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New Urban Economies
Fostering Economic Development through Dublin’s
Smart City initiativeJamie Cudden
Smart City Co-ordinatorChief Executive’s Office
Dublin City CouncilMay 2015
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ABOUT DUBLINAdministration
•Dublin Region = Dublin City, South-Dublin County, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County and
Fingal County. •1.27m people or 28% of the national population
(population of Ireland is 4.58 million (CSO, 2011).
•Dublin City Council is largest Local Authority in Ireland, employing approximately 5,000 staff
•Responsible for the social, economic, infrastructural and cultural development of the
city. •Services include social Housing & Building,
Road Transportation & Safety, Planning, Development Incentives & Controls,
Environmental Protection and Culture Recreation & Amenity.
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Recession and austeritySix years of austerity budgets (2008 – 2014)
•In 2008 output fell for the first time since 1983. Subsequent collapse in GDP (-12%) and over 100,000 jobs lost.
•Unemployment increased from 4% to 15% •Property Bubble: House prices increased by over 400% in the late 1990’s up to 2000. Decline of over 50%
•Banking Bailout / EU / IMF rescue programme with a multi Year Austerity programmes
•Change in national government (2011)........
* source: frontline ventures, 2013
http://issuu.com/256media/docs/dublin_economic_monitor_-_issue_1
Scorecard
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Objective of the ‘Smart Dublin’ Initiative
“To improve the liveability and attractiveness of Dublin as a city to live in, work in and visit by using technology in partnership with other agencies and citizens to address city challenges, to drive innovation and to improve service delivery”
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Applying technological innovation
Exploiting the potential of big data and open data
Using ICT to drive efficiencies and sustainable development
Working in collaboration with businesses and academia
Improving citizen engagement
‘Smart Dublin ’ Key Elements
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‘Smart Dublin ’ Priority Challenge Areas
Urban transport
Extreme weather events and flooding
The Environment
Energy efficiency/public lighting
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1. Urban Transport
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2. Extreme Weather Events & Flooding
Key Issues:Tidal Flooding: 6/10 of the highest tides on record in Dublin have occurred in
2014.River and Pluvial Flooding
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3. The Environment
Air Quality Noise
• Real time monitoring to facilitate improved responses• Prioritisation of interventions• Modification of behaviours• Proactive citizen engagement
Waste/Litter
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4. Energy Efficiency/Public Lighting
Key Facts:
45,500 street lights in DCC area.
Each public light burns approximately 4,100 hours per annum.
Public lighting consumes approximately 22m units of electricity per annum at a cost of €3.9m to DCC.
1.1% LED, balance are: SOX, SON, & Metal Halide.
Objectives:
Reduce cost
Cut carbon emissions
Potential for intelligent PL central management system.
Quantum improvement in quality of public lighting.
Move from a passive/functional public lighting service to a proactive service that responds to changes in the environment and in human behaviour.
Public lighting with network capability to give city wide networked platform.
Reduce Cost and Cut Carbon
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Existing DCC Engagement/Collaboration
Success will be built on collaboration
Tapping into an amazing ecosystem
Opening up the opportunities to co-innovate and partner
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Supporting Local Innovation / Hackathons
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Dublin Open Data PlatformOver 300 datasets
Dynamic Real time Data Sets
Dublin Bus dataTraffic flow data
Car parkingDublinbikes
Environmental sensors
3 years in operationInnovation Network
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Current Projects
Unexpected Capital for the Internet #Dublin leapfrogging the competition in race to be top #smartcity on.natgeo.com/1xoXMd4 via @NatGeo (October 2015)
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IBM CollaborationTransportation
“Working with IBM research has allowed us to take a fresh look at our transport strategy. Thanks to the continuing work of the IBM team, we can see how our transport network is working as a whole – and develop innovative ways to improve it for Dublin’s citizens” – Brendan O Brien – Head of technical services – Roads and Traffic Department.
Dublin city adopts smart approach on road to economic recovery http://gu.com/p/3g8aq/tw via @guardian (June 2013)
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‘Smart Dublin ’: Key Actions
•Centralised SMART Dublin Co-ordination Function
•Focus on City Priority Areas/Challenges
•City Leading the engagement / not a vendor driven agenda
•Investment in DUBLINKED open data platform
•New Approaches to Procurement:
- Invitation to Co-innovate - Invitation for Demonstrator Projects - Procurement by Challenge Approach - Small Business Innovation Research
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DCC will provide:
•Access to expertise
•Modest Funding
•Access to City Infrastructure
•Other benefits in kind
Business/Academic Institution will:
•Submit research/innovation proposal
•Fund research & product development
•Retain IP
•Ensure usable/supported outcome for DCC
‘Smart Dublin ’: New Procurement InitiativesInvitation to co-innovate
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DCC will provide:
•Access to City infrastructure
•Assistance with installation
•Assistance with evaluation
•Other benefits in kind
Business will:
•Submit proposal
•Provide prototype
•Carry out evaluation
‘Smart Dublin ’: New Procurement InitiativesInvitation for Demonstrator Projects
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Small Business Innovation Research
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