Newsletter #2

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 Transformation Strategy.

The Urban Transformation Strategy is one of the main mySMARTLife outcomes. It is based on the Smart People and Smart Economy concepts, adopting as main instrument an integrated Advanced Urban Planning. The strategy aims to support public authorities in the development of transition models on how to become a Smart City.

With the Energy Data Lab initiative (“Datalab Energie”), the mySMARTLife consortium partners Nantes Metropole, Enedis and Atlanpole aim at stimulating innovation for the energy transition thanks to the collection and evaluation of data. Therefore, Enedis has already deployed 150,000 smart electric meters in Nantes Metropole and developed a dynamic electricity data platform for hosting the collected data sets. Thus, new services for individuals and businesses shall be tested and public policies on energy shall be optimised. READ MORE

Besides, Nantes Metropole aims at designing and implementing a new public lighting concept which will increase smart lighting innovation, optimise lighting costs and reduce energy consumption. mySMARTLife partner ENGIE designed new smart lighting solutions to respond to the citizens’ and operators’ needs and will deploy them during the first semester of 2018 in the demonstration district “Ile de Nantes”.

In Lighthouse City Hamburg, an event series titled "mySMARTLife Walks & Talks has started where mySMARTLife actions in Hamburg are presented to the public. Talks are organised on a regular basis on different topics related to the project. The talks are already very popular with nearly 40 participants having joint the first two events.

Besides, from summer 2018 onwards, regular walks through different buildings will give the opportunity to interested citizens to visit various demonstration sites where innovative smart city solutions are tested.

Lighthouse City Helsinki tested vehicle to grid (V2G) systems in mySMARTLife. The first two-way charging point in Finland was installed in the Suvilahti district in Helsinki in connection with mySMARTLife project partner Helen’s solar power plant and electricity storage facility. The V2G charging point enables not only charging of an electric vehicle, but also using it as an electricity storage unit and for balancing of the electricity system.

The mySMARTLife project aims at making the three lighthouse cities of Nantes, Hamburg and Helsinki more environmentally friendly by reducing the CO₂ emissions of cities and increasing the use of renewable energy sources.

Other activities are focusing on "Inclusive cities", offering a high quality of life in the cities.