The IRIS Magazine: project highlights from the past five years
Over five years ago, in 2017, a large group of people from all over Europe embarked…
The IRIS tribe bids farewell but the solutions, lessons, and friendships live on
On the 8 and 9 March, the IRIS Smart Cities project partners and friends gathered at…
Minecraft as a tool for dialogue and urban planning
The City of Gothenburg showed how using digital platforms for dialogue with citizens could benefit urban…
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Co-creating smart and sustainable cities: a year in focus
Looking back over our first full year, IRIS Smart Cities is proving to be a dynamic collective, confident in its ability to deliver on a promise: to ‘make urban environments…
Solar power in bus batteries cuts peaks and makes the power grid smarter
In Riksbyggen’s Housing Association (Brf) Viva in Gothenburg a unique system is being tested, where energy from solar cells on the rooftops of the buildings is stored in used electric…
Santa Cruz de Tenerife: accelerating towards a vibrant, sustainable vision for 2030
Things are moving fast for the island’s capital, with announcements in November 2018 of 50 new electric vehicle recharging points, seven new electric buses and a bioclimatic building. Beyond announcements…
Santa Cruz will have 50 new charging points for electric vehicles
The initiative promotes sustainable mobility and prioritises locations in the vicinity of health centers, shopping areas and training centers across the city
IRIS at the forefront of open, reusable and reliable data working to improve city services and citizen’s lives
Utrecht, Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur and Gothenburg have all reinforced their commitment and global leadership in interoperable and scalable city solutions – becoming front-runners for collaboration between FIWARE and TMforum.
Co-creating smart and sustainable cities: IRIS project meeting in Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur
IRIS Smart Cities partners visited lighthouse city Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, France in October 2018 to finalise a busy first year focused on in-depth analysis of end-user, business, citizen and…
Public transport company Qbuzz will deploy Europe’s biggest fleet of electric buses
In 2019, public transport company and IRIS-partner Qbuzz are making sustainable, zero-emission transport a reality!
Utrecht signs Green Deal to accelerate car sharing
The city of Utrecht is the Dutch frontrunner in car sharing. In early October 2018, the city signed a Green Deal to further accelerate shared mobility progress. With the Green…
Creating an urban technopolis through smart city management
Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, with approximately 540,000 inhabitants, is one of the frontrunners of Europe in terms of smart strategies and urban digital transformation. We caught up with Jean-Charles Maleysson…
Climate Planet comes to IRIS Lighthouse City Utrecht
This autumn, the city of Utrecht will be home to the international Climate Planet Exhibition. From 6 October to 3 November a 24-meter-high globe will tower above the Utrecht Jaarbeursplein,…