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SmartEnCity Academy Update: 2nd lesson date & guest speaker
We have updated the second lesson of our SmartEnCity Academy towards Zero Carbon Transition with new information. The date for "Lesson 2: Mastering Governance & Political Barriers: Engage and Integrate" will be 14 April at 2 PM CEST. And we are proud to announce that Baha Kuban from Demir Enerji, a smart city specialist from our sister SCC1 project Remourban, will join us as an external guest speaker!
The charging of Sonderborg's electric vehicles is secured
All 30 E.ON EV charging points are now in operation. They are mainly stand-alone chargers, with two charging outlets each, with 22 kW charging capacity. This means that when only one EV is plugged into the charger, it will be charged faster than two EVs being plugged in simultaneously. One car, if it possessed the capability, will be charged with 22 kW, and two cars plugged in at the same time, will charge with 11 kW each.
Lighthouse City Tartu: Smart home training sessions for residents
All Tartu pilot area apartments will be equipped with a smart home system. This comprises of a tablet computer on the wall near the entrance of the apartment and various sensors. In most pilot area buildings, the systems have already been installed, even though some further software developments are still underway.?
Lighthouse City Sonderborg: Battery storage solutions for in housing associations
The battery storage solutions in combination with solar PV plants are planned to be implemented and demonstrated in estimated eight housing departments belonging to the three housing associations in Sonderborg: SAB, SOBO, B42.
SmartEnCity Networks: Estonian Smart Cities Club visited Elva
On March 12, the Estonian Smart Cities Club met for the fifth time in Elva, Estonia. Elva, a small city of only 5600 people, located in Tartu county, was one the first to join the Club and kindly offered to host the March meeting. Present were representatives from Rakvere, Valga, Tartu and Elva cities, and also project partners from Tartu Regional Energy Agency (TREA), Institute of Baltic Studies (IBS), the University of Tartu and Smart City Lab.
Lighthouse City Tartu: Housing associations meet for another technical meeting
On March 9, the housing association representatives of the Tartu pilot area met for another technical meeting. This time, the focus was on heating and ventilation systems, data collection and the smart home system.
SmartEnCity Academy has successfully started - recording now online!
The SmartEnCity Academy has already started on the 20 February with more than 50 attendees participating in lesson 1: "The SmartEnCity Way towards Zero Carbon City". The online training course was coming up in a new interactive format and was very well received.
SmartEnCity Project represented at Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum
“Smart Cities – What’s Next?” was the title of the EIP-SCC marketplace session on 18 February 2020 in Brussels. SmartEnCity was represented by project coordinator Francisco Rodriguez Perez-Curiel during a panel discussion which was focusing on opportunities for implementation, replication and scaling up for Smart City solutions from different perspectives.
Estonian students visiting Lighthouse City Tartu exploring the smart city of tomorrow.
On 4 March, thirty high school students from Kohtla-Järve visited Lighthouse City Tartu to learn about SmartEnCity project and smart solutions and developments in Tartu.
Follower City Lecce is part of the publication “EUROPE TOWARDS POSITIVE ENERGY DISTRICTS”
Do you want to know more about European Positive Energy Districts (PED) projects? Check out the updated version of the PED Booklet! It contains new and more cases, and provides an overview of different approaches, challenges and success factors. These PED projects contribute to sustainable urbanisation, climate action and the energy transition.