Smart Cities
People-centred smart cities, security/privacy, impact assessment & open urban innovation
Background
The Smart Cities Helix was amongst the first tranche of Helix communities launched by Crowdhelix in early 2013, and is led by the world-renowned academic institution NTNU: the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Scope
Closely integrated with the focus areas of the Energy, Transport, and Digital Helixes, the Smart Cities Helix provides an Open Innovation community for experts seeking international collaborators to carry out research and innovation across the following topics:
- Smart & decarbonised buildings
- Big data for buildings
- Integrated & smart urban transport systems
- Smart urban planning
- Digitised urban infrastructure
- Building energy performance improvements
- Energy smart grids
- Positive energy districts & Energy Islands
Policy
Under the European Union’s Horizon Europe funding programme, a dedicated Mission has been established to galvanise cross-sector expertise towards realising the transition towards climate-neutral and smart cities worldwide. As set out in the Mission outline documentation, more than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and this is expected to reach 80% by 2050. Cities and metropolitan areas are also key centres of economic activity, knowledge generation, innovation, and new technologies.
This Mission is also expected to contribute towards the targets set by international policy frameworks such as the COP21 Paris Agreement, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (notably SDG11), the Urban Agenda for the EU, and the Habitat III New Urban Agenda, as cities play a central role in all of them. In particular, Crowdhelix intends to support the Mission’s aim to include citizen science and public engagement in its delivery, by widening participation to new communities beyond specialist R&I stakeholders.
Latest Opportunities
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CUCrowdhelix UserMarch 19, 2021 09:50 in Energy, Climate, Smart Cities
Seeking European collaboration in the field of High Temperature Heat Pump applications
Can act as:- Coordinator
- Work Package Leader
- High temperature heat pump
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Seeking collaboration as project partner under the 2021 PRIMA call for projects
Can act as:- Work Package Leader
- Consortium Partner
- Big data analysis;
- Groundwater
- Hydro-environmental modelling
- Water quality modelling
- Contaminant transport
PRIMA-1.1.1-2021Sustainable soil and water management for combating land degradation and desertification and promoting ecosystem restoration
Stage 1April 13, 2021
Stage 2September 09, 2021
Project Type- RIA Research and Innovation action