CITY-ZEN
City-zen: a balanced approach to the city of the future
City-zen: a balanced approach to the city of the future
City-zen was a joint project of Amsterdam, Grenoble and 28 partners that was granted EU-funding to develop and demonstrate energy efficient cities and to build a methodology and tools for cities, industries and citizens to reach the 20-20-20 targets.
Demonstration Sites
The City-zen project has yielded the following results:
* saving 35,000 tons CO2 per year
* renovated 76,000 m2 residential buildings
* connected 10,000 dwellings to smart grid
* 20 pilot projects completed in Grenoble and Amsterdam
Visualisation type:
Expected results
- Sanquin cooling by raw water realized
- Houthaven comfort cooling realized
- Amount of renovated (residential) buildings: 76000 m2
- Amount of dwellings connected to a smart grid: 10000
- Innovative collective drainage network for a significant density of highly energy performance groundwater heat pumps realized
- Development of two roadmaps to carbon neutrality
- Smart grid elements tested:
- Virtual power plant in Amsterdam and PV combined with batteries in Grenoble
- Multi-territorial monitoring system (heat, water, electricity)
- Vehicle to grid
- End to end smartification
- 10 Roadshows executed (intense, one week programs at cities that want to kick-start their energy transition)
Products
- KOPTER (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/ressources/smart-grids/dispatch-and-trad...) Optimizer model for a regional smart energy platform balancing unpredictable energy supply with flexible demand.
- Métro Energies (was: VivaCité)(https://vivacite-grenoble.fr.atos.net/s2gmt-usager/#/Home) A collaborative energy data management tool for city planners, city officials, building operators and city inhabitants.
- Go2Zero (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/go2zero-simulation-leads-to-valuable-ins...) A serious (role playing) game for decision makers such as local governments, construction companies, network operators, (local) energy suppliers and citizens. The game/simulation is played as part of interactive sessions where stakeholders jointly tackle challenges in the energy transition. The sessions are led by consortium partners DNV GL (https://www.dnvgl.com).
- The Age of Energy (http://theageofenergy.com/) An award winning game designed by Clicks+Links (http://pixelmilldigital.com/). The aim is to engage young urban dwellers to save energy by raising awareness and changing behavior through the familiar medium of gaming.
Methodology:
Descriptions of the smart city development methodology, including the process and research preceding it, can be found on the overview page (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/ressources/methodology/). Links to the catalogue of measures, roadmaps, etc. can be found in the list of Key Documents below.
Key Documents:
- "A tale of two cities" City-zen Overall Lessons Learned & Insights (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/a-tale-of-two-cities-interactive-pdf-now...) (a very interactive and visual project book)
- KOPTER (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/city-zen_d5-1...)
- Smart Meter report (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/city-zen_d6-6...)
- Catalogue of Measures (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/city-zen_d4-5...)
- Roadmap Amsterdam (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/city-zen_d4-6...)
- Roadmap Grenoble (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/city-zen_d4-7...)
- Monitoring and Evaluation of the Amsterdam Building Renovations (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/city-zen_d7-2...)
- Retrofitting in Grenoble (https://smartcities-infosystem.eu/sites/www.smartcities-infosystem.eu/fi...)
- Retrofitting in Amsterdam (https://smartcities-infosystem.eu/sites/www.smartcities-infosystem.eu/fi...)
- Collected information on state of art (https://smartcities-infosystem.eu/sites/www.smartcities-infosystem.eu/fi...)
- Sanquin cooling by raw water realised (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cityzen_d5-14...)
- Business case models for retrofitting in Amsterdam (https://smartcities-infosystem.eu/sites/www.smartcities-infosystem.eu/fi...)
- Documented paths to successful deployment (http://www.cityzen-smartcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/city-zen-d9-1...)