Smart Projects and Demonstrators in Cork

About the Cork Smart Gateway:

A smart agenda is being developed in Cork

which builds on the existing assets, attributes

and experiences in the region and will help posi-

tion Cork as a ‘World-Class Smart Region’. The

Cork Smart Gateway was established by Cork

City Council, Cork County Council, Nimbus Re-

search Centre and Tyndall National Institute to

pursue and facilitate the delivery of this agenda.

Vision: The Cork Smart Gateway aims to

enhance the reputation of Cork as an attractive

region for people to live, work, visit and invest.

Objectives: The Cork Smart Gateway will achieve this vision by:

Engaging with citizens to identify the evolv-ing challenges and opportunities that impact on their quality of life

Identifying suitable and achievable smart projects through a collaborative multi stake-holder approach

Encouraging an open and innovation ecosys-tem that supports industry through the fa-cilitation of test beds to pilot new technologies

Innovating/Creating/Connecting

This brochure contains a collection of 17 snapshots of key smart dem-onstrators, projects and test beds from the Cork Region. The goal of this brochure is to disseminate concise information about these smart demonstrators to interested stakeholders in industry, academia, public organisations and also to Cork citizens. This brochure provides a web link and contact details for each item to enable the reader to easily get

more information.

Projects Included:

1. Water Systems and Services Innovation Centre

2. Mallow Systems Innovation Centre

3. National Sustainable Building Energy Test bed

4. Cork County Council Energy Efficiency Projects

5. Upgrade of Clonakilty Wastewater Treatment Plant

6. Electricity Generation at Tramore Valley Park

7. Open Data Repository

8. Choice Based Letting

9. Cork City Now

10. Tyndall National Institute Energy Saving Projects

11. Infrastructure Access at Tyndall National Institute

12. Ludgate@Skibbereen

13. Environment Research Institute

14. LIR National Ocean Test Facility

15. Precision Agriculture Technology Testbed

16. On Farm Testing for Bovine Disease Diagnostics

17. Cork Citizen Engagement Survey

This is the first iteration of this brochure and showcases a small num-ber of the smart projects and demonstrators that are present across Cork city and county. For more information on the Cork Smart Gateway Initiative, or to recommend a project for inclusion in future editions of the Smart Demonstrator Brochure, please contact claire_davis@corksmartgateway.ie

Introduction

The Water Systems and Services Innovation Centre

(WSSIC) is a joint venture between Cork City Coun-

cil, Cork County Council and the Nimbus Centre at Cork Institute of Technology. WSSIC is a centre for

applied research and technological innovation for

Irish water sector companies. WSSIC helps compa-nies make innovative ‘smart’ water systems, turning

ideas for new water-sector products and services

into reality, for increased sales, jobs and exports. It helps companies raise innovation funding and pro-

vides access to the powerful skills of the Nimbus

Team and CIT’s resources. Through its international connections and collaborations, WSSIC actively pro-

motes Irish water-sector companies and services

overseas.

Since it was established in 2013, WISSIC has com-

pleted 35 projects; a few examples are described below:

Hydrolight Ltd: WSSIC has carried out 3 projects with this innovative Cork based start-up company.

They have patented a new water-sensor technology

that has been developed in partnership with WSSIC and Cambridge University.

Water Technology Ltd: WSSIC worked closely with this company’s engineers to upgrade the com-

munications and database software systems for

their ‘Aquapod’ sensor technology.

Accuflow Ltd: WSSIC successfully developed a

computer-based modelling tool for this Cork com-pany, to evaluate the performance of their innova-

tion ‘Flowsave’ valve.

Intel Ireland: In collaboration with Intel, WSSIC

developed and deployed a water-quality monitoring

instrument platform, incorporating Intel electronic

components, which has been independently working

on the River Liffey since January 2016.

Contact:

Kevin Fitzgibbon T:+353 (0)21 433 5095 E:Kevin.Fitzgibbon@cit.ie

http://nimbus.cit.ie/tec/water

WSSIC, Nimbus Centre, CIT, Cork

Water Systems and

Services Innovation Centre

The Mallow Systems

Innovation Centre

The Mallow Systems Innovation Centre is a re-source and innovation centre promising far reaching technological, economic and educa-tional dividends for Mallow and the wider North Cork area. The Centre is a unique collaboration between the local community, Cork County

Council, the Mallow Development Partnership (MDP) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). Developed in 2012, the Mallow Systems Innova-tion centre was the first centre of its kind in Ire-land and has resulted in a critical mass of tech-nology related activity in the North Cork town as a consequence of the collaboration between the Centre, local companies and educational facili-ties.

The centre formally established Mallow as a des-

ignated field trial site for research projects being

undertaken at CIT and it offers an opportunity

for innovative companies to come to Mallow for

both testing and commercialisation phases of

new products and services.

The initiative is being led by CIT’s Nimbus Cen-

tre and positions Mallow as a test-bed where

wireless, medical and other technology is trialled

before city-scale roll-out. The centre offers sup-

port for all types of technological innovation. To

date over €155K of projects have been initiated

with local businesses with over €80K of this

coming from direct industry funding.

In the summer of 2016, Mallow also became the

first town in Cork to offer free public WIFI which

will enable further developments in the North

Cork town.

Contact: Brian Cahill T:+353 (0)21 4335560

E: brian.cahill@cit.ie http://nimbus.cit.ie/tec/case-studies/innovation-centre-mallow/ Mallow Systems Innovation Centre Nimbus Centre, CIT Cork

National Sustainable Building Energy Test bed

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) in partnership

with United Technologies Research Centre Ire-

land Ltd (UTRC-I). UTRC-I manage the “National

Sustainable Building Energy Test bed” (NSBET)

located in CIT’s Nimbus Centre. UTRC-I special-

ise in building infrastructure and services, heat-

ing and air conditioning, fire and security sys-

tems and power generation. They are conduct-

ing research related to whole building energy

and power management to capture retrofit op-

portunities that scale from a single building to

multiple buildings at district level.

This collaborative project creates a whole-

building energy and power management tech-

nology demonstrator within the Nimbus building

scalable to a district or campus level. The test

bed is a strategic resource for the Institute and

a platform for CIT from which it can develop

new, industry-focused, research which in turn

informs new curricula across the Faculty of Sci-

ence and Engineering.

The facility is available to national and interna-

tional commercial entities within the Energy

space as an enabler to trial Research & Develop-

ment work, particularly within the areas of De-

mand Side Management, and issues around

Intermittency. The test-bed is also available for

experimental work to other Higher Education in-

stitutions and researchers both nationally and

internationally through European Commission

funded research projects.

Contact:

Dave Hamilton,

T:+353 (0)21433 5570 E:dave.hamiltonl@cit.ie http://nimbus.cit.ie/tec/case-studies/etb/ Nimbus Centre, CIT Bishopstown, Cork

Cork County Council Energy Efficiency Projects

Cork County Council is fully certified to

ISO50001 and it has achieved this certification

for its whole of service energy management

system which has considerable positive implica-

tions for energy saving and carbon emissions

long-term. This certification has been achieved

primarily through the focused efforts of the En-

ergy Management Action Plan (E-Map) Team, a

multi-disciplinary group led by the Environment

Directorate within the County Council.

This team, which was set up in 2012, has ex-

ceeded every national target set, has overseen

more than 100 individual actions county-wide,

all of which positively contributed to the organi-

sation reaching its 2020 energy efficiency tar-

gets as set out under Ireland’s 3rd National En-

ergy Efficiency Action Plan 2014-2017.

The initiative was set up with the assistance of

Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI)

with the primary objective to develop, imple-

ment and monitor individual energy actions

which will positively contribute to Cork County

Council reducing its energy consumption,

thereby reducing its carbon emissions.

The Energy Management System (ISO 50001)

was developed in conjunction with the County

Council Sustainable Energy Action Plan which is

the tool for achieving the formal commitment of

towns, cities and regions that have signed the

Covenant of Mayors to reduce their CO2

equivalent emissions beyond the 20% target.

Contact: Brian Ahern E:Brian.Ahern@CorkCoCo.ie

http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/web/Global%20Nav/

Home Sustainable Energy Action Plan: http://www.covenantofmayors.eu/about/signatories_en.html?city_id=2575&seap

Cork County Council County Hall Carrigrohane Road Cork

Innovative Upgrade of Clonakilty

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Irish Water and Cork County Council recently

upgraded the wastewater treatment plant in

Clonakilty. The project also upgraded the main

pumping station at Long Quay, providing addi-

tional capacity for storm water storage that will

significantly reduce the frequency of overflow to

Clonakilty Bay. A primary driver for this project

was the protection of Clonakilty Harbour, classi-

fied as a National Heritage Area, Special Area of

Conservation and a Special Protection Area. The

protection of water quality in the bay to main-

tain Inchydoney as a Blue Flag Beach is a key

benefit of this project for County Cork.

Nereda® Wastewater Technology facilitates the

treatment of wastewater within a third of the

footprint of conventional wastewater treatment

processes. It also reduces the volume of sludge

produced and chemicals used during the opera-

tional phase of a plant, thus achieving a more

environmentally and economically sustainable

wastewater treatment solution. The wastewater

treatment plant in Clonakilty is the first plant

constructed in Ireland and the UK using

Nereda® technology and the first in the world

that is built mostly underground to minimise the

visual impact.

The innovative upgrade of the Clonakilty Waste-

water Treatment Plant has been recognised na-

tionally and has recently been awarded the

‘Local Authority Engineering Initiative Award’ at

the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards and

also came first in the “most significant contribu-

tion to water quality” category at the Annual

Community and Council awards in Dublin which

was hosted by LAMA (Local Authorities Mem-

bers’ Association) which represents county and

city councillors nationwide.

Contact:

Redmond Burke T:+353 (0)61 583726 E: rburke@water.ie www.water.ie

Irish Water, Lissanalta House, Dooradoyle, Limerick

Cork City Council Electricity

Generation at Tramore Valley Park

Cork City Council, through its normal opera-tions, buildings, transport etc consumes ap-proximately 30 million units of energy per an-num of electricity, fuel, gas, etc. As part of the National Climate Change policy, Cork City Coun-cil, like all other public bodies, is required to re-

duce its energy consumption by 33% by the year 2020 which equates to 10 million units per annum.

The Kinsale Road landfill site (now Tramore Val-ley Park), which ceased accepting waste for land filling in 2009, will continue to generate meth-ane gas from the 3 million tonnes of waste de-posited over the 40 year lifetime of the landfill site. This gas will now be beneficially used to generate electricity for Cork City Council and also ensure that the Council meets its EPA li-cense obligations in regard to landfill gas treat-ment.

The electricity generation project will generate 3 million units of energy per annum that will be sold to Vayu Energy. The project, which has been funded by Cork City Council, will reduce emissions to the environment and will also sub-stantially contribute to the Council’s 2020 en-ergy reduction targets, as well as showcasing an innovative project in the Tramore Valley Park. The quantity of electricity being generated is adequate to supply 500 houses on an ongoing basis until 2021.

The project is a collaboration between Cork City

Council, The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, who are provid-ing ongoing support for the sale of electricity under the REFIT scheme, and energy supplier, Vayu Energy.

Contact: John Walsh T:+353 (0)21 4924 146 E:john_walsh@corkcity.ie www.corkcity.ie/

Tramore Valley Park,

South Link Road,

Cork

Cork City Council Open Data and Digital Citizen Service Solutions

Open Data Repository

Cork City Council with Nimbus Research Centre

have developed an Open Data Repository. Cur-

rently there are three live data streams:

Real time water level data at two points on

the River Lee.

Real time car parking information for multi

storey car parks in Cork

Planning applications in Cork City.

The site is accessible via data.corkcity.ie and

more open data steams will be added in time.

Choice Based Letting

Choice Based Letting has changed the way so-

cial homes are allocated by Cork City Council.

Previously the council would offer the home to a

person on the waiting list and give them a pe-

riod of time to accept or reject it. Choice Based

Letting enables people on the waiting list log on

to the website, view properties and express an

interest in a specific property. As only those who

want to live in the home are considered for allo-

cation it is hoped the new system will drastically

reduce the time that homes are left unoccupied.

See cbl.corkcity.ie for information

Cork City Now

Cork City Now is the corporate communication

and messaging solution for Cork City Council

and is available at http://www.corkcitynow.ie.

Among the features of the new solution are:

Intuitive registration page & integrated multi

-channel alerts (sms, e-mail, social media) Map interface allowing the selection of mul-

tiple points of interest

Smart phone app that uses geo fencing to

alert end users

Contact: Aidan O’Riordan T:+353 (0)214924084 E:aidan_oriordan@corkcity.ie www.corkcity.ie Cork City Council Anglesea Street Cork

Tyndall National Institute Energy

Saving Projects and Initiatives

Since 2008, Tyndall National Institute has ac-

tively managed its energy consumption and us-

age. The energy management programme

evaluates on an ongoing basis their most signifi-

cant energy users, looking closely at variables

such as clean room temperatures and humidity

requirements, process cooling capacities and the

impact of people behaviour on energy use. The

programme has focused on implementing

changes in the system properties as well as

changing user habits to optimise the energy

consumption of existing equipment.

Tyndall also consistently seeks to upgrade their

equipment to more energy efficient facilities

which have a significant impact on their energy

use. In 2011, Tyndall formalised this process to

become one of the first Research Institutes in

the world to achieve the ISO 50001 certification.

Tyndall has made significant energy savings

since the commencement of the programme.

Between 2007 and 2015 the electrical energy

consumption at Tyndall decreased from 726

kWh/m² to 389 kWh/m² and the Natural Gas

Consumption halved from 180 W/m² to 92 W/

m².

Through simple changes in facilities and user

behaviours Tyndall have also decreased their

production of general waste from just over 35

tonnes in 2009 to just over 15 tonnes in 2015

and in 2015 alone they reduced their printing

consumption by 50,000 pages. In addition, all

the food waste that is generated in the cafe is

sent for composting.

Contact: Derry Kelleher T:021 234 6101 E:derry.kelleher@tyndall.ie

https://www.tyndall.ie/

Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings Complex Dyke Parade, Cork

Infrastructure Access at

Tyndall National Institute

Tyndall National Institute engages with re-

searchers in academia and industry in a wide

range of ways. The different access models in-

clude ‘direct contract research’ and also

‘collaborative partnerships’ in funded research

programmes.

Tyndall National Institute is involved in several

European projects that offer access to their ex-

pertise, advanced technologies, capabilities and

infrastructure:

Infrastructure Access

ASCENT enables free-of-charge access to

nanoelectronics fabrication and characterisation

infrastructure in Tyndall and our partners in

IMEC (Belgium) and CEA-Leti (France).

ACTPHAST is a one-stop-shop solution for sup-

porting photonics innovation in European SMEs

and offers access to cutting edge technologies in

Tyndall and 21 other partners across Europe.

Innovation Access Gateone enables the faster adoption of Smart Technologies and Smart Systems by SMEs. The consortium involves leading research organisa-tions from across Europe will develop smart sys-

tems technology demonstrators for use by SMEs.

SmarterSI gives SMEs smarter access to

manufacturing in Tyndall and partner research

organisations across Europe through combining

technologies in a series of 8 application experi-

ments proposed by SMEs.

Contact:

Paul Roseingrave T:+353 (0)21 234 6268 E:paul.roseingrave@tyndall.ie http://www.tyndall.ie/

Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings Complex Dyke Parade, Cork

Communications Healthcare

Energy Agri, Food, En-

vironment

Ludgate@Skibbereen

The Ludgate Hub is a not for profit initiative estab-

lished in 2014 and aims to create an entrepreneurial

ecosystem in the Skibbereen and West Cork Region.

The initiative aims to facilitate the creation of 500

jobs and 1000 indirect jobs by 2020. On full imple-

mentation of objectives and targets, they estimate

a positive impact of €34m in GDP for the West Cork

region. The initiative has been developed by a

voluntary board consisting of entrepreneurs, digi-

tal ambassadors and industry leaders who have a

routed connection in the Skibbereen.

A digital strategy has been developed for the area

which aims to bridge the rural-urban divide by giv-

ing back to rural communities adversely affected by

unemployment and emigration. The goal of the

group involved is to create a digitally enabled rural

society where innovators can develop their busi-

nesses in rural Ireland whilst competing globally.

The Ludgate hub is the first of its kind in a non ur-

ban area and the digital connectivity in the building

provides an uncontested 1000MB connection. The

hub is fully operational with over 30 people regis-

tered and working from the premises and has had

significant international interest from the United

States, United Kingdom and South Africa, with

the first international clients locating from the

United States to Skibbereen in September 2016.

The Ludgate Hub aims to put Skibbereen on the

map as a beacon of innovation and to provide

start-ups with the environment and mentoring

support required to research and commercialise

opportunities to compete on a global scale and

will act as a blue print for other rural towns to at-

tract and retain talent in communities and to re-

brand all of rural Ireland as a hub of innovation.

Contact:

Gráinne Dwyer T:+353 (0)879694473 E: info@ludgate.ie www.ludgaqte.ie

Ludgate Hub, Old Bakery, Townshend Street, Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Environmental Research

Institute

The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork is an internationally rec-ognised institute for environmental, marine and energy research dedicated to the understanding and protection of our natural environment. Their goals include developing innovative technolo-

gies, tools and services to facilitate a transfor-mation to a low carbon, resource efficient soci-ety.

The Institute brings together over 300 environ-mental researchers from across science, engi-neering, business and humanities to address complex environmental challenges in a multi-disciplinary approach. The ERI incorporates a number environmental research centres includ-ing Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, Aquacul-ture and Fisheries Development Centre and the Centre for Research on Atmospheric Chemistry. The ERI has substantial research facilities at its two dedicated buildings on Lee Road, Cork and the Beaufort Building, Ringaskiddy along with environmental research facilities across UCC campus. The ERI buildings have 7000 m2 of of-

fices, laboratories and workshops and incubation suites for industry.

The ERI Lee Road Building has a number of spe-cialised laboratory facilities including 200 m2 aquaculture tank laboratory and holding area, category 2 laboratories, atmospheric chemistry simulation chambers, controlled temperature rooms, pilot scale anaerobic digestion reactors for carrying out biofuel trials and clean rooms.

The building also has a wide range of instru-mentation for carrying out material characteri-sation, atmospheric chemistry, water analysis including x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, mobile air quality monitoring units with aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS), colony picketing robots, ion and gas chromatographs.

Contact: Dr. Paul Bolger T:+353 (0)21 490 1931 E: p.bolger@ucc.ie http://eri.ucc.ie Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork

LIR National Ocean Test

Facility at the MaREI Centre

Ireland’s National Ocean Test Facility, LIR-NOTF,

is located at the Marine Renewable Energy Ire-

land (MaREI) headquarters at the Beaufort Build-

ing in Ringaskiddy. Facilities include a tank hall

which houses 4 test tanks, dedicated workshops

and a range of electrical test infrastructure, pro-

viding an ideal testing environment throughout

the early stages of device development.

The facility’s deep water basin, with the capabil-

ity of generating waves heights up to 1.1m, fills

in the missing link in terms of Irelands Marine

Renewable Energy (MRE) infrastructure. It en-

ables testing of devices prior to them moving to

real sea environments. It provides the facility for

the testing of model wave energy devices and

other marine structures in different wave condi-

tions, including extreme conditions.

Facilities include:

Deep Ocean Basin: (35m x 12m x 0.5 to 3m

deep)

It has a movable floor plate to allow the water

depth be adjusted, making it suitable for circa.

1/15 scale operational conditions and 1/50 scale

survival waves.

Ocean Basin: (25m x 18m x 1 to 2m deep)

It has a movable floor and fully absorbent sides

which makes it one of the most advanced tank

worldwide for 1/50 scale testing.

Wave & Current Flume: (28m x 3m x 0.6 to

1.2 m deep)

A multi-purpose facility with the capability of

running separate and combined unidirectional

wave and current tests.

Contact: Jimmy Murphy

T:+353 (0)21 4864300 E: LIR-NOTF@UCC.IE http://www.lir-notf.com LIR National Ocean Test Facility Beaufort Building University College Cork Ringaskiddy Cork

LIR National Ocean Test Facility at the MAREI Centre

Power Take off Rigs and Emulators:

A range of rigs and emulators to test novel de-

signs of power take off systems that may include

new generator types, new gear box designs and

hydraulic pumps.

Services offered include:

Hydrodynamic Performance

Power take-off performance

Site specific wave generation

Naval architecture set-up such as motion

setup, weight distribution, balance & stability

Sea-keeping

Mooring set-up, influence and loading

Validation of pre-completed numerical

models

Limited survival (based on scale)

Data acquisition and analysis

Power map production

Contact: Jimmy Murphy T:+353 (0)21 4864300 E: LIR-NOTF@UCC.IE http://www.lir-notf.com LIR National Ocean Test Facility

Beaufort Building University College Cork Ringaskiddy Cork

Precision Agriculture

Technology Testbed

One of the biggest challenges facing humanity is the ability to feed our rapidly growing world population. The existing worldwide production system is unsustainable without some major breakthroughs in food production.

Tyndall National Institute is playing a small part

in addressing this global problem. Using exper-tise of existing technology and track record of developing new innovative sensor and integrated circuit solutions, Tyndall has created a test-bed where smart systems are being used to control and monitor a variety of factors relating to farm-ing.

The ‘small smart farm’ is spread over various lo-

cations around Cork, accessing different condi-tions. The locations include several horticultural units, simple stand-alone planters, a pasture area and even the river Lee itself where water levels are being continuously monitored and the output available on a live automatic twitter feed operating 24/7. Data is transmitted wirelessly to and from sensors and actuators using a variety of technologies including the SFI CONNECT Cen-tre’s ‘Pervasive Nation’ LoRa infrastructure. https://connectcentre.ie/pervasive-nation/

The testbed utilises a variety of sensors which monitor soil and air temperature, rainfall, light intensity, moisture & water levels, and can make changes to positively influence growing condi-tions. New Award-winning smart sensors have been developed in Tyndall. Combining this tech-

nology with agricultural expertise from several partners (including the UCC school of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences), allows farm-ers to instantly measure and remotely receive information, to make better decisions on fertili-zation and watering, leading to increased pro-duction at lower cost.

Contact: Brendan O’Flynn T:+353(0)21 4903000 E:brendan.oflynn@tyndall.ie

www.tyndall.ie

Tyndall National Institute,

Lee Maltings Complex

Dyke Parade, Cork

Precision Agriculture

Technology Testbed

We are facing exciting challenges in the develop-ment of a water-monitoring programme in Europe as part of the requirements driven by the Water framework directive [WFD]. Technological advances are providing new sensor & network capabilities, long-range low-power communica-

tions, and data interpreting and delivery for-mats. There is a significant opportunity to inte-grate these technologies into intelligent systems, providing data to assist in the decision making process of water management authorities, par-ticularly when the data is available at a high de-gree of spatial and temporal granularity. Real time environmental monitoring systems in

Tyndall have been providing depth, tidal and

flood alert information for the river Lee to the

public over the past decade.

Contact: Brendan O’Flynn T:+353(0)21 4903000 E:brendan.oflynn@tyndall.ie

www.tyndall.ie

Tyndall National Institute,

Lee Maltings Complex Dyke Parade,

Cork

On Farm Testing for Bovine

Disease Diagnostics

Poor animal and welfare can be a major source of economic loss for Irish Farmers. For example, Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is one of the world's most costly bovine diseases with an esti-mated annual cost of €102 million to Irish farm-ers prior to the eradication scheme. Other loss

making illnesses include IBR and Johne’s dis-ease. Due to the highly contagious nature of these diseases, early identification and diagnosis is critical for herd protection to prevent costly outbreaks. Current detection mechanisms rely on commercial laboratories which can be costly with significant wait-time for results. Solutions The availability of a cheap and effective on-Farm test, using milk or serum, would allow vets and farmers to rapidly diagnose different diseases and allow them to implement treatment early in order to prevent costly outbreaks. Tyndall Na-tional Institute in collaboration with colleagues in Teagasc are using nanotechnology to develop a cost-efficient nanowire chip sensor, to provide on-site disease testing in cows within 15 minutes. The sensor works in a similar fashion to existing glucose tests for people with diabetes. They place a drop of blood or milk from an animal on the sensor and get a positive or negative re-sponse for BVD – right there, on the farm.

Benefits Total test time <15 minutes Suitable for both milk and serum samples

Up to 10 sensor channels to allow testing of multiple diseases simultaneously

Control sensor correct for noise and drift

This work recently won the gold medal at the

2016 Innovation Arena Awards for most Innova-

tive Research Emerging from 3rd Level at this

year’s National Ploughing Championships.

Contact: Alan O’Riordan

T:+353 (0)2102346403 E:alan.oriordan@tyndall.ie

www.tyndall.ie

Tyndall National

Institute, Lee Maltings Complex Dyke Parade, Cork

Cork Citizen Engagement

Survey

The Cork Smart Gateway (CSG) aims to enhance the

quality of life for Cork citizens. To this end, the

Gateway and the IERC carried out a series of sur-

veys to better understand Cork citizen’s opinions

about the Cork region and its future development.

The project used crowd-sourced information gath-

ered by student volunteers going door-to-door and

combined these results with an online survey. There

were 3,599 responses which captured the views of

Cork citizens, senior citizens (over 65 years), youth

(16-18 years) and local authority employees.

The survey sought views on issues including:

Citizen’s willingness to engage with public issues

Citizen’s use and preference of traditional and digi-

tal communication tools and their digital skills

Citizen’s access to and use of public infrastructure

including public transport, connectivity and open

data

Citizen’s awareness of existing smart initiatives

Some key findings include:

63% of citizens strongly believe that they have a

large impact in making Cork a better place to live.

However, 62% of citizens feel that there are too

few opportunities for them to participate in local

decision making

Top concerns for citizens are sustainable jobs

(28%) and health and wellbeing (27%)

66% of citizens volunteer citing personal interest

and helping others as their top motivations

78% of citizens identify Cork as an excellent place

for lifelong learning and education opportunities

Email and mobile are the preferred communication

methods for Cork Citizens

The results will be reflected in the identification of CSG projects and developing Cork’s smart agenda.

Contact: Long Pham

T:+353 (0)21 2346940 E: long.pham@ierc.ie www.ierc.ie

International Energy Research Centre,

Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings Complex Dyke Parade, Cork

Contact:

Email: info@corksmartgateway.ie

Web: www.corksmartgateway.ie

Keep in touch via:

@SmartCork Cork Smart Gateway

For more information on the Cork Smart Gateway Initiative or to recommend a project for inclusion in this Smart Dem-

onstrator Brochure please contact claire_davis@corksmartgateway.ie