In 2016 Amsterdam was ranked second in the European Digital City Index. Do you work on a smarter city? Share your technologies here!
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Digital City (ASC)
People get more connected and technology becomes part of our daily life. Between 2014 and 2015 there was a 27% growth of internet traffic in Amsterdam. Eleven out of fifteen Trans-Atlantic data cables are connected with or go through Amsterdam and the AMS-IX is the second largest internet exchange point in the world.
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Energy (ASC)
Sustainable energy is the future. The city of Amsterdam has the ambition to provide every citizen with a solar panel in the next years. By converting waste into electricity, urban heating and construction materials, the Amsterdam Electricity Company generates 900 kWh per 1000 kg of waste. 75% of the sewage system is separated for waste and rain water and the silt which remains after treating waste water is converted into natural gas.
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Mobility (ASC)
Mobility and transport are crucial for a city to function properly. Amsterdam is considered the world capital of cycling; 32% of traffic movement in Amsterdam is by bike and 63% of its inhabitants use their bike on daily basis. The number of registered electrical car owners increased with 53% to 28.889 in 2016. Since 2008 car sharing increased with 376%. However, this is less than 1% of the total car use.
Innovative ideas and concepts can help to improve the city’s accessibility, so share your ideas and concepts here.
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Circular City (ASC)
Moving from a linear to a circular economy means minimising the waste and pollution by reducing, recycling and reusing. The City of Amsterdam aims to redesign twenty product- or material chains. The implementation of material reuse strategies has the potential to create a value of €85 million per year within the construction sector and €150 million per year with more efficient organic residual streams. Amsterdam set up an innovation program on the circular economy.
This circular innovation programme presents a framework of innovation processes in the City of Amsterdam. The following projects lay a strong foundation with each other, by not only increasing knowledge in the circular economy, but also by experiencing what the transition from a linear to a circular economy means – and what this transition does or does not require, in terms of control and policy, in order to accelerate and scale up towards a Circular Amsterdam. We are learning by doing!
Want to contribute to Circular Amsterdam? Upload your project here
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Governance & Education (ASC)
A smart city can only exist when it’s able to attract and retain knowledge. Amsterdam is a knowledge city, with two universities and twenty-one universities of applied sciences within its borders. 40% of Amsterdam’s inhabitants are higher educated. The CTO Innovation Team of the Municipality of Amsterdam collaborates with all seven city departments to make innovation happen. With 921 startups located in Amsterdam and its own Startup in Residence program, Amsterdam enables policy-makers with smart governance tools. Share your initiative on smart governance and education here!
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Artikel
Organising Smart City Projects, lessons from Amsterdam
In recent years, a large amount of smart city solutions has been started in Amsterdam that contribute to the quality of life in the city. However, many of these solutions or initiatives do not succeed. Getting smart city solutions off the ground is not just about developing and applying technology: it demands new networking and management competencies. Solutions are not developed and implemented by one single company, but take shape in networks, at the intersection of technologies and industries, and with the involvement of citizens/end users. A team of five researchers systematically analysed 12 smart city projects in Amsterdam from three domains - energy, mobility and circular economy - and focused on questions as: - How do organisations with different agendas, collaborate on smart city projects? - What challenges do they face? - What kind of value is created? - How are risks and returns shared, and how are users involved? - What is the upscaling dynamic of smart city solutions, if any? - How can smart city projects be managed professionally? This publication is issued by Entrepreneurship, Urban Management and Urban Technology of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and has been established in cooperation with partner Amsterdam Smart City.
Find the report here: Hva.nl