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FLORENCE
Florence is a mid-size Italian city of about 380.000 inhabitants, part of a big metropolitan area (greater Florence) of more than 1 million. Firenze can be defined as «daily use city» with 140.000 additional users coming in our city: the most of them are commuters (101.000), with only 28.300 residents going out for work; the rest of the users are tourists, a primary resource for our economy: before 2020 there were about 14 million tourists per year. It has been committed to sustainability long ago, subscribing Aarlborg chart in the early 2000 and many other following initiatives like CoM, Adapt, Green City Accord, etc. Florence started a path towards sustainability convinced that urban environment can be improved, together with quality of life, and that the city could actively contribute to EU targets. Analysing its specific situation, it became clear how peculiar it is for cultural heritage (UNESCO Word Heritage since 17/12/1982), landscape and arts with million tourists per year. The city has been awarded by European Energy Award with the Gold certification in 2021 and by CDP with A level. The city has started in 2010 a co-productive planning activity which produced the “zero volumes” urban plan, the SECAP and the Smart City Plan, adopted in 2015, which was already targeting the carbon neutrality between 2040 and 2050 through an innovative holistic approach. The main sectors for the interventions resulted to be buildings, transport and services where the municipality has heavily committed to obtain the expected results with a pack of integrated actions which will be able to change the emission profile of the city. The Smart City Plan has been tested in a city district during last five years in the framework of the Horizon SCC1 Replicate project: the Novoli-Piagge district has been object of an integrated action, implementing innovative technologies with environmental, social and economic impacts.After the test, a roll out plan has been developed and included in the new SECAP under adoption which has the ambitious target of net zero emissions in 2040, thanks to the good results monitored in 2020 with the 40% of savings almost achieved, through a complex and integrated set of actions including also the test of new business models and new fuels to boost the transition. In the new SECAP adaptation plays a significant role with a deep analysis of risks and vulnerabilities and a set of actions focused on ecological transition, “greening the city” (Florence has got a long history of public and private gardens and parks) and making energy infrastructures more resilient, promoting also local distributed generation.
GIOTTO COOPERATIVE - PADOVA
The area is included in the industrial district of Padova (overall 10 Million m2), close to the main road connecting the Highway Venice-Milan to the highway to Bologna and south Italy, near a navigable river connecting Padova to Venice. Surrounding the demo site there are residential districts (5000 inh) and commercial activities. The city center of Padova lies on the west at 5 km. The agri-food market of Padova called MAAP is the fifth largest wholesale market in Italy and is located only 2km from Cooperativa Giotto in the industrial district. Immediately on the east border of the PED area there are residential neighbourhoods seamlessly belonging either to Padova or Noventa Padovana municipalities. The Padova social hub PED proof of concept aims to become “climate neutral” by undertaking a radical urban regeneration process including:
Building rehabilitation;
Building use changes and architectural redesign (collaborative spaces, auditorium, local fair trade – vegetable self-production, training school for disadvantages categories);
Energy systems replacement;
Conversion of the fleet, by replacing 115 diesel truck with e-vehicles or methane/biogas vehicles trucks;
Feasibility study of a biodigester, to collect green waste;
Testing of innovative incentive scheme for energy refurbishment;
Testing of innovative management structure of energy community. Renewable Energy communities will represent a revolution for energy distribution systems and will also bring about social change;
Development of innovative ethic business models considering multiple benefits (social, environmental, local economy) of energy transition and PED development;
Use of new/refurbished buildings to develop training activities devoted to green job skills and creation of a Living lab to test and demonstrate solutions;
Redesign of green areas to produce fruits and vegetable to be sold on a local shops at fair cost or to develop healing/therapeutic gardens for people with physical and/or mental disabilities.
VASTERAS
The city of Västerås is Västmanland's largest employer with about 10,500 employees. It covers several different areas of activity, such as schools, health and care, social services, technology, housing, port operations, waste management, energy and water production and culture. Within the City of Västerås, there is the Technology and Property Administration, which includes the Land and Development Unit, whose main task is to manage and develop the city's land for the long term for the benefit of both citizens and businesses. The Sätra project is one of the larger projects underway in the city.
KADIKOY
Kadıköy is located in the Marmara region, bank of the Marmara sea, has almost a half million population with 25 km2 area with 467.919 population (2024). According to the latest data, the total green land area is 15 hectares. Kadıköy is very attractive for the national and foreign population with its cosmopolitan structure and central location. There is a wide range of urban activities in Kadıköy, including social, cultural and sports as well as entertainment, recreation and shopping. Besides, Kadıköy is a transport hub. As a result of all of these factors, the daily population reaches about 2 million. Socioeconomic level is very high. It mainly consists of residential and commercial areas and it has an old building stock in the process of urban transformation. Hasanpaşa Neighborhood is one of the 21 neighborhoods of Kadıköy and one of the oldest settlements, located on the banks of Kurbağalıdere (stream). Kadıköy Municipality’s main center and various service units such as Youth Art Center, Cartoon House, Open Wardrobe, Wedding Hall are located within the borders of the neighborhood. Besides, it is home to several civil society organizations centers that have almost 80 associations. Hasanpaşa Neighborhood is also a transportation hub in the middle of intercity railway station, metrobus, minibus and D-100 transportation modes. Kadıköy Salı Bazaar is a historical market, opened to service in 2008 in Hasanpaşa. With the expansion and renovation works carried out in the existing market area in 2020, it continues to serve to meet the needs of the region and then the district. The market area was integrated with the multi-storey car park, which was built with a capacity of 1350 vehicles. 4555 market stalls were positioned in an area of 32.249 square meters. The parking area is 24.100 square meters. This bazaar area indicates the size of the potential bio waste and production of bioenergy in the region, however the management of the market in question is under the charity of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM). This refers to the need for collaboration with other stakeholders important at this stage.
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