Together on the road to a Smart City A Smart City is a city where social and technological infrastructures and solutions provide sustainable economic growth. This improves the city’s residents’ quality of life. In order to achieve this for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, Amsterdam Smart City was founded, a unique partnership between companies, governments, knowledge institutions and the people of Amsterdam. ASC believes in a liveable city where people can live and work pleasantly. In five years Amsterdam Smart City has grown to a platform with over 100 partners, who are involved in more than 50 innovative projects.
Amsterdam Smart City is the innovation platform of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, in which companies, residents, the municipality and knowledge institutions are challenged to submit and apply innovative ideas & solutions for urban issues.
Amsterdam Smart City connects, to create smart collaborations. This contributes to the livability of the Metropole; it promotes sustainable economic growth and creates new markets.
Amsterdam Smart City puts residents at the heart of all projects and initiatives, in order to develop shared ideas and solutions for the city.
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The Amsterdam Smart City platform is aware of all the different ideas that can be applied in the city and the challenges that the city faces. By challenging parties to submit innovative solutions and execute them in reply to urban issues, ASC connects and accelerates this movement.
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ASC also looks at the possibilities of strengthening previous activities. This advances the development of new markets and profits for innovative solutions. If and when possible, these solutions will be replicated elsewhere in town.
“Cities will become smarter, but in different ways than many people expect. Whereas these top-down projects are struggling, some existing cities are getting smarter from the bottom-up. Amsterdam is considered to be a leader of the pack.” Economist — November 2012 Amsterdam: #2 Smart City of Europe “In recent years, Amsterdam has stepped up its pace to be a leading smart city. Amsterdam Smart City is a public private partnership focused on using the city as an urban laboratory for the use of open data, new mobility solutions and ultimately improved quality of life for all residents and visitors.” Boyd Cohen — Fastcoexist.com (2014)
Areas of interest Smart Mobility
Smart Society
Smart Living
Smart Areas
In Amsterdam Nieuw-West a pilot project will put technology to the test that stores locally produced energy in the battery of an electric car. A resident can decide what to do with the energy from their solar panels. The power can be redirected to the net, used immediately in the house, or stored in the battery of a electric vehicle for later use. The car owner can decide to drive the car, or redirect the energy to use in their home at a more convenient time. Result: the technology and research questions are at the end of development phase. Based on this, the technology will be tested on a small scale Lochem. In 2015, a larger test situation will be set up in Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
Smart Economy
Infrastructure water / roads / energy / ICT
Big & open data
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Within the development of Amsterdam as a Smart City, ASC works on a number of areas of interest, in which projects, ideas and new business models are being deployed.
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From 2014 till 2019, the Nieuw-West area will be one of the largest Smart Energy living labs, a collaboration of 23 different industrial parties. Implementing innovative solutions will result in an investment of 30 million euro’s. The investment will be made in a smart electric grid and smart warmth solutions; existing housing will become more sustainable. We will use games to help young people make smart energy choices. Result: several innovative solutions that are developed and implemented together with residents. So far about 150 residents are involved.
Smart Citizen Kit
With the implementation of 90 low-cost sensors, residents are monitoring invisible elements of their direct surroundings. The kit measures air quality (NO and CO²), temperature, light intensity, decibels and humidity. The data can be measured, compared in real-time and shared with other participants elsewhere in Amsterdam and beyond. This way, urban challenges can be discussed, taking different perspectives into account. Result: the involvement of citizens with their direct environment is strenghtened, on the basis of real data.
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Smart Grid
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Smart City Accelerator
The Amsterdam Energy Atlas offers all data regarding energy use, opportunities for energy conservation and possible energy sources and presents them in a user-friendly manner. A collaboration of 8 parties has led to an interactive map that gives an insightful look to open data, as well as making them freely available. Result: an open data tool to find information on energy on the level of the local area, neighbourhood and housing blocks. This helps residents and companies to monitor their energy and take action.
Energiek Zuidoost wants to reduce the total ecological footprint of the area between Amsterdam ArenA Stadium and the Amsterdam University Hospital AMC. In cooperation with the stakeholders involved research is being done into initiatives that contribute to sustainable development of the area. This will involve data centres, interchange of sustainably harvested energy and a solar roof on the AMC buildings. Result: insight in all energy related oppurtunities, in order to realise concrete deals and action plans.
In Amsterdam Nieuw-West the first intelligent grid has been implemented, which provides energy for 10,000 households. In this intelligent net, computers and sensors have been placed at interconnecting nodes. This means that the middle voltage grid can be completely operated from a distance. Besides this, the current grid has been strengthened and its structure has been improved. Two-way traffic of energy has been made possible. Result: less and shorter disruptions for end-users, possibilities for large scale generation of energy and the grid enables the development and application of new products and services with smart urban solutions.
Amsterdam Smart City will start a Smart City Accelerator, in cooperation with Startup Bootcamp. The accelerator’s ambition is to help grow 10 successful startup companies, during an intensive 3-month program, with an ‘after-care’ period of 12 to 18 months. The six-year program connects local stakeholders and knowledge institutions, so talent can develop and the innovative power and economic sustainability of the region will be strengthened. Result: 60 Smart City startups with urban solutions.
“When we started as a small company it really helped us to work together with the ”big boys“ in several Amsterdam Smart City projects. Now that we are “grown-up” ourselves, expanding our activities abroad, we still profit from the international exposure that we got and the network this gave us. The Smart City experience to work with so many different organizations, is still of great use to us.” Joris Jonker — CEO Quby
“We first met with Amsterdam Smart City at one of the Startupbootcamp Amsterdam partner preview days - since then, ASC has hugely helped us with advice, connections and introductions to relevant individuals and organisations in Amsterdam. The ASC team has opened doors for us and we have been able to contribute towards a smarter and betterconnected Amsterdam” John Staunton — Founder Buzzoek
Offer Knowledge
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Local ecosystems in the city 5 years of public private partnership Overview of smart ideas and solutions Data about the city Cooperation with various knowledge institutions Knowledge of (inter)national Smart City developments
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Market
• Project development • The MRA as Living Lab • Climate for innovation: secundary conditions for a smart city • Market for development & replication • Amsterdam Connects: marketing innovation abroad
Matchmaking 12.000+ contacts, 8 strong sectors 100+ active partners 36 municipalities Citizens ( and bottom-up initiatives) Cooperation startup accelerators International program: Amsterdam Connects 10 City alliances
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Smart projects that will change the world. We implement them first in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam #2 Smart City in Europe Your product or service: “Tested in Amsterdam!” Local, national and international exposure Online podium: website and social media Offline podium: local, national and international events, foreign visits
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2 iconic European projects Transform en City-Zen
do-it-yourself approaches
63,000 unique visitors amsterdamsmartcity.nl yearly
cooperation with startup accelerators: Smart City Accelerator
300+ active residents in urban living labs
3,000 newsletter subscribers
1,200+ followers
1,700+ likes
1,100+ members
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Would you like to participate in Amsterdam Smart City, or do you have an interesting idea? Contact ASC via partner@amsterdamsmartcity.nl or find more information on www.amsterdamsmartcity.com @adamsmartcity facebook.com/AmsterdamSmartCity