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Use Cases on BABLE are real-world reference projects sharing insights and learnings to show you what is already possible. Each Use Case contains a list of achieved benefits, driving factors, financial information, advice for replication and links to relevant Solutions and the implemented Products. There is also the opportunity to contact the BABLE users who participated in implementing and managing the Use Case.
Use Case
Waste
The city of The Hague, alongside the local URBACT group created the Circular Lab 070, a space to provide sustainability and circular economy skills and knowledge.
Use Case
Waste
The Laak district of The Hague created workshops to promote and educate residents on circular interior design skills.
Use Case
ICT
Water
The city of The Hague helped promote second hand stores through the creation of apps, allowing for increased public access to second hand product information and a reward scheme for purchases.
Use Case
Mobility
In order to reduce the 'cruising' time of its citizens, the City of Ettelbruck deployed a technology which enables real-time monitoring and visualisation of the available parking spaces in the City.
Use Case
Waste
The city of Opole opened an Urban Resource Centre to promote greater awareness and participation of citizens in the circular economy. They began with a trial campaign to educate residents through regular workshops targeting different interests of the residents, like card crafting and weaving.
Use Case
Mobility
ICT
Mobi Lab built a mobile phone application for Tartu Smart City for citizens to access real-time bus schedule information and find the closest bus stops.
Use Case
Mobility
ICT
Mobi Lab installed smart stickers on every one of the 294 bus stops in Tartu. The stickers have pre-programmed NFC chips and QR codes to load real-time data of upcoming buses. The system uses GPS data from moving buses and helps daily commuters be aware of any delays in the schedule.
Use Case
Water
In order to optimise irrigation management and preserve the tree population, the city of Essen has developed TreeCop, a smart watering management system for urban trees in 2020, together with the University of Trier.
Use Case
ICT
Other
On the occasion of the world's largest pumpkin exhibition, a virtual reality was developed in which visitors can try out a game with pumpkins and at the same time gain their first experiences with VR.
Use Case
ICT
Other
A screen in a shop window usually plays advertising content. Not so in the new pilot project of the Innovation Network of the City of Ludwigsburg. They developed a question and answer game 'Fact or Fake?' for young and old that is fun and teaches participants interesting facts about Ludwigsburg.
Use Case
Mobility
ICT
Health
Security
The City of Tampere has embedded a wireless gigabit network in the lighting fixtures, creating a neutral host network to branch out from fiber point-of-presence to the full granularity of the lighting grid. Benefits include enhancing public services and densifying public 5G networks.
Use Case
Energy
ICT
Elevators and escalators communicate with the smart building energy management system in order to limit the peak power visible to the external electricity grid.