Smart City platforms, methodologies
and indicators: the European
Commission perspective
Cristobal Irazoqui
Smart Cities & Sustainability
Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and
Technologies
European Innovation Partnership
on
Smart Cities and Communities
Supporting Europe's cities in
getting smarter
http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/
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The EIP Smart Cities 'Philosophie'
ict
 enabling effect 
Districts and
Built
Environment
Integrated
Infrastructures
Sustainable
Mobility
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Tackle common challenges together (cities, industry, SMEs, academia)
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Develop innovative, replicable solutions
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Bundle the needs of cities and regions
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Include business and banks
Create markets
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Triple bottom line gain for Europe
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Action Clusters launched on 09 October 2014
Sustainable Urban
Mobility
Citizen Focus
Sustainable Districts
& Built Environment
Integrated
Infrastructure &
Processes, Data
how we build society into the process as an integral actor for transformation and beneficiary of gains
Policy & Regulation, Integrated planning
creating the enabling environment to accelerate improvement
Business Models, Procurement & Funding integrating local solutions in an EU and global market
Action Clusters to be launched in 2015 (tbc)
Metrics & Indicators enabling cities to demonstrate performance gains in a comparable manner
Standards
providing the framework for consistency commonality and repeatability, without stifling innovation
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Three key elements
 Smart City platforms
 Methodologies & standards for the environmental impact
assessment of ICT.
 Key Performance Indicator
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Three key elements
 Smart City platforms
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Three key elements
 Methodologies & standards for the environmental impact
assessment of ICT.
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Methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of ICT:
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 Out of the research program (enabling effect of ICT):
 Transport sector -> Methodology to evaluate the impacts of ITC/ITS measures on
mobility, vehicle energy consumption and CO2 emissions (2013)
 Buildings -> The ICT PSP methodology for energy savings measurement (2011)
 Out of standardization organizations
L1400 series: methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of ICT:
 L1410:
Goods Networks and Services
 L1420:
Organizations
 L1430:
Projects
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Cities
*L1440:
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Towards Macro: Aggregation of
information in the level of analysis
ICT in
Countries
Bilan Carbone FR
(Reporting)
ICT in Cities L-1440
GHGP
IEC
GHGP
DG ENV – Product
environmental
footprint
ICT Projects L-1430
ICT in Organizations-L- 1420
LCA of ICT
Goods, Networks
and Services
Bilan Carbone
FR (Reporting)
L-1410
ITU
ETSI TS 103 199
ETSI
ICT Product Category Rules
Guidance IEC 62725
ICT Product
Category Rules
IEC
Available
and piloted
by ICT
under the
initiative of
DG CNECT
Towards Micro :Breakdown and increase in
details of information in the level of analysis
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Overview of the structure of L.1440
ICT in Cities
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ICT contribution
to the environmental impact of a city
ICT
footprint
ICT
projects
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Three key elements
Key Performance Indicator
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Action Clusters launched on 09 October 2014
Sustainable Urban
Mobility
Citizen Focus
Sustainable Districts
& Built Environment
Integrated
Infrastructure &
Processes, Data
how we build society into the process as an integral actor for transformation and beneficiary of gains
Policy & Regulation, Integrated planning
creating the enabling environment to accelerate improvement
Business Models, Procurement & Funding integrating local solutions in an EU and global market
Action Clusters to be launched in 2015 (tbc)
Metrics & Indicators enabling cities to demonstrate performance gains in a comparable manner
Standards
providing the framework for consistency commonality and repeatability, without stifling innovation
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Thank you very much
Questions?
Cristobal Irazoqui
Policy Officer - ICT Environmental Sustainability
Smart Cities & Sustainability Unit
be.linkedin.com/pub/irazoqui-cristobal/0/611/283/
DG CONNECT
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
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