: from advanced information and communication technology and better connected urban mobility, to incorporating renewable energy sources directly into the city’s supply network. This provided other cities with valuable insights on how they work in practice and opportunities for replication.

The 12 Smart City solutions were split into three areas of action:

  • Low energy districts: Smart building shell refurbishment, Smart building logistics, Smart energy-saving tenants, Smart local electricity management
  • Integrated Infrastructures: Smart street lighting, Waste heat recovery, Smart waste collection, Big data management
  • Sustainable Urban Mobility: Sustainable delivery, Smart traffic management, Alternative fuel driven vehicles, Smart mobility solutions

 

 

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Project demonstration sites

Fellow cities

Objective

GrowSmarter aimed to improve the quality of life for European citizens by implementing:

  • better options for urban transport
  • better deliveries of goods
  • better waste handling
  • cost-efficient refurbishment (100000 m2)
  • improvement in street environment
  • lower energy costs
  • increased job creation (1500)

GrowSmarter aimed to reduce environmental impact by:

  • reducing the need for energy (60%),
  • reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from energy use and increased use of renewable energy ­(more than 60%)
  • reducing the emissions of transports (60%)

GrowSmarter aimed to create sustainable economic development by:

  • achieving increased cost efficiency by lowering the combined capital and operational cost (reducing costs for energy, reducing costs for maintenance, investment, depreciation period, interest rate)
  • increasing economic growth (locally, regionally, nationally, internationally)

 

Contact

Name
Gustaf Landahl
Organisation
City of Stockholm
Email
gustaf.landahl@stockholm.se

Documents

GrowSmarter_Work programme Proposal
English
(8.87 MB - PDF)
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