IRIS

The IRIS project supports the Lighthouse cities of Utrecht (NL), Goteborg (SE) and Nice Cote d’Azur (FR) and their Follower cities Vaasa (FI), Alexandroupolis (GR), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES), and Focsani (RO) to address their urgent need to deliver energy and mobility services in their cities that are cheaper, better accessible, reliable, and that contribute to a better and more sustainable urban quality of life.

By demonstrating smart solutions that integrate energy, mobility and ict, rooted in a City Innovation Platform, IRIS quantifies their value, and connects interests of many different stakeholders in innovative business models, allowing for upscale and replication of integrated solutions for sustainable cities across Europe and world-wide.

To achieve this, IRIS works along five Transition Tracks based on common challenges, encompassing 16 integrated solutions that cities can mix and match according to their characteristics and district specific needs. Track 1, 2 and 3 enhance energy efficiency and utilize grid flexibility by balancing supply and demand dynamically and by 2nd life battery and V2G storage, to allow increase of renewable energy production and roll-out of e-cars and e-buses. Track 4 supports this by data sharing, a common architecture, use of standards, and governance practices accelerating innovation, standardisation and implementation of affordable smart applications. Track 5 integrates interdisciplinary citizen engagement and co-creation in Tracks 1 to 4, connecting the needs of end-users with those of other stakeholders, in further support of innovative business models.

The expected impacts of IRIS are an open innovation ecosystem motivating citizens to act as prosumers; more effective urban planning and governance of integrated solutions; 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.

Consortium

Municipality of Utrecht (UTR), Netherlands
Stichting Bo-Ex ‘91 (BOEX), Netherlands
Koninklijke KPN NV (KPN), Netherlands
Stedin Netbeheer BV (STED), Netherlands
LomboXnet (LOM), Netherlands
Eneco Zakelijk BV (ENEC), Netherlands
Qbuzz BV (QBUzz), Netherlands
Utrecht University and Utrecht Sustainability Institute (UU), Netherlands
Stichting Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU), Netherlands
Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur (NCA), France
Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS), France
Electricite de France (EDF), France
Enedis (ENEDIS), France
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB), France
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT (VEOLIA), France
Cote d’Azur Habitat (CAH), France
NEXIMNO 96 (NEXITY), France
VULOG (VULOG), France
City of Gothenburg (GOT), Sweden
Johanneberg Science Park AB (JSP), Sweden
Chalmers University of Technology (CHALMERS ), Sweden
Metry AB (METRY), Sweden
HSB Goteborg (HSB), Sweden
RIKSBYGGEN Ekonomisk Forening (Rb), Sweden
Akademiska Hus (AH), Sweden
Trivector Traffic AB (TRIV), Sweden
Tyrens AB (Tyrens), Sweden
City of Vaasa (VAASA), Finland
Merinova Oy AB (MERI), Finland
University of Vaasa (UVA), Finland
Municipality of Alexandroupolis (ALEX), Greece
Energy Hive, Energy and Natural Resources Cluster of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (EHIVE), Greece
Municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (SCT), Spain
Asociacion Cluster Construccion Sostenible (CCS), Spain
Municipality of Foc?ani (FOCS), Romania
University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB), Romania
National Research and Development Institute for Energy (ICEMENERG), Romania
Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Greece
IMCG Sweden AB (IMCG), Sweden
SP Technical Research Institute (SP), Sweden
European Science Communication Institute (ESCI), Germany
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
Civity BV (CIV), Netherlands