Presentation of Donia Lasinger from WWTF about Smart City projects in Vienna.

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SMART CITY R&D ACTIVITIES IN VIENNA
Donia Lasinger, WWTF
15.10.2014
Brno

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Currentandfuturechallengesforcitiesarewellknown…
…theanswersfortheseurgent andambiguousquestionsareoftennot foundyet.
Howwill themobilityofthefuturelooklike?
Sources: Welt.de; kreis-calw.de; energie-krise.eu; stern.de
Whataretheeffectsofclimatechangecausedbyhumans?
Whichkindofheatingsystemsdo weneed?
Howshouldcitiesasmainplayersandconsumersofresourcesact?
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Vienna isresponsibleandacts! The citystartsfroma verygoodpointofdeparture.
Source : Boyd Cohen, Smart City Ranking Europa 2014
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Smart City Ranking (2014)
Smart City Wien Framework Strategy

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Vienna hasa broadSmart City Wien definitionwith“tripleimpact“.
Source : Smart City Wien Framework Strategy
2050 wemanage tohavethebestqualityoflifeforeverycitizenin Vienna andat thesame time high resourceconservation. Itisenabledbyinnovation.
Resources
Mobility
Buildings
Energy
Infrastructure
Innovation
R&D
Economy
Education
Quality ofLife
Ecology
Health
SocialInclusion

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Threelong-term goalsgiveguidance
Source : Smart City Wien Framework Strategy
Resources
Per-capitagreenhousegas emissionsin Vienna dropbyat least 35% by2030 andby80% by2050 (comparedto1990)
Innovation
In 2050, Vienna isan innovationleaderdue totop-end research, a strong economyandeducation
Quality ofLife
Vienna maintainsitsqualityoflivingat thecurrentsuperlativelevelandcontinuestofocuson socialinclusionin ist policydesign: asa result, Vienna in 2050 isthecitywiththehighestqualityoflivingandlifesatisfactionin Europe

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Smart cityR&D activitiesin Vienna (academia)
Resources
Quality ofLife
Innovation
AITAustrian Institute ofTechnology
TUVienna University ofTechnology
BOKUUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
University ofVienna
WUVienna University of Economics and Business
ZSICentre for Social Innovation
IFF
MUWMedical University Vienna
LGBLudwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
SBASecure Business Austria
FTWTelecommunicationsResearch Center Vienna
VRVIS
IT
ÖAWAustrian Academy of Sciences
WIFOAustrian Institute of Economic Research
FHFachhochschule Technikum Wien
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Examples(not complete)

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Vienna University ofTechnology – „Cities oftheFuture“
•Interdisciplinary research, ~20 research groups
•Components and whole system
•Sustainable Mobility and Transport Systems
•Intelligent Buildings and Settlements
•Efficient Energy Supply and Infrastructure
http://energiewelten.tuwien.ac.at/research/smartcity/EN
Source : Vienna University ofTechnology, Gudrun Weinwurm
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Vienna University ofTechnology – „Urban Energy and Mobility Systems"
•Three-year doctorate course for 10 postgraduates
•Instituted by Vienna Public Utilities Company and the Vienna University of Technology
•Goal: research and development of scenarios for the path to a "sustainable, supply-secure, affordable and liveablecity“
•Holistic and inter- disciplinary approach
•Led by Prof. Thomas Bednar (Institute of Building Construction and Technology)
http://urbem.tuwien.ac.at/presse/faqs/
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Austrian Institute of Technology
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•Austria's largest non-university research institute; specialist in key infrastructure issues of the future
•Over 1.100 employees
•Five departments:
www.ait.ac.at
Energy
•Integrated Energy Systems
•Energy Infrastructure
Mobility
•Transport Infrastructure
•Low-Emission Transport
•Multi-Modal Mobility Systems
Safety& Security
•Intelligent Vision Systems
•Future Networks & Services
•Highly Reliable Software and Systems
Health& Environment
•Biomedical & BiomolecularHealth Solutions
•Resource Exploitation and Management
Innovation Systems
•Foresight& Governance
•Technology Experience

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Information-andCommunication Technologies –Bridgingscienceandindustry
FTW
VRVIS
SBA
•Research center for Information Security
•25 companies, 4 Austrian universities, 1 university of applied sciences, a non- university research institute, many international research partners to jointly work on challenges ranging from organizational to technical security
www.sba-research.org
•Research company in Visual Computing
•Active partner for research initiatives of the federal government and the City of Vienna
•Aim is to strengthen the innovation and competitiveness of Austria
www.vrvis.at
•Center for research and development of technologies for future communication systems
•Ecosystems of Telecommunications, Transport, Energy, and beyond
www.ftw.at
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University of Natural Resources
and Life Sciences
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•Institute ofStructuralEngineering
•Univ.Prof. Martin Treberspurg
•Smart City focuson buildingssince2010; transformationofexistingbuildings
•Demonstration-projects in modeldistricts
•Development of„smart restructuringplans“ forsinglebuildings, „Grätzl“ anddistricts
•Working in an European context(projectEU-GUGLE)
•Institute forTransport Studies
•Univ.Prof. Gerike Regine,
•IST = Intelligent Transport Systems; cooperationprojecton traffictelematics
•InvolvesthreefederalprovincesVienna, LowerAustria, Burgenland
•Founded2006
•ICT in traffic: ongoingcollectionofup-to- datetrafficdataandintegrationin oneintermodal pool
Workgroup „SustainableConstructions“
ITS Vienna Region

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Industrial R&D research
•Vienna branchoftheAustrian federationofindustrialistsandotherbusinessassociationesareclosepartnersofthesmart cityinitiative
•Vienna IT strategy: co-developmentofprojectsbetweenmanyindustrialpartnersandpublicinstitutions
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