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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IRIS Webinar: Creating Smart City Business Models through Ideation Tools and Business Incubation
On Thursday, January 20, 2022, 13:00-14:30 CET, IRIS organizes a webinar on Smart City Business Modelling.
Academic Publication: Envisioning alternatives in pre-structured urban sustainability transformations: Too late to change the future?
A new academic publication from the IRIS project, co-authored by Astrid C. Mangnus, Joost M. Vervoort, Willem-Jan Renger, Valentina Nakic, Karin T. Rebel, Peter P.J. Driessen, and Maarten Hajer.
Start your climate neutral mission here!
Starting a mission to become climate neutral? Collect inspirational insights, do’s – and don’ts – at an EU Regions ‘participatory lab’ dedicated to positive energy districts and innovation ecosystems this…
Smart street lighting co-created with residents in IRIS Utrecht district Kanaleneiland-Zuid
How do you make an urban district more sustainable and safer? The Municipality of Utrecht starts a new pilot project, Smart Street Lighting Utrecht, Kanaleneiland-Zuid district. From June 2021, pedestrians…
Smart Grid – Smart charging
Nearly 20 intelligent electric vehicle charging terminals set to integrate into the building’s energy system management at IRIS demo site IMREDD – Université Côte d’Azur.
Utrecht University students develop Smart City Index
Three students from the Utrecht University, together with Prof. Mark Sanders, have developed an algorithm that can measure the extent to which a startup, project or existing organization is developing…
Utrecht first bidirectional city in the world due to collaboration Hyundai and We Drive Solar
In the presence of State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven, Alderman Eelco Eerenberg and Representative Huib van Essen, Hyundai signed an agreement this morning with strategic partners to make Utrecht the…
How to design in the public space? Lessons learned on citizen engagement
We are currently facing many societal challenges, being energy transition a pressing one. We are part of a large H2020 EU project called a Lighthouse project, in which cities in…
Utrecht students devise sustainable solutions for Kanaleneiland
During a 16-day Hackathon, sixty-five students of Utrecht University came up with innovative and sustainable solutions to improve living in the Utrecht neighborhood of Kanaleneiland.
What companies can learn from incubators for smart city innovation
Q&A with study author and project lead Kateřina Válková