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Event location: Bryggetorget, Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Link to online event: https://cleantechscandinavia.com/Events/cleantech-capital-day/
What do we need from investors and innovators to reach climate targets? The discussion will be spot on and focus on what we can do NOW. Oslo, 2022 – Cleantech Scandinavia’s statistics show a major surge in cleantech investments in Norway and Cleantech Capital Day will again collect the most important players in industry, investment, government, startups and growth companies to learn from new sustainable innovations. This exclusive 2-days event will bring together around 200 professionals. Most members of Cleantech Scandinavia’s network attend plus many other in international investors, industries, and established cleantech companies. Participants come from Europe, China, Middle East and North America. The event features many networking opportunities, company pitches including the Nordic Cleantech Open Finalsand content sessions. Further there are sessions focused on specific markets, looking to find better ways to bridge these areas with the Nordics and Europe at large with the goal to increase cleantech business.
Link to online event: Course will be delivered online, via ZOOM, in 4 weekly modules, 9am - 12pm
The BABLE team is delighted to announce a new online training course: SMARTER CONNECTED PLACES - experiential learning for tomorrow's urban leaders. Learn from experienced trainers who have worked with the most innovative, progressive local authorities from around Europe delivering impactful smart programmes. Whatever your specialist interest: urban mobility, energy transition, 20 minute or liveable neighbourhoods, climate actions, innovation zones, test beds, this course will give you a bedrock of insights and tools to run your own programme. Scheduled to run online with 4 consecutive weekly sessions, starting Tuesday, 15th November between 9am & 12pm. Learning modules include: Smarter Connected Places Foundation - 15th November - Strategy, scope and vision come together to help shape your plan, by identifying drivers, the intended impact and the stakeholder helix you’ll need to engage with. Innovative Financing & Procurement – 22nd November - Alternative funding options, leveraging private public partnerships, and the role and styles of procurement all influence your programme’s outcomes. Leveraging Data and Ensuring Privacy – 29th November - Data strategies, governance and risk management are vital to the integrity and decision-making process. Citizen Participation & Living Labs – 6th December - Co-creation process for sharing best practices and engaging with stakeholders, and the design and implementation of Living Labs £950 + VAT public sector £1350 + VAT private sector Early bird discount of £200 for registrations received by Friday 14 October. Whilst the focus of this course is the UK market, the key skill learnings will be relevant to international participants. We welcome anyone who has a good understanding of English to join us. To optimise the learning opportunity, we have restricted the number of places to a maximum of 20 participants . For the full course details please click here .
Event location: Riga, Latvia
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Link to online event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86543484296?pwd=QXR1c1RObEtmWWZuZ09mSjNmeko5UT09
Event Title: The Smart Grid Paradigm for a Greener Future for Citizens - Illustrating the Green Transition during a live dialogue on core concepts and experiences from across Europe While Smart Grids may be seen as a topic left for the technical practitioners, bringing this topic to higher-level conversations is imperative in these times of a severe energy crisis and the desperate need for a green transition. Smart Grids are a crucial enabler for Net Zero Transition and with citizens becoming prosumers (producers and active consumers of energy), it is critical to widen the discussion around smart grids. BABLE , in the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2022 , will be hosting a side event on November 2, titled “The Smart Grid Paradigm for a Greener Future for Citizens” . This interactive and engaging session will bring a unique perspective from the SPARCS (Sustainable energy Positive & zero cARbon CommunitieS) Horizon 2020 European funded project. Front-line specialists on the topic will speak from personal experience about how to bring stakeholders together and create a viable market solution. Register here and save the date!
BABLE Smart Cities and Smart Dublin have partnered up to share Smart City stories from across Dublin throughout next the month of September! We will share inspiring stories, insights and learnings from implemented projects in the Dublin region by featuring Use Cases , podcast episodes , articles and a newsletter . Follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our podcast Smart in the City – The BABLE Podcast to make sure you don't miss anything of this collaboration.
The latest IPCC report shows that in three years global Greenhouse Gas Emissions must peak and begin to descend rapidly to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. Even in the most optimistic scenarios, current commitments by national governments are not sufficient to keep temperature rise below 1.5° C. The Solar Impulse Foundation recognize that the main barrier to dealing with climate change is not actually one of technology. Rather, the innovation we need is in laws, markets and incentives to adapt them to our current objectives. Cities have an outsized environmental footprint, but they are better placed than most to capture the benefits of environmental protection - economic growth, new jobs, improved quality of life – and to align the market behind their objectives. They are calling on cities and their officials to recognize this and pledge to take steps that will favour the adoption of clean solutions that are as logical as they are ecological by; Publicly report environmental data and progress on commitments to ensure existing measures are suitable and aligned with their targets. Integrating environmental procurement criteria into their purchasing practices and processes to ensure that sustainability and its benefits are at the heart of their decision-making. Considering the whole life cost of their purchases when assessing the Return on Investment. Abandoning the notion of lowest common bidder as the most decisive criteria in purchasing decisions. Stepping up efforts to work together with like-minded cities to undertake joint purchasing agreements so as to de-risk investments. Ensuring that the business community is fully integrated into the cities' efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. Cities have both the capacity and responsibility to lead, and the decisions taken by and within cities will ultimately set the course for society’s ecological transition. We need to give ourselves the best chance to achieve that goal. Sign the pledge here .
The development of big data technologies and the digitalisation of public transport systems have been on the rise with the aim of improving innovative mobility solutions. However, certain groups are left behind for different reasons including lack of knowledge, skills, resources, and interest to accessing these technologies. Moreover, user involvement and co-creation are still often forgotten when developing non-digital public transport solutions. UMCASE intends to shift the attention of policy-makers and mobility experts to those who often do not have a voice, providing cities a method to improve their transport solutions and tailoring them to individual needs. UMCASE (Citizens’ inclusive and accessible urban mobility solutions) is a one-year project, supported by EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. The project will create an innovative method to engage key city actors in creating the mobility that suits them. Often, mobility solutions of a city are replicated from other contexts, not considering the specific characteristics and needs of their inhabitants. This is even more evident with digital solutions for mobility. This method is based on a design thinking approach that allows citizens, citizen’s representative organisations, relevant urban stakeholders, transport providers and businesses to work together during an intensive ideation cooperation. The unique combination of observation, interaction and evaluation of the co-created solutions allows UMCASE to go further than just the formulation of ideas, truly being able to maximise people value while balancing business viability and feasibility at large (technical, organisational and institutional). To develop and test this method, our project will develop its activities in two pilot cities: Vitoria (Spain) and Eindhoven (the Netherlands). The City of Vitoria will focus on older people, approaching the digital gap that this age group might have. Complementarily, the City of Eindhoven will focus on another group that might have difficulties accessing digital services - people with low incomes. At the end of the project, the UMCASE methodology and execution tutorial will be made available for cities, citizens, service providers and other stakeholders to support the design of more inclusive mobility services.
“Increasing Energy Efficiency in Buildings Using AI“ wins Use Case of the Month for August 2022! Congratulation to our community members The Predictive Company ( @Alonzo Romero ) and the city of Barcelona , Spain. The Use Case was chosen as Use Case of the Month due to its innovative solution and its potential for replication. It furthermore follows the objectives outlined by the European Green Deal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Read more about the Use Case here and upload your own for a chance to win future Use Case of the Month awards!
Did you develop a solution in response to the COVID19 pandemic's impact on our life in the built environment? Are you interested in 500.000 DKK in financial support to market trial your solution in Denmark - also as an international company. Then read more about the themes apply here before 1. September In just a very short time, COVID-19 mobilised governments, changed markets and not least changed the way people live. Work and time off under the same roof, distancing, and new routines for hygiene, shopping and meeting with others. The changes have had both negative and positive effects, and therefore they have been significant for our quality of life. In the ' RESPOND – a new framework for everyday life ' initiative, we want to build back better and support new solutions coming out of pandemic that can create a more resilient built environment with a better quality of life for everyone. So do you e.g. have: ✅ an innovative approach to indoor climate with a focus on health in addition to comfort? ✅ new solutions for a healthier, greener urban environment with room for everyone? ✅ new ways of supporting a varied, safe, and healthy hybrid-work environment, both physically and digitally? ...or something completely different we haven't thought of that will create a more resilient construction sector and better quality of life? Then apply here. RESPOND provides financial support for solutions that address a need that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic, and which have a lasting potential to make a positive difference to the building sectors resilience, sustainability, and quality of life. It is possible to apply for financial support up to 500,000 DKK incl. VAT (i.e. VAT cannot be added). The projects are expected to start January 2023 with a project period of up to 1 year. If you have any questions about the initiative or the call, don't hesitate to reach out to RESPOND innovation lead Toke Sabroe (toke@futureitis.dk) or Head of project Anne Gade Iversen (agi@realdania.dk).
On 28 July 2022 the Commission adopted the decision needed to set up a reformed Expert Group on Urban Mobility (EGUM). The new EU Urban Mobility Framework, adopted on 14 December 2021 as part of the Efficient and Green Mobility Package , states that a reinforced platform for dialogue and the co-creation of actions to implement the new framework will enable stronger engagement by Member States, and improved dialogue with cities, regions and stakeholders on all urban mobility issues. The previous Member States Expert Group on urban mobility (ref. E03165) will now cease operations. Membership The selection procedure for members for the Expert Group varies according to the body concerned: Member States have received a direct invitation to nominate representatives. Local and regional authorities are invited to respond to a call for expression of interest. Other organisations are invited to respond to a public call for applications. For any further information, contact MOVE-B3-SECRETARIAT@ec.europa.eu
Are you a city or a region willing to help cities and regions in Ukraine? In full solidarity with Ukraine, its regions, cities, local and regional authorities and its people, the Cities4Cities platform is a place to match the demands and needs of Ukrainian cities and regions with the capacity, know-how and supply of other European cities and regions. Under the patronage of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe , this platform should be a place for an uncomplicated exchange with our Ukrainian colleagues. [Repost from The Council of European Municipalities and Regions ]
A new episode of Smart in the City – The BABLE Podcast is out! "Rostock will become a SMILE CITY," promised Claus Ruhe Madsen in 2020. At this new stop on our journey toward a better urban life, we discuss digitalisation, citizen engagement, mobility and more with the former Mayor of the city of Rostock, Germany. Listen now to ' Rostock: a "Smile City" ' Don't forget to subscribe and turn on your notifications on your listening platform to make sure you don't miss this episode.