United Nations Habitat III presentation for the Porto Alegre Sustainable Innovation Zone (ZISPOA) on the "Data-Driven Cities – Building Urban Resilience and Enabling Knowledge Sharing Through Data-Intensive Learning, Leadership, and Citizen Participation" promoted by Ecocity Builders California based NGO.

1. DATA-DRIVEN CITIES: PARTICIPATORY
MAPPING SOLAR POWER at ZISPOA
Alexandre P. Santos Arch. Ms.
Global Urban Development Fellow
3C Architecture and Urbanism
Porto Alegre | RS | Brazil

2. WHAT IS
ZISPOA?
it is an independent citizen-led
movement
 more than 100 active
members
 15 current projects
 60+ business

3. WHAT IS
ZISPOA?
 focus of creative economy
 located in the first
sustainability oriented co-
working hub in Latin-
America
 30+ new businesses have
started from courses,
workshops or hackathon

4. WHAT IS
ZISPOA?
it is also a specific region in the
city
 connected to major
universities
 local cluster in collaborative
houses and shared spaces
 neighbors the 4th District
redevelopment

5. SUSTAINABILITY
• Resource efficient and
sustainable
• Impact-oriented and
effective
• Inclusive
INNOVATION
• Knowledge and Information-
Based
• Technology and
Communications-Intensive
• Urban and People-Centered
• Globally Oriented
SUSTAINABLE
INNOVATION

6. HOW DID IT COME
TOGETHER?
Sep 2015 –UFRGS Entrepreneurship Challenge
Oct 2015 – 1st ZISPOA course
Dec 2015 –invitation Smart Living Challenge
Network (Sweden)
Apr 2016 – 2nd ZISPOA course
GeoSUMR webinar + Smart Living
Challenge webinar
Jun 2016 – 1st Annual ZISPOA Festival (World
Environment Day)
ZISPOA + 4 startups awarded at Virada
Sustentável by Fundação Gaia
Oct 2016 – Habitat III
Sweden-Brazil Innovation Weeks

7. ZISPOA
6 KEY ELEMENTS
1. Innovation and Technology
2. Entrepreneurship and Startups
3. Sustainability and Resource Efficiency
4. Creativity and Collaboration
5. Participatory Community Management
6. Business Friendly Environment

8. ACHIEVEMENTS
 100+ students in 3 courses
 450+ participants
 monthly seminars
 monthly GreenDrinks
(networking events)
 weekly ZISTalks
 several workshops
 3 courses
 1 hackathon

9.  Presentations for UN Commission
on Science and Technology,
 2 articles UN Habitat World Urban
Campaign,
 1 article for UNDP Policy in Focus
 civil society representative in the
SDG Council for Rio Grande do Sul
ACHIEVEMENTS

10. ZISPOA
GOALS
Most Solar
Powered
Most Energy
Efficient
Most Digitally
Connected
Most Renewable
Technology-Friendly
Most Bike-
Friendly
to become the most sustainable and innovative place in
Latin America by Dec2020

11. to implement effective action
 sustainable innovation
+ inclusive prosperity
 citizen-led urban
development framework
WORK METHODS

12. Geodesign as an
engagement process:
 data gathering +
visualization + analysis
 driven and implement
by the population
 evidence and
participation-based
decision making
PROJECT CONCEPT

13. PROJECT CONCEPT
cities as complex systems: focus
on socioeconomic relationships
between people and the city
 forces of agglomeration
 uses the built environment
as platform for development
cities as places for interaction
 exchange/trade
 culture
 sharing/co-existence

14. To implement GeoSUMR
methodologies and tools for
ZISPOA to become the most
sustainable and innovative place
in Latin America by 2020.
 1st case study: decentralized
solar energy generation and
distribution
 foster solar power
 increase energy efficiency
 government + society +
university + businesses
GEOSUMR PROJECT

15. partnership agreements
 Porto Alegre Resiliente
(from 100 Resilient Cities)
 Federal University of Rio
Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
 InovaPOA
 PoA Digital
WHAT IS BEING
DEVELOPED

16. integration and collaboration
 Renova Junior Enterprise
 Young Energy
 Oz Engenharia
 Natureza Digital
 connecting the industry to
academia
 creating awareness in the
population
 stimulating business and
institutions to “change gears”
into solar power
WHAT IS BEING
DEVELOPED

17. GIS + community engagement
actions
 data sources identification
for 260+ themes
 advisory for ZISPOA projects
 community engagement
actions: network analysis +
asset mapping
 participatory GIS workshops
 ZISPOA Festival
WHAT IS BEING
DEVELOPED

18. GeoSUMR
US Department
of State
Ecocity
Builders
Association of
American
Geographers
ESRI
Porto Alegre Sustainable
Innovation Zone
UFRGS
PUCRS
Renova
Junior
Enterprise
OTMZA
Junior
Enterprise
UFRGS
Hestia
Incubator/
PrintUp 3D
Porto
Alegre
Resiliente
Procempa
InovaPOA
POA Digital
ObservaPOA
Paralelo
Vivo Hub
Young
Energy
3C
Architecture
and Planning
Natureza
Digital
Oz
Engenharia
Global Urban
Development
RS
Sustainability
Institute
World
Resources
Institute
Brasil
PARTNERS AND
SUPPORTERS

19. Ecocitizen
World Map
Phase 1:
- 2nd academic
course
- Complete
data
collection
- Community
workshops +
bootcamps
- GeoDesign
Workshop
Aug-Nov
2017
- 1st academic
course
- data
provider
roundtable
- database
setup
- Young
Energy +
Renova
partnership
for Solar
Power R&D
Mar-Jun
2017
- UFRGS MOU
- aditional
partner
agreements
- GeoSUMR
initial data
collection
Oct 2016-
Mar 2017
- new Next
Citizens
course +
ZISPOA 2020
Vision and
Strategy
course
- Porto Alegre
Resiliente
MOU
Nov 2016
- 1st solar
powered
electric car
charging
station in RS
with Swedish
Ambassador
- Sweden-
Brazil
Innovation
Week
NOW!
NEXT STEPS

20. Thank you!
Alexandre Pereira Santos Arch. MS
alexandre@3c.arq.br
info:
Exhibition booth B59
zis.poa@gmail.com
marcweiss@globalurban.org
www.3c.arq.brwww.globalurban.org www.zispoa.info