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IRIS Smart Cities

Integrated and replicable solutions for co-creation in sustainable cities
IRIS Smart Cities
EU Horizon 2020

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 774199

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The IRIS project supports the lighthouse cities of Utrecht (NL), Gothenburg (SE) and Nice Côte d’Azur (FR) and their follower cities Vaasa (FI), Alexandroupolis (GR), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES) and Focsani (RO) in their urgent need to provide cheaper, more accessible, more reliable energy and mobility services in their cities, contributing to a better and more sustainable urban quality of life.

By demonstrating smart solutions that integrate energy, mobility, and ICT, anchored in a City Innovation Platform, IRIS quantifies their value and links the interests of numerous stakeholders to innovative business models, enabling replication of integrated solutions for sustainable cities across Europe and globally.

To do this, IRIS is working on five transition tracksTransition Tracks) based on common challenges, encompassing 16 integrated solutions that cities can combine according to their characteristics and the specific needs of neighbourhoods.

  • Transition Tracks 1, 2 and 3 aim to improve energy efficiency and optimise grid flexibility by dynamically balancing supply and demand, using second-life batteries and V2G storage to enable renewable energy production and the deployment of e-cars and e-buses.
  • Transition Track 4 supports this through data sharing, common architecture, the use of standards and governance practices accelerating the innovation, standardisation and implementation of affordable intelligent applications.
  • Transition Track 5 integrates interdisciplinary citizen engagement and co-creation into tracks 1 to 4, linking end-user needs with those of other stakeholders to further support innovative business models.

The expected impacts of IRIS are an open innovation ecosystem that motivates citizens to act as prosumers; more effective urban planning and governance of integrated solutions; the exploitation of validated innovative business models based on multi-stakeholder collaboration; more stable, secure and affordable energy and mobility services for citizens, with improved air quality.

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