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Schneider Electric / Barcelona project

Third party info

June 2012.

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Source: fastcoexist.com

URL link: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679017/barcelona-a-

smart-city-model-for-the-planet

Originally posted: January 2012

Summary:

At the Smart City Expo, Barcelona’s mayor, Xavier Trias, formally announced the launch of the Smart City

Campus. Coined 22@Barcelona, the campus will "transform the city into an experimentation and

innovation laboratory, the center of which will be the Smart City Campus, a cluster where companies,

universities, entrepreneurs and research centers can set up in the spheres of information technologies,

ecology and urban development. One of the possible joint proposals is the establishment of a pioneering

research center for exploration of new technological possibilities in the service of the city and people."

Mayor Trias announced an initial partnership with five international and Spanish companies to

experiment with new smart city technologies. These include Abertis, Agbar, Cisco, Schneider Electric-

Telvent, and Telefónica. And this is just the tip of the iceberg of the public-private collaborations that

will emerge.

One really interesting early pilot project emerging from 22@Barcelona is the smart city initiative in one

of the outlying towns, Sant Cugat. Sant Cugat has a population of about 80,000 people and lies about 20

minutes from Barcelona.

Video link in Catalan: http://vimeo.com/32565490

Video link in English: http://vimeo.com/32661217

The video illustrates the level of innovation the town is experimenting with. In the video, you can see EV

charging stations, sensors on trash and recycling bins to minimize costs and the environmental footprint

for city waste and recycling collectors, water sensors in parks to ensure water is used more intelligently,

sensors in parking areas to indicate empty spaces (minimizing driving time and emissions), and sensors

on streetlights that detect movement and adjust the illumination accordingly. As the video states, this is

an initiative to allow Sant Cugat and its residents to save money, be more efficient, reduce their

environmental footprint, and illustrate the potential of smart cities.

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Source: Municipality of Barcelona

URL link: http://www.22barcelona.com/

Originally posted: from 2006 - updated regularly

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Source: The Mediterranean Innovation Hub

URL link:

http://www.barcelonaeconomictriangle.cat/b/?p=3228&lang=en

Originally posted: Feb 20th, 2012

Summary:

Schneider Electric, worldwide specialist in energy management and a leader in energy efficiency solutions, has recently signed an agreement to create the world’s first SmartCity Center of Excellence in the Catalan capital. The Center will be located on the Smart City Campus to be created in the 22@Barcelona district, which will be home to the future cluster of companies with links to the “smart city” concept.

Schneider Electric, through Telvent, will collaborate with the City Council to implement smart mobility in Barcelona. Under this framework, the center will identify the city’s needs and the available resources, in line with the strategic mobility aims, and start up the pilot projects that best adapt to the Catalan capital’s needs.

The tools used to achieve these goals will include a platform that allows for integrated management of the city’s various mobility elements. In the second phase, the SmartCity Center of Excellence will work on aspects like smart management of water, power-distribution networks, buildings and housing, and e-government using technology that will allow for the integration of different smart-management systems.

The Center of Excellence will also serves as a cluster for knowledge and the development of technology geared towards smart city management, with the aim of consolidating and exporting Barcelona’s integrated management system to the rest of the world. One of its priorities will be to foster collaboration with university centers, institutions and companies in order to activate lines of applied

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research that open up participation to local and international experts, thus enriching the global view of the SmartCity concept.

The project will also drive a network of alliances between the Catalan capital and other key cities around the world in order to establish a dynamic of collaboration and exchange of advanced technology solutions.

Similar information @ TELVENT.com

Link:

http://www.telvent.com/en/business_areas/transportation/news_center/2012/T

he-Barcelona-City-Council-and-Schneider-Electric-sign-an-agreement-to-create-

the-first-SmartCity-Excellence-Center-in-the-Barcelonas-District-22.cfm