Positive clean energy district (PED) digital twins – from modelling to creating climate neutral Cities
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
Proposals are expected to develop a digital twin that goes beyond the virtual representation of the built environment, by integrating a comprehensive modelling layer of the local energy systems as well as mobility and transport solutions in the project defined district boundaries. The digital twin should support scenario analysis with different boundary conditions to help define the optimal solution matrix. It should draw on existing components and use open standards, technical specifications and open source software where possible.
Proposed projects are expected to go beyond the creation of a digital twin and the integration of (technical) PED solutions.
Detailed Call Description
Effective support for the Cities Mission should follow a systematic approach appropriate to the highly complex task of delivering climate neutral and smart cities.
Projects are expected to address all of the following:
- Develop and test a digital twin of a (project defined) potential Positive clean Energy District (PED) in a European city.
- Prepare an economic impact study for this digital PED twin, a risk analysis and a data security strategy.
- Use the digital twin to improve evidence-based decision-making and to create district development pathways with a clear timeline for associated transformation actions.
- Involve/train necessary public and private actors at district/city level in building and using digital twins for co-creation, communication, public consultation/dialogues and good practice sharing.
- Make use of gamification and/or co-creation approaches to change citizens’ awareness of and behaviour towards energy efficient/energy conservation and to make results of the digital twin analysis easily understandable to non-technical audiences.
- Recommend a set of actions that foster a cost effective and secure digitalization of the local energy system.
- Publish practical guidelines, reusable models, algorithms, data models, components and training material that will help other cities to successfully replicate digital twins in their district/cities.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
EU Contribution per project: between €6.00 and €7.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Urban Development
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Local Authorities
- Local Authority clusters
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Person:
Myrto Anastasiadou
Scientific Officer
Email: manastassiadou@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 17/01/2023-for internal use only)