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Smart and Inclusive Solutions for a Better Life in Urban Districts (SMARTER TOGETHER)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

SMARTER TOGETHER’s overarching vision is to find the right balance between smart technologies and organizational/ governance dimensions in order to deliver smart and inclusive solutions and to improve citizen’s quality of life.SMARTER TOGETHER gather the European Lighthouse cities Lyon, Munich, Vienna, the Follower cities Santiago de Compostela, Sofia, Venice and Kyiv and Yokohama as observer citi ...
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Heating and Cooling: Open Source Tool for Mapping and Planning of Energy Systems (HotMaps)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

HotMaps will develop, demonstrate and disseminate a toolbox to support public authorities, energy agencies and planners in strategic heating and cooling planning on local, regional and national levels, and in-line with EU policies. The toolbox will facilitate the following tasks on a spatially disaggregated level: (1) Mapping heating and cooling energy situation including renewable and waste heat ...
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Wuppertal goes Europe

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Even the title of the project "Wuppertal goes Europe" describes the main objective of the City Council Wuppertal: EU mobility’s improve European competences of learners and VET staff or modernisation through internationalisation. The implementation of European policies is an ever-present cross-cutting issue in all areas of our administration. European laws and regulations be respected, European fu ...
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European cities serving as Green Urban Gate towards Leadership in sustainable Energy (EU-GUGLE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

The EU-GUGLE project mobilises public / private resources to build showcases of totally around 226,000 m2 of cost-efficient urban Zero Carbon Building Renovation models in AT, FI, DE, IT, SK & ES - together with associated cities in SE&TR. EU-GUGLE is designed to respond to the needs of an effective take-off of the Smart City initiative within the EU SET-plan and in particular by demonstrating dif ...
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Gemeinsames erkennen – Unterschiede wertschätzen – Kommunikation auf Augenhöhe ermöglichen – GEKO

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

GEKO wants to generate a relevant outcome for 15 young people from deprived origins, as well as for politicians, engaged in youth politics, who need a better intuition for the needs of significant parts of their community. The priority of this project is to create an equal dialogue between all participants.For adolescents, the feeling of being part of a community within their personal environment ...
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Integrative energy planning of urban areas: collective learning for improved governance (URBAN LEARNING)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

URBAN LEARNING gathers capitals and other large cities across Europe facing the common challenge of considerable population growth while being committed to significantly reduce fossil energy consumption and CO2 emissions. E.g. Stockholm grew by more than 12.000 people / a (1.5%); in the next 10 years Vienna has to build for 200.000 new people. Efficient and effective planning processes will be cru ...
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Smart City performance measurement system (CITYKEYS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The European Commission has developed two parallel approaches to support the implementation of smart urban technologies: the creation of 'lighthouse projects' (large scale demonstration of technology in cities and communities) and 'horizontal activities' to address specific challenges (e.g. regulatory barriers, in standardisation, public procurement and performance monitoring). CITYKEYS project is ...
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Transposon-based, targeted ex vivo gene therapy to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (TARGETAMD)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), a neurodegenerative disease of the retina, is a major cause of blindness in elderly people. Due to the aging population, AMD has been referred to as a “time bomb” in society. In the exudative form of AMD, high levels of vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF) and low levels of pigment-epithelial derived factor (PEDF), an inhibitor of vascularization a ...
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interoperable Smart City services through an Open Platform for urban Ecosystems (i-SCOPE)

Start date: Jan 15, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The latest generation of 3D Urban Information Models (UIM), created from accurate urban-scale geospatial information, can be used to create smart web services based on geometric, semantic, morphological and structural information at urban scale level, which can be used by local governments to:- improve decision-making on issues related to urban planning, city management, environmental protection a ...
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TRANSFORMation Agenda for Low Carbon Cities (TRANSFORM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Urban areas are responsible for three quarters of the global energy demand. Most decisions on implementing energy innovations are made in cities. TRANSFORM supports cities to meet the 20-20-20 targets by the integration of energy in urban management. In interactive Smart Urban Labs, stakeholders will be able to turn ambitions into tangible Implementation Plans.TRANSFORM’s integrative approach brin ...
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Interactive Analysis, Simulation and Visualisation Tools for Urban Agile Policy Implementation (urbanAPI)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

In the context of European initiatives to improve policy as a more transparent and understandable process, the urbanAPI project aims to support activities such as issue identification, policy analysis, consultation, decision and evaluation in urban planning and land management policy. For this purpose, a policy metamodel, a formalised vocabulary, a set of rule languages to define data integration ...
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Social Media Analytics and Decision Support Tools Enabling Sustainable Integration Policies and Measures (UniteEurope)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The integration of third-country nationals is one of the most important topics for governments and policy makers in the European Union and has risen in prominence on the agenda because it is seen as one of the most visible challenges of globalization. UniteEurope aims at building scalable and flexible Social Media analytics and decision support tools enabling sustainable integration policies and m ...
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Implementierung eines Cleaner-Production-Programmes im Großraum Bratislava (EKOprofit Bratislava)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

Die Region Bratislava/Trnava beheimatet rund 50.000 Betriebe. Knapp ein Drittel davon sind dem Handelsgewerbe zuzurechnen, die Baubranche ist der zweitgrößte Sektor, an dritter Stelle folgt die für die Region sehr bedeutende Sachgütererzeugung - allen voran die chemische Industrie, der Maschinenbau und die Lebensmittelindustrie.Bis dato existiert in der Region Bratislava/Trnava kein Programm, das ...
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Developing Water Loss Prevention (DeWaLoP)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Jul 30, 2013,

Sowohl in Wien als auch in Bratislava kommt es in der städtischen Wasserversorgung durch undichte Rohrverbindungen und Rohrgebrechen zu Verlusten einer der wertvollsten natürlichen Ressourcen: des Trinkwassers. Die Sanierung der Rohleitungsverbindungen wird gegenwärtig manuell und unter schwierigen Bedingungen durchgeführt. Die für diese Aufgabe bereits entwickelten Roboter sind auf Grund ihrer Gr ...
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Siedlungsformen für die Stadterweiterung (CIDEP - City Development Patterns)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2011,

Hintergrund dieses Projekts sind jene Entwicklungsprognosen, die einen beträchtlichen Bevölkerungszuwachs in den Großstädten voraussagen und damit gängige städtebauliche und –planerische Konzepte vor neue Herausforderungen stellt. Sofern die aktuellen Prognosen zutreffen, muss in der Region Wien in den nächsten 25 Jahren Lebensraum für fast 450.000 zusätzliche Einwohner geschaffen werden, in der S ...
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Bisamberg habitat management (Bisamberg)

Start date: Jul 1, 2006, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

Background The Bisamberg (located to the north-east of Vienna in Lower Austria) with its forests, vineyards and farmlands, is a popular recreation area for local people and visitors from the metropolis. It is also a hot spot of biodiversity because of its extreme (infertile) soil and climatic (hot, windy and dry Pannonic climatic) conditions. Composed of ...
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AC - CENTROPE - Automotive Cluster Centrope - Weiterführung der grenzübergreifenden Kooperationsplattform zwischen dem ACVR, der Stadt Trnava und dem Autoklaster West Slowakei zur Stärkung der Region Centrope als automotive Region. (AC-Centrope)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

Die erweiterte Region Centrope gewinnt für die Automobilindustrie immer größere Bedeutung. In keinem Land der Welt werden im Verhältnis zur Einwohnerzahl mehr PKW produziert als in der Slowakei, gefolgt von Tschechien. Auch die österreichische und insbesondere Wiener Autoindustrie blickt auf eine lange Tradition zurück. Um an dieser Entwicklung festhalten zu können, müssen sich Zulieferer in der k ...
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RAINWater MANagement and treatment plant Vienna-Blumental (RAINMAN) (RAINMAN)

Start date: Dec 15, 2005, End date: Jul 15, 2010,

Background In urban areas all over the world, the treatment of rainwater collected in a separate sewage system is a common problem, for which many different solutions are applied. If no surface waters are available as a runoff option, the rainwater is percolated and cleaned in filter systems. If surface waters are available as a runoff option, the rainwat ...
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Guidelines for sustainable construction site management (RUMBA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2001, End date: Nov 30, 2004,

Background In modern economies, building activities account for more than 30% of raw material and energy consumption. Accordingly, the environmental impact of the building sector is considerable. There are, however, significant opportunities for reducing its impact through process optimisation. The development of environmentally-oriented logistics for bui ...
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Peer reviews for European sustainable urban development (PreSud)

Start date: Nov 1, 2001, End date: Oct 31, 2004,

...velopment Agency for Local Government (IDeA) and Eurocities, as technical partners; as well as the the Birmingham City Council, Nottingham City Council, City of Leipzig, Magistrat der Stadt Wein, Gemeente Den Haag Dienst Stadsbeheer, Comune di Venezia, Malmo Stad, as implementing partners. Results Pro ...
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