Expert and Innovation Network on Urban Future and Smart Cities


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The METACITIES initiative operates in various sectors of smart city development. It is an overall meta network linking partners from different fields of work in order to optimize research and implementation processes. METACITIES provides a wide range of opportunities and channels to holistically approach smart cities and the deliverance of next-generation citizen services.

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iURBAN: Making consumers “Prosumers”

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More Transparency, better Planning The increase of energy consumption is one of the main issues private consumers, governing officials and the industry are confronted with. Especially the lack of information concerning individual energy…
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UrbanData2Decide

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Why UrbanData2Decide? Complex systems such as cities and other urban areas regularly confront city officials and other authorities with new challenges, issues and conflicts. To deal with these issues, governing officials have to make…
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Mission statement

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Who we are? The METACITIES Network is an international city network focused on smart city development. It is an overall meta-network linking partners from various fields of work. METACITIES is convinced that smart technologies play a key…
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Smart city

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Cities are growing steadily. Until 2050 two out of three people will live in urban spaces. Since already now three quarter of energy are consumed in cities, this development demands new solutions to cope with the increasing use of natural…