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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Nice Cote d’Azur: a leading smart city – IRIS case study
Metropôle Nice Côte d’Azur, France is taking a pioneering approach to turn natural challenges into opportunities – by accelerating smart and sustainable solutions in energy, mobility and ICT.
Charging Electric Cars without Peak Load
Utrecht has been pioneering the adoption of smart solar charging and IRIS has been delighted to be part of this story through our partners and demo sites. On 27 October…
Mobility captures its “MOJO” in Gothenburg
Sustainable mobility on Chalmers University of Technology campus just got a whole lot easier!
Students deep-dive in smart city projects
Eight students of Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) used the final project of their studies to take a deep-dive into several of the IRIS smart city projects.
Transforming into sustainable neighbourhoods
In the Kanaleneiland-Zuid district of the city of Utrecht, an existing neighbourhood is being transformed into a more sustainable, future-proof district. Discover more with this overview of how the municipality,…
One eye on IRIS: a halfway overview from Utrecht
The European project IRIS is already halfway there. Here an intermediate score. What has happened in Kanaleneiland? And what is still to come?
Route 55 reaches its goal – with massive introduction of electric buses as a result
Those of you lucky enough to visit IRIS partner Johanneberg Science Park, will certainly have travelled on the route 55 ‘ElectriCity’ line – and been very impressed by the ride…
Your essential guide to citizen engagement in smart cities
Discover how to identify and address true needs, with a deep level of engagement and co-agency, giving citizens more impact on their living environment; supported by real-world application, insights and…
IRIS Webinar: Developing an Application Market for city managers and citizens thanks to the CIP
Slides and video are available from IRIS free webinar on Wednesday 15th of July to learn how the cities could use the City Innovation Platform to create applications based on…
Vehicle to Grid ecosystem at scale: Utrecht case study
Utrecht in the Netherlands is on track to deliver 2.600 electric charging points in the city by 2025 – with many of them being bi-directional ‘Vehicle to Grid’ (V2G) enabled,…