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mySMARTLife Cities Network: 4th Knowledge Transfer Workshop in Hamburg

28-09-22
As part of mySMARTLife Final Conference in Hamburg (14 & 15 September), the consortium organised its 4th Knowledge Transfer Workshop to engage with...

Helsinki – the robobus

26-09-22
The automated electric minibus, with a passenger capacity of up to eight seats, produces no emissions and no noise. The robobus was operated at low...

Hamburg – elexity

23-09-22
There are a total of 527 buses on 154 lines in Hamburg and its‘ surrounding area. The majority of the Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH)...

Nantes – the e-busway

22-09-22
In Nantes Metropole, transport represents the main source of greenhouse gas emissions (49 % of total emissions). Nearly 88 % of these emissions are...

mySMARTLife celebrated its successful ending in Hamburg

21-09-22
mySMARTLife celebrated its successful ending with its Final Conference "Smart People - Smart Economy - Smart Cities" on 14-15 September 2022 in...

Helsinki – Supporting the Digital Twin

21-09-22
mySMARTLife project set a new ambitious goal of defining the urban platform as a supportive element of the Helsinki’s digital twin, Climate Atlas. The...

Hamburg – System of Systems

20-09-22
The Urban Data Platform Hamburg follows a system of systems approach and aims at making the city’s urban data findable, accessible, interoperable, and...

Nantes – Extend the Platform

19-09-22
The extension of the Nantes Urban Data Platform was developed based on a common architectural framework, co-constructed and defined by each of the...

Helsinki – Heat Demand Response

16-09-22
Smart heating management systems play an important role in reducing the energy consumption in Helsinki’s building stock. Different systems were...

Hamburg – Hydro is the Way to Go

15-09-22
The new construction area “Schleusengraben” is a focus development area of the City of Hamburg along the shores of an old industrial channel. The...

Nantes – Fit for Retrofits

14-09-22
Managing energy demand is today one of the major challenges of the energy transition. In its roadmap for energy transition, Nantes Metropole has...

Smart People – Smart Economy – Smart Cities: A guide for the transition of EU cities

08-08-22
After almost six years of project duration and joint efforts of 27 partners from 6 countries to make sustainable cities with smart people and a smart...

Livestream - mySMARTLife Final Conference - Smart People - Smart Economy - Smart Cities

12-07-22
After a one-year extension of the project duration, the Smart Cities and Communities project mySMARTLife is finalised at the end of September 2022....

Nantes and Helsinki selected for the EU Mission on 100 climate-neutral and smart cities

12-05-22
mySMARTLife Lighthouse Cities Nantes Metropole and Helsinki have been chosen as part of the EU’s Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by...

Helsinki presents Energy Renaissance Strategy at Smart Cities Marketplace Forum 2022

04-05-22
mySMARTLife Lighthouse City of Helsinki contributed to this year’s Smart Cities Marketplace Forum which took place in Brussels from 26-27 April 2022...

mySMARTLife extended until end of September 2022

29-04-22
The mySMARTLife partners have decided to officially extend the project until 30 September 2022, following a dialogue with the European Commission. The...

UITP International Award goes to Nantes Métropole for its 100% electric e-Busways

28-03-22
mySMARTLife Lighthouse City Nantes Métropole and the local company Semitan, responsible for the public transport network of Nantes, were named...

mySMARTLife partner ESADE receives Most Downloaded Paper Award 2021

11-03-22
On 1st March 2022, mySMARTLife partner ESADE has received the Most Downloaded Paper Award 2021 by the Journal of Environmental Management (JEM) for...

mySMARTLife contributes to scientific publication on "Energy Citizenship in new energy concepts"

21-01-22
The involvement of citizens and energy communities (energy citizenship) is seen as a key pillar in the energy transition. In mySMARTLife, citizens are...

Robotic Process Automation in Bydgoszcz

22-12-21
The City of Bydgoszcz started robotisation of invoices in the City Hall to effectively manage the city's electricity consumption. It also frees...

Focus topic: Urban Data Platforms offer digital solutions in Smart Cities

23-11-21
Urban Data Platforms are a major component in the digital transformation process of a city. They enable data-driven solutions to tackle current...

mySMARTLife Cities Network – Funchal’s sustainable mobility actions

11-11-21
Inspired by the mySMARTLife Cities Network, the Municipality of Funchal on the island of Madeira has been pursuing a sustainable vision that includes...

Nantes in the future – mySMARTLife on the (Eu)radio

10-11-21
Lighthouse City Nantes and the French radio station Euradio have jointly produced “Nantes in the future” (French: “Nantes au Futur”), a podcast series...

Carbon Ego pilot – How users evaluate carbon neutrality app

01-11-21
The City of Helsinki has set the goal of being carbon neutral by the year 2035. With Carbon Ego pilot, the city was exploring how they could help...

Accelerating skillsets for climate neutrality - Bydgoszcz contributes to EU Week of Regions & Cities

26-10-21
Natalia Majewska, mySMARTLife Lead in Bydgoszcz, Poland participated in the EU Regions “participatory lab” dedicated to positive energy districts...

Electric vehicles: Sensor-controlled parking space detection in Hamburg

20-10-21
A frequently presented challenge in the field of electromobility is the lack of sufficient publicly accessible charging stations for electric...

mySMARTLife Cities Network - City of Lappeenranta Excels in Data driven Building Energy Management

05-10-21
The City of Lappeenranta (FI) puts a lot of effort in research and development of data-driven energy efficiency services in its building stock and...

How smart city solutions can be replicated? - mySMARTLife gives answers in MAtchUP Webinar

30-09-21
On 22nd September 2021, mySMARTLife coordinator CARTIF introduced the replication plans defined in mySMARTLife as well as the approach followed for...

EnergieNetz Hamburg builds solar plant on sports centre’s roof

01-09-21
mySMARTLife partner EnergieNetz Hamburg (ENH), a renewable energy cooperative, will provide solar energy for the new sports centre „Hoheluft“ of the...

Sustainable Places 2021 - mySMARTLife contributes to workshop on energy citizenship

30-08-21
The involvement of citizens and energy communities (energy citizenship) is seen as a key pillar in the energy transition. Citizens interact with the...

Carbon Ego mobile application encourages a more carbon-neutral lifestyle

05-08-21
Carbon Ego is a mobile application, implemented by mySMARTLife partner Forum Virium Helsinki, that gives data by visualising how movement, housing,...

Smart City Talks – “Together, we are stronger!”

07-07-21
mySMARTLife and smart cities projects MAKING-CITY, POCITYF, MatchUP and STARDUST have collaborated to offer a webinar series on mobility, energy and...

SECAP report predicts achievement of Helsinki’s carbon neutrality goal

28-06-21
On 14th June 2021, Helsinki’s City Board approved the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan, SECAP. Based on the calculations in the plan, it...

Shared charging infrastructure to promote Helsinki’s climate goals

15-06-21
Finland's carbon neutrality goal requires a leading edge in the development of vehicle charging infrastructure. Electric vehicles cannot be...

Helsinki’s “energy renaissance” strategy can promote social equality in climate-friendly housing

28-05-21
Helsinki’s energy renaissance strategy contributes to climate-friendly housing by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting more socially...

mySMARTLife promotes Helsinki’s energy actions

06-05-21
During 2017-2019, several energy actions were implemented in Merihaka, a coastal residential area in central Helsinki, under the mySMARTLife project...

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04-05-21
Over the years, mySMARTLife has published eight newsletters, giving regular updates about the latest developments in our Lighthouse and Follower...

Our Lighthouse City Hamburg deploys oneM2M smart city standards to go greener

15-04-21
mySMARTLife partner Deutsche Telekom, operating in the Lighthouse city Hamburg, writes in the global magazine "IoT Now" about the importance of a...

mySMARTLife and Smart City projects MAKING-CITY, POCITYF, MatchUP and STARDUST introduce their projects’ exploitable results in a webinar series

06-04-21
This seminar series aims to inform the public as well as interested stakeholders, and local authorities interested in the specific solutions presented...

mySMARTLife holds its 9th periodic meeting

06-04-21
On March 24th and 25th, we met online for the 9th periodic meeting of mySMARTLife.

Urban Transitions with Innovative Solutions - New video from our Lighthouse City Nantes

15-03-21
In their most recent video made in December 2020, mySMARTLife partner Nantes Metropole introduces the innovative solutions developed and implemented...

Bydgoszcz joins new Horizon 2020 project eNeuron and contributes to optimisation of local energy communities

19-02-21
The city of Bydgoszcz together with Enea Operator and the Institute of Energy are partners in the new Horizon 2020 project eNeuron: greEN Energy hUbs...

Transport emission reduction goals in Finland

27-01-21
In a blog post, our partner from the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Ltd., Finland, talks about the emission reduction goals in Finland in...

Nantes informs about their projects in newly published videos

21-01-21
Nantes has been working efficiently on the city’s energy transition and now shares the progress made in the projects in four videos. The recognition...

Palencia as Template for Replication

27-11-20
The strategic plan of the city and the SEAP (Sustainable Energy Action Plan) of Palencia included in the Covenant of Mayors initiative constitute the...

Replication, Replication!

27-11-20
Four years after the start of mySMARTLife, replication activities are reaching a major milestone through the finalization of the replication plans in...

LC Nantes publishes information sheets on their work throughout MySMARTLife

25-11-20
Nantes Metropole has now published new information sheets on their work throughout the MySMARTLife project. As part of mySMARTLife our Lighthouse...

Replication Plan in Bydgoszcz

18-11-20
The final smart actions that have been chosen for replication by the City of Bydgoszcz are categorised under mobility and city infrastructure and...

Rijeka – a Step by Step Approach to Replication

11-11-20
A first selection of the smart actions has been conducted – based on the city objectives and respectively on strategic documents of the City of Rijeka...

MySMARTLife at Sustainable Places 2020 Online

04-11-20
Oct 27th to Oct 30th mySMARTLife took part at Sustainable Places 2020 (online). The project and its methodology were presented on the first day of the...

Energy for Residents in our Lighthouse City Hamburg

23-10-20
The EnergieNetz Hamburg e.G. is a cooperative of committed citizens that stands for citizen participation and citizen responsibility in the Hamburg...

Local Replication in Energy Renaissance in our Lighthouse city Helsinki

14-10-20
In mySMARTLife, the city of Helsinki, together with stakeholders and experts, created a program with 9 key actions to support energy renovations of...

We Miss Nantes!

07-10-20
A short summary of the mySMARTLife 8th Periodic Meeting and 3rd Review Meeting taking place from the 15th to the 17th of September 2020.From 15 to...

Valladolid and Palencia on their way to become carbon neutral cities

11-09-20
The EU has a goal - to make one hundred cities carbon neutral by 2030 as part of its Horizon Europe program that will be launched next year. In this...

mySMARTLife Goes EIP-SCC Marketplace General Assembly

10-09-20
mySMARTLife joined the EIP-SCC General Assembly along with other SCC1 projects in an online Explore Zone which showcased mySMARTLife publications, a...

COVID-19: Challenges, Reactions and Recovery

29-06-20
When 2020 began, probably no one could have predicted how the first half of the year would look like. What we once thought impossible had suddenly...

SCIS Webinar: Replication in practise with mySMARTLife FCs Palencia & Rijeka

11-06-20
On 09 June 2020, mySMARTLife Follower Cities Palencia and Rijeka joined the SCIS webinar “Replication in practice: Common challenges and enablers for...

REMOURBAN finishes with Best Practices e-book

01-06-20
REMOURBAN, the third Smart Cities and Communities project which was funded by Horizon 2020 and will finish this summer, is now sharing its key lessons...

SunZEB Block: First house finalized

15-05-20
The first SunZEB building (Sun Zero Energy Building) has been finalized in Kalasatama district of Helsinki. The SunZEB block, planned to contain four...

ATELIER, SPARCS & POCITYF: Websites are online!

15-05-20
The latest SCC1 projects ATELIER, SPARCS and POCITYF have released their project websites! Check them out: https://smartcity-atelier.eu/ https://ww...

mySMARTLife researches sustainable heat supply in Hamburg-Bergedorf

26-04-20
Hamburg University of Applied Science (HAW) is an academic consortium member of mySMARTLife researching energy as well as resource efficiency of...

Struggling with the lockdown? A hashtag can help

14-04-20
Follow #SmartCitiesHelp to discover the best ideas EU Smart Cities offer to better deal with the everyday challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic...

How to replicate? Finnish Lighthouse and Follower Cities know the answers!

09-04-20
In January 2020, the second edition of Tampere’s Smart City Week took place. Over the duration of one week, filled with a diverse and interesting...

The City of Helsinki opens energy consumption data of service buildings for developers

08-04-20
The City of Helsinki holds around 1700 service buildings (e.g. schools, libraries and hospitals). The information how these use energies can now be...

Photovoltaic films at La Cité des Congrès

01-04-20
During February and the beginning of March, Engie teams worked on the implementation of a solar power plant, made with organic, flexible and...

Social acceptance of the Nantes’ autonomous shuttle bus

16-03-20
At the ATEC ITS congress for intelligent mobility, Nantes Metropole and Cerema presented the results of an evaluation that was conducted as part of...

mySMARTLife at EIP-SCC Matchmaking Event 'City Representatives meet Investors'

04-03-20
A high-energy day proving that there is neither a lack of Smart City ideas nor one of available funds for investment! That was the experience of the...

mySMARTLife at Replication Event during the Smart City Week in Tampere, Finland

07-02-20
The lessons of energy-efficient living and mobility were shaped during an replication event on 29 January in Tampere, Finland. The workshop, which...

elexity – Hamburg drives electrically: Daimler delivers 16 electric buses to the Borough of Bergedorf

27-01-20
Today, 16 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses were delivered to the transport association Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) in typical Hamburg...

Business Breakfast on Mon Projet Renov

13-01-20
On 6 December 2019, a meeting bringing together stakeholders of the renovation field was hosted in Nantes. The target audience included auditors,...

Smart Buildings and Homes in mySMARTLife

17-12-19
A structure with a roof and walls: this is the minimal definition of a building. But to turn a building into a smart building, the central building...

FLUX Call for Projects: “Let’s build urban logistics together” – How to improve Last Mile Delivery in Nantes Metropole

11-12-19
How can we make last mile deliveries in cities as ecologically as possible? That was the core question of mySMARTLife’s FLUX call for projects on...

Replication Workshop during Tampere Smart City Week in January 2020

10-12-19
In the context of Tampere Smart City Week, STARDUST, IRIS, MatchUP, Making-City and mySMARTLife will organise a replication workshop on Success...

Inauguration of the City of Bydgoszcz to the Covenant of Mayors during Conference on Energy Efficiency

06-12-19
On 29-30 October 2019, the City of Bydgoszcz, the Association Metropolis Bydgoszcz and the Association of Municipalities Polish Network "Energie...

mySMARTLife at HAW Hamburg: Interview with Simon Decher

05-12-19
This week, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) did publish an interview with Simon Decher, researcher at the Competence Center for...

mySMARTLife in Barcelona: Smart City Expo World Congress 2019

02-12-19
From 19-21 November, mySMARTLife representatives participated in this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. This year, the...

Smart Cities Information System (SCIS) Interview with mySMARTLife LHC Helsinki

02-12-19
"In the struggle against climate change, Finland has taken an uncompromising stance to completely eliminate coal from its energy generation portfolio...

We are getting more and more: Welcome to SPARCS, POCITYF, and ATELIER!

12-11-19
We would like to introduce to you three new smart city projects that have been launched in autumn 2019.SPARCS is a smart city initiative that brings...

Social Biking Challenge: Palencia is victorious. Again!

04-11-19
For the second consecutive year, mySMARTLife Follower City Palencia has won the European Prize of the Social Biking Challenge, a competition promoted...

In search of tomorrow’s city: Palencia Sustainable Mobility Fair

28-10-19
From 15-22 September 2019, the City Council of Palencia hosted the second edition of the Palencia Sustainable Mobility Fair (MOVISOP) with the aim of...

mySMARTLife LHC Nantes named European Capital of Innovation 2019

28-10-19
The City of Nantes was named European Capital of Innovation 2019 during the European Research and Innovation days in Brussels on 25 September. The...

Smarter Together, SCC Lighthouse Network Event in Lyon

21-10-19
In October 2019, mySMARTLife project representatives met for the Smarter Together, SCC Lighthouse Network Event in Lyon which was the 8th event...

mySMARTLife - A week of activities in Helsinki

01-10-19
How many activities can you pack in a week? If you are part of the mySMARTLife team, the answer is a lot: a periodic meeting, a review meeting, an...

mySMARTLife at Nordic Edge Expo in Stavanger, Norway

01-10-19
“Two thirds of Europe’s population live in urban areas and would immediately benefit from a more coherent and integrated approach to the grand...

Meeting of Finnish Lighthouse Project Cities in Oulu

27-09-19
The City of Oulu, fresh Lighthouse City of the Making-CITY project, hosted a gathering of Finnish Lighthouse project cities from 19-20 August 2019....

"Smart City and Digital Transformation" - Workshop in Hamburg

22-07-19
On July 4, the HafenCity University Hamburg organised in cooperation with the European University Flensburg a workshop focusing on "Smart City and...

Helsinki Day: Another one rides the (robot) bus

03-07-19
On 12 June, the Finnish capital did celebrate its birthday – and of course, mySMARTLife could not miss this joyful occasion. For this purpose,...

Study Visit: Smart Lightning Session in Bydgoszcz

01-07-19
From 13 to 14 June 2019, mySMARTLife’s Follower City Bydgoszcz did host a technical study visit on “Smart Lighting (City Infrastructure).” Within this...

New in town: 7 additional e-Vans for Follower City Palencia

27-06-19
This month, the municipality of Palencia received 7 new e-vans from Renault which will from now on drive through the streets. The new vehicles did...

mySMARTLife at Sustainable Places in Cagliari, Italy

14-06-19
Last week, mySMARTLife took part at Sustainable Places (June 5-7) in Cagliari, Italy. The project and its methodology were presented on the final day...

Citizen engagement in mySMARTLife

03-06-19
All of us that work in smart city projects are aware of the fact that citizen engagement is key to the implementation of interventions in the urban...

Solar Hackathon: “Nantes, the Capital of Solar Energy 2.0”

31-05-19
Nantes Metropole and Enedis, partners of mySMARTLife’s Energy Datalab Initiative, collaborated once again during the first French solar hackathon on...

Capacity building in mySMARTLife – Webinar and Study visit in Rijeka

31-05-19
In mySMARTLife, capacity building is playing a vital role to ensure a mutual learning process between the Lighthouse Cities (Nantes, Hamburg and...

Autonomous Shuttle bus tested in Nantes

23-05-19
After an initial test phase, Navya’s autonomous shuttle bus operated on a 2.5 km course in real traffic in Nantes until mid-May. Navya's route...

Viikki Environment House becomes even more energy-efficient thanks to mySMARTLife

21-05-19
Heating is monitored and controlled with room-level accuracy in one of the most energy-efficient office buildings in Finland. During 2018, the Viikki...

CityPlanner – Helsinki shares open data with citizens

17-05-19
One of the overarching goals of the mySMARTLife interventions is to increase the capacity and motivation of citizens to participate in the low carbon...

Helsinki draws conclusions from first robot bus test period

15-05-19
In mySMARTLife, a first/last mile robot bus is being piloted in Helsinki for two years on open streets and other roads as part of Helsinki RobobusLine...

“Smart City – experience and shape urban development” - mySMARTLife event during European Week in Hamburg

10-05-19
As part of the European Week in Hamburg, mySMARTLife partner konsalt organised an event on 7 May 2019 with the motto “Smart City – experience and...

On tour through the Free and Hanseatic City: Where Hamburg meets Europe

02-05-19
In view of the European elections on 26 May 2019, State Councillor Annette Tabbara presented selected EU projects as part of a small tour in Hamburg...

Nantes Citizens have invested in solar power plant on commercial rooftop

29-04-19
As part of mySMARTLife and in accordance with Nantes energy transition roadmap, the largest citizen project in France in photovoltaic self-consumption...

The smart cities family keeps growing! Welcome to +CityxChange & MAKING-CITY!

11-04-19
At the end of 2018, two new Smart Cities and Communities Lighthouse (SCC1) projects have been launched: +CityxChange and MAKING-CITY. They committed...

Smart City Lighthouse Projects meet at the European Smart Projects Summit in San Sebastián

02-04-19
26 March 2019, San Sebastián, Spain: part of the mySMARTLife team and representatives of the other 13 European Smart Cities and Communities...

mySMARTLife Lighthouse City Nantes showcases mobility innovations in study tour

26-03-19
In the beginning of March, the mySMARTLife partners and representatives from the mySMARTLife Cities’ Network gathered for the 2nd Cities Network...

“Boosting Investments for Smart Cities” – Keynote speech by Helen at Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum

11-03-19
mySMARTLife project was presented as part of a keynote speech at the Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum - Energy Efficiency Finance Market Place,...

Ride that Bike - Palencia awarded best organising city of the 'Social Biking Challenge 2018'

07-03-19
mySMARTLife Follower City Palencia has been awarded as the best local organiser of the 'Social Biking Challenge 2018' by the organising committee of...

The mySMARTLife consortium has been a lot on the move this autumn. In mid-Septe

mySMARTLife on the road

06-12-18
The mySMARTLife consortium has been a lot on the move this autumn. In mid-September, all mySMARTLife partners gathered in Hamburg for the project’s fi...

Social Biking Challenge: Palencia is victorious!

30-11-18
mySMARTLife Follower City Palencia has contributed to the organisation of the Social Biking Challenge in Palencia to promote the use of the bicycle as...

mySMARTLife Lighthouse Cities test E-mobility solutions

28-11-18
Mobility – the Challenge of today’s citiesToday, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to...

mySMARTLife on the screen – Youtube channel launched!

27-11-18
What is mySMARTLife about? It is about life in Nantes, Hamburg and Helsinki and it is about making life in these cities more sustainable by reducing...

Hamburg & Groningen - two Lighthouse Cities becoming smarter together

26-11-18
On 22 November 2018, Jesper Tonnen, the project coordinator in Groningen (Netherlands) for the new Horizon 2020 funded smart cities project...

Nantes installs digital boilers in social housing building

23-11-18
In Nantes, one new digital boiler to heat sanitary water has been installed in the social housing building “Oiseaux des Iles” (30 flats). This new...

What makes the Smarty City Expo World Congress in Barcelona (SCEWC), Spain such a great event?

22-11-18
As the world's leading event for smart cities, the SCEWC provides a unique meeting spot for stakeholders from the smart city sectors and an innovative...

The biggest cultural centre in Finland connects its band rehearsal rooms to the Internet of Things

14-11-18
The air quality in the band rehearsal rooms of the Cable Factory in Helsinki is now being monitored with IoT sensors. Smart technology can help to...

Self-data workshops in Nantes – transforming citizens and local stakeholders to actors in the energy transition

12-11-18
As part of mySMARTLife project, Nantes Métropole has launched a series of citizen and stakeholder workshops on the concept of self-data, applied to...

Nantes involves students in energy transition

09-11-18
mySMARTLife partners Nantes Metropole and Enedis have contributed to "The Innovation Campus Day" in Nantes on 6th and 7th November 2018, an event...

mySMARTLife consortium presents in Smart Cities Workshop at IEEE 2018

08-11-18
Representatives of mySMARTLife (City of Helsinki, Forum Virium Helsinki, VTT), STARDUST (VTT), NOBEL GRID (UNINOVA), Sharing Cities (EDP CNET),...

mySMARTLife interventions online

30-10-18
The mySMARTLife project aims at making the three Lighthouse Cities of Nantes, Hamburg and Helsinki more environmentally friendly by reducing the CO2...

Follower City Bydgoszcz contributes to Energy-Efficiency Conference

19-10-18
mySMARTLife Follower City Bydgoszcz has presented the project at the occasion of a conference dealing with energy efficiency in Bydgoszcz on 15th...

mySMARTLife partner Hamburg welcomes all consortium partners to a study tour

10-10-18
In mid-September, all mySMARTLife partners gathered in Hamburg, one of the projects Lighthouse Cities beside Helsinki and Nantes, for the projects...

Smart with a Heart: mySMARTLife Takes Part in the Meeting of the Smart City Community at Nordic Edge 2018

02-10-18
From 25-27 September 2018, the fourth Nordic Edge Expo & Conference took place in Stavanger, Norway. The Nordic Edge is an annual event showcasing the...

Public administration in Hamburg-Bergedorf is testing e-bikes

20-09-18
Employees of the municipal administration in Hamburg-Bergedorf had the chance to test brandnew and innovative passenger e-bikes as well as an e-cargo...

A free charging station for electric cyclists in Helsinki

14-08-18
As part of mySMARTLife, project partner Helen is providing a free charging station for electric cyclists on the Katajanokka waterfront in Helsinki....

mySMARTLife Talks in Hamburg inform citizens about smart street lights and energy transition

04-07-18
The possibilities and the implementation of smart street lights in Hamburg was the topic of the third mySMARTLife Talk that took place in the castle...

mySMARTLife sets Examples for Innovative Energy Usage

25-06-18
One of the objectives of the EU funded mySMARTLife project is to reduce the CO2 emissions of cities and to make the demonstration cities more...

Introduction of new decentralised renewable heat supply in an existing district heating system

19-06-18
What are the effects of integrating new heat pumps and solar collector capacity into an existing district heating system with considerable CHP...

Data helps people

15-06-18
Lighthouse City Nantes is an excellent example on how to use “design thinking” to develop new services based on data. Our colleague, Guillaume...

First solar panel benches to be installed in Helsinki

12-06-18
Five solar panel benches, which can be used for recharging electric bicycles and mobile devices, have been introduced in Helsinki by mySMARTLife...

Co-creation and information sharing at the Merihaka Summer Festival

28-05-18
mySMARTLife partners Helen, Salusfin, VTT and the City of Helsinki had a joint stand at the Merihaka Summer Festival on the 26 of May 2018. The aim...

The Way to Zero

23-05-18
Zero-emission mobility is important for cities to achieve a sustainable urban development. To reduce air pollution sustainably in cities, it is...

Next generation of public transport - Self-driving bus has started its service in Helsinki

17-05-18
A self-driving electric minibus supplied by the French company NAVYA to the Helsinki RobobusLine welcomed its first passengers on board on May 14,...

Lighthouse City Helsinki launches tool to visualise heat losses in buildings

02-05-18
“Kattohukka”, a building heat loss visualisation tool, was launched in April 2018 as part of the Helsinki Urban Platform, a collection of smart city...

Hamburg and further German Lighthouse Cities meet in Munich to exchange best practices

27-04-18
Hamburg is one of four German Lighthouse Cities involved in Smart Cities projects funded under the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. All four lighthouse...

Nantes publishes its roadmap on energy transition

24-04-18
Lighthouse City Nantes has published the roadmap “Nantes, metropolis in transition” outlining on how it will successfully achieve its energy...

Portugal Smart Cities Summit in Lisbon: Cities light the way with new manifesto

16-04-18
12 April 2018, Lisbon, Portugal: Representatives of the twelve Smart City Lighthouse projects, recipients of a combined investment from the European...

Together is Better: Helsinki and Bydgoszcz share their experiences at Smart City Forum in Warsaw

27-03-18
mySMARTLife Lighthouse City Helsinki and Follower City Bydgoszcz participated in the seventh Smart City Forum in Warsaw, Poland on 13-14 March 2018. ...

Helsinki has published Energy and Climate Atlas on 3D City Model

mySMARTLife consortium and Cities Network meet in Helsinki

28-02-18
The mySMARTLife partners gathered in Lighthouse City Helsinki from 12-14 February 2018 for the third periodic meeting to exchange about current...

Lighthouse City Helsinki launches Energy and Climate Atlas

31-01-18
Lighthouse City Helsinki cordially invites you to the launch of its Energy and Climate Atlas and the city 3D model in Helsinki City Hall on 14th...

2nd mySMARTLife Newsletter available - Special Focus on the Urban transformation strategy

21-12-17
mySMARTLife celebrates its first birthday! We take this opportunity to review in the second edition of the mySMARTLife newsletter the actions...

Creating smart cities with the help of citizens and businesses – The mySMARTLife Urban Transformation Strategy

20-12-17
Developing new ways on how to engage citizens in the city life and in an integrated city planning process is at the core of the mySMARTLife Urban...

Lighthouse City Nantes promotes energy transition through Energy Data Lab

18-12-17
With the Energy Data Lab initiative (“Datalab Energie”), the mySMARTLife consortium partners Nantes Metropole, Enedis and Atlanpole aim at stimulating...

Event series “mySMARTLife-Walks & Talks” –getting to know mySMARTLife actions in Lighthouse City Hamburg

15-12-17
"mySMARTLife Walks & Talks" is an event series in Lighthouse City Hamburg where mySMARTLife is presented to the public. Talks are organised on a...

Lighthouse city Nantes develops Smart lighting concept

14-12-17
The Western part of the demonstration district “Ile de Nantes” is a very busy and touristic entertainment area where many urban developments are...

Viikki Environmental House is testing Demand Response and Individual Heat Control

13-12-17
Viikki Environmental House is one of Finland's most energy-efficient office buildings. Thanks to the integration of Fourdeg Ltd's Smart Heating®...

Helen demonstrates reactive power compensation with solar inverters

07-12-17
At the beginning of 2016, mySMARTLife project partner Helen built a 890 kWp solar power plant in Kivikko, a quarter of Helsinki, where the solar...

Improved living comfort with smart heating control in Merihaka (Helsinki)

30-11-17
In Merihaka, Helsinki, a housing association decided to install smart heating controls to all apartments. Smart thermostats enable dynamic heating...

mySMARTLife and the other Lighthouse Projects lead the way to a smarter Europe at Smart City EXPO Barcelona

17-11-17
mySMARTLife and eleven further smart city projects covering almost 60 cities across Europe came together at the 7th Smart City Expo World Congress...

mySMARTLife project is part of the Expo World Congress in Barcelona

09-11-17
Together with the other Smart City projects from across Europe, mySMARTLife will be featured at the 7th Smart City Expo World Congress which is set to...

mySMARTLife follower cities Bydgoszcz and Rijeka on their way to becoming smarter cities – SmartEnCity Conference Week and Follower City Workshop in Sonderborg

10-10-17
The Cities of Bydgoszcz (Poland) and Rijeka (Croatia) participated in various activities organised during the SmartEnCity Conference Week and the...

“Empowering smart solutions for better cities” – mySMARTLife represented at annual SCIS conference

10-10-17
From 2nd to 3rd October the annual conference of the EU Smart Cities Information System gathered the European Smart City community in Budapest....

3D city model of lighthouse city Helsinki presented at Lähiöfest

01-10-17
The City of Helsinki was the main supporter of the Lähiöfest (festival of neighbourhoods), which took place from 25th September to 1st October in ten...

Nordic Edge 2017 – Meeting of Europe’s Smart Cities in Stavanger

30-09-17
“Smart Happiness” was the theme of this year’s Nordic Edge Conference and Expo, organised for the third time in Stavanger from 26th to 28th September...

Helsinki tests vehicle to grid (V2G) systems in mySMARTLife project

13-09-17
The first two-way charging point in Finland was installed in the Suvilahti district in Helsinki in connection with mySMARTLife project partner Helen’s...

First mySMARTLife newsletter published

06-09-17
The mySMARTLife project consortium has published its first newsletter. You can find it here. In this first edition, we explain what is behind the...

Social media activities

28-07-17
mySMARTLife has the ambition to be close to citizens, especially in the Lighthouse and Follower Cities as they are in the centre of the...

Project website online

26-07-17
The brand new mySMARTLife website has been launched! Under the domain www.mysmartlife.eu you will get the latest information on the project, its...

Hamburg represents mySMARTLife in the European Urban Agenda Partnership on Digital Transition

25-07-17
Hamburg is part of the European Commission’s Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Digital Transition and does in this function also share its...

Latest news from Lighthouse City Helsinki

20-07-17
During the first months of the project, partners of the local Helsinki consortium presented mySMARTLife on different occasions, such as the Helsinki...

mySMARTLife – Transition of EU cities towards a new concept of Smart Life and Economy

12-07-17
mySMARTLife is a project funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Under the coordination of CARTIF...

Nantes will be the first city in Europe to use 24-meter long E-Busways

30-06-17
In Lighthouse City Nantes, preparatory actions to integrate electrical buses (“E-Busways”) in the public transport network are in progress. The aim is...

Raising awareness for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency - Bydgoszcz Energy Days & Environmental Protection Forum

29-06-17
On 2nd June 2017, the final event of the 2nd Bydgoszcz's Energy Days and 25th Environmental Protection Forum took place at the Old Market of...

Hamburg presented as European Best Practice at the Zhuhai Inter-City Laboratory in China

26-06-17
Within the Zhuhai Inter-City Laboratory, Hamburg recently promoted mySMARTLife in China. The conference, organised by the Europe-China Eco-Cities...

“Smarter is Cleaner” policy session at European Energy Sustainable Week 2017 – Learning from the SCC1 smart city projects

23-06-17
This year’s European Energy Sustainable Week (EUSEW) brought together the nine smart city ‘Lighthouse’ projects in a special policy session entitled...

The Smart City strategy – an integrated vision of city planning

14-06-17
The sustainable development of urban areas requires new, efficient and user-friendly technologies and services, especially in the energy, transport...

“Experience Kalasatama” – mySMARTLife activities during Helsinki Day

14-06-17
The Kalasatama area will be important for the Helsinki mySMARTLife activities – newly constructed smart high-performance buildings are planned to be...

Citizen engagement in Nantes supports the city’s transition process – The Great Debate on Energy Transition

25-05-17
Nantes Metropole has evaluated first results of "The Great Debate on Energy Transition", which took place from September 2016 to March 2017 in Nantes...

First Public Event for mySMARTLife in Lighthouse City Hamburg

12-05-17
Every year in May, Hamburg celebrates the “Europe Week”. The project mySMARTLife used this event to invite the people of Hamburg to a public...

Lighthouse City Hamburg visits Melbourne to exchange best-practices on Smart Cities

08-05-17
Lighthouse City Hamburg participated in an event in Melbourne, Australia, in May 2017 that was organised in the framework of the European project...

Learning from the others – Hamburg mySMARTLife team visits GrowSmarter Lighthouse City Cologne

03-05-17
In addition to Stockholm and Barcelona, Cologne was the first German Lighthouse City in the EU Horizon 2020 research project GrowSmarter. The aim of...

mySMARTLife joins forces with EU projects – Common booth at CeBIT 2017

28-03-17
CeBIT is one of the biggest ICT fairs in Germany. In March 2017, mySMARTLife was presented at CeBIT within the common booth “Smart City Innovations”,...

mySMARTLife and the further EU’s 8 Lighthouse projects pledge closer cooperation in their efforts towards low carbon and resource efficient urban spaces

24-03-17
In their efforts to deliver and replicate Smart City solutions, the EU’s nine Lighthouse projects formally signed a Cooperation Manifesto in...

mySMARTLife consortium meets in Valladolid

06-03-17
From 4th to 6th April 2017, the mySMARTLife consortium got together for the 2nd project meeting in Valladolid, Spain. The partners discussed the...

Transition of EU cities towards a new concept of Smart Life and Economy – mySMARTLife partners gather for kick-off meeting

14-12-16
In December 2016, just in time for the project start, the mySMARTLife consortium met in Nantes, one of the project’s lighthouse cities. The 28...