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Towards Smart Sustainable Cities – Integrated Approaches
14 June 2017
Astana, Kazakhstan
Cities are one of the biggest consumers of energy in the world, representing almost two-thirds of global primary energy demand, and nowadays accounting for 70 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector. The concept of Smart Sustainable Cities aims to address the current and future challenges of cities and improve the way cities function.
In the framework of the Ministerial Conference and 8th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development to be held in Astana on 11-14 June 2017, the UNECE Housing and Land Management Unit, swissuniversities, the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency are jointly organizing the parallel event “Towards Smart Sustainable Cities – Integrated Approaches” on 14 June.
The event aims to discuss the benefits of integrated approaches, the role and use of indicators and technologies to realize smarter and more sustainable cities worldwide; to highlight existing networks and opportunities for cities that want to accelerate action; to identify innovative solutions, including implementation models and finance opportunities, to energy challenges for cities; to discuss the transformation of sociotechnical energy and transport systems at the city level and to examine the role of energy infrastructures. It will, furthermore, showcase city-level solutions and innovations relating to energy efficiency that provide inspiration and replication models for other aspirational cities.
The event is also the first day of the international seminar “Towards Smart Sustainable Cities – Integrated Approaches” which will continue at Nazarbayev University from 15 to 16 June 2017.
Presentations
| Session 1 - presentations | ENG |
|---|---|
| Smart sustainable cities: Paving the way to urban development Domenica Carriero, UNECE | |
| CoM 4C&E tool for Sustainable Municipal Development George Abulashvili, Energy Efficiency Centre Georgia | |
| Transition to smat transport in Skopje Aleksandar DUkovski, Energy Agency of the Republic of Macedonia | |
| Civic engagement and urban development - innovative approaches Eva Knoebl, Stadtakademie, Vienna | |
| Smart Cities and Scaling up Energy Efficiency in Armenia Vahram Jalalyan, UND-GCF | |
| BuildingIntegrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) as a major source of energy for smart buildings and cities Astrid Schneider, Austrian Institute of Technology |
| Session 2 - presentations | ENG |
|---|---|
Towards Smart sustainable cities - Integrated Approaches | |
| Decentral Energy Systems: Collaborative Approach Uwe Schultz, Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture, Switzerland | |
| Integrating solar prosumers into future energy systems Merla Kubli, SCCER CREST Swiss Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society and Transition | |
| Integrated approaches of energy and transportation infrastructures for cities Roman Rudel, Institute for Applied Sustainability to the Built, Switzerland | |
| Integrated approaches of energy and transportation infrastructures for cities Alejandro Santis, BFH-CSEM Energy Storage Research Centre, Switzerland | |
| Bicar - feasibility study of electro-mobile sharing concept for the last mile Hansjörg Dennig, ZHAW Centre for Product and Process Development, Switzerland | |
| Integrated approaches of energy and transportation infrastructures for cities Yelena Yerzakovich, UNDP-GEF project, Kazakhstan | |
| Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaics René Itten, ZHAW Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Switzerland | |
| Applied Discourse Research as a Tool for Transition Processes Reiner Keller, University of Augsburg, Germany | |
| Smart governance embedded in multilingual courses Peter Stücheli-Herlach, ZHAW Applied Linguistics, Switzerland |
| Session 3 - presentations | ENG |
|---|---|
Unlocking implementation models and finance for cities energy efficiency | |
| Pioneering solutions for a sustainable future Yousef Baselaib, Executive Director for Sustainable Real Estate, Masdar City | |
| Energy efficiency inspiration from Copenhagen Ksenia Petrichenko, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency | |
| Sustainable city Astrakhan Oleg Polumordvinov, Administration, Astrakhan City, Russian Federation | |
| Financing Models for City Energy Efficiency Svetlana Radchenko, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |
| Potential contribution of innovative financing mechanisms Amitabh Mehta, Indus Blue Consulting | |
| Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy supporting the Eastern Partnership Flagship Initiative on Sustainable Municipal Development George Abulashvili, Covenant of Mayors East |
| Session 4 - presentations | ENG |
|---|---|
Sustainable development and management of urban areas | |
| Smart Urban Isle Vicente Carabias, ZHAW Institute of Sustainable Development, Switzerland | |
| Implementation of ENMS in municipal sector in north-west region in Russia Andrey Dodonov, UNDP-GEF, Russian Federation | |
| Institute of Computational Physics Hanna Sotnikova, ZHAW Institute of Computational Physics, Switzerland | |
| Smart Building, Concept, Opportunities and Challenges in Kazakhstan Mehdi Bagheri, School of Engineering, NU, Kazakhstan | |
| Bifacial modules vertically installed Andreas Dreisiebner, Solarspar Association for Innovative PV Solutions, Switzerland | |
| Designing Smart and Sustainable Urban Isles Vladimir A. Sidorovich, Institute of Energy Efficient Building Technologies, Russian Federation |
For more information on the event, please contact:
Ms. Domenica Carriero
Associate Economic Affairs Officer
Housing and Land Management Unit, UNECE
Email: Domenica.Carriero@unece.org
Tel: +41 (0) 22 917 16 72