Smart Sustainable Cities – a strategic innovation agenda

Project leaders: Mattias Höjer, hojer@kth.se and Olga Kordas olga@kth.se

Financed by Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova

The city we want: smart and sustainable, Genoa, June 18 2014

What is a SIA-SSC about?

Smart

Sustainable Cities

SSC

Why?

Because we see an enormous potential and want to

- ”Help” the Energy agency and Vinnova identify needs and opportunities and prioritise activities

- Create a basis for an application on a ”Strategic Innovation Program”

The SIA on Smart Sustainable Cities is being developed by more than 20 large organisations in cooperation during 2014

What?

Show how the area can meet global challenges

Identify stakeholders and challenge them to position themselves

Define activities for reaching the targets

Who?

ABB ElectroluxEricsson Fortum IBM IntelNCC SiemensSweco TeliaSoneraVasakronan

City of MalmöSkåne Regional Council

City of Stockholm

ITU – SSC (FN) Swedish National Grid

Swedish Transport Adm

KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyLund University

SPSwedish ICT

Partners may be added

HS2020Swedish Union of Tenants

A definition of Smart Sustainable City

A Smart Sustainable City is a city that meets the needs of its present inhabitants,

- without compromising the ability for other people or future generations to meet their needs, and thus, does not exceed local or planetary environmental limitations, and

- where this is supported by ICT

Höjer and WangelSmart Sustainable Cities – definition and challengesIn: Hilty, L.M., Aebischer, B. (eds.)ICT Innovations for SustainabilitySpringer, Heidelberg New York 2014 (in press)

Challenges for Smart Sustainable Cities

Development of assessment methods to ensure that cities identified as Smart Sustainable Cities are in fact sustainable;

Complementing mitigating measures to avoid rebound effects;

The relationship between top-down and bottom-up initiatives needs further exploration;

Strategies for strengthening city governments’ competences are needed;

Governance models for smart sustainable city development must be considered.

Höjer and WangelSmart Sustainable Cities – definition and challengesIn: Hilty, L.M., Aebischer, B. (eds.)ICT Innovations for SustainabilitySpringer, Heidelberg New York 2014 (in press)

Characteristics?

Create innovation through

• Demanding solutions to global challenges connected to environment and energy

• Integrating several fields and the strongest most dedicated actors from industry, institutes, cities, universities, authorities and citizens’ organisations

2nd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability

24-27 August 2014, Stockholm, Sweden

Lorraine Hudson

Luis Neves

Debra J. Richardson

Marko Turpeinen

Göran Finnveden

Cecilia Katzeff

Lorenz Hilty

Colette Maloney

Keynote speakers

Theme: ICT and transformational change

13 Workshops +

2.5 days conference

Organized by Centre for Sustainable CommunicationsKTH Royal Institute of Technology