Willkommen WELCOME Bienvenue

MUSIC* Info DayEnergie Planung und CO2 Reduzierung im

Urbanen Raum

Luxemburg, 8 October 2012

*Mitigation of CO2 Emissions in Urban Areas: Solutions for Innovative Cities

Mitigation of CO2 Emissions in Urban Areas: Solutions for Innovative Cities (MUSIC)

15.00h WelcomeDr. Paul Schosseler – CRTE / CRP Henri Tudor

15:15h The MUSIC Project Ulrich Leopold – CRP Henri Tudor

Climate Alliance Ghent Indra van Sande – Stadt Ghent

The Rotterdam Energy Approach Roland van der Heijden – Stadt Rotterdam

iGUESS: Ein integriertes GeoInformationssystem für Urbane Energie PlanungUlrich Leopold, Christian Braun – CRP Henri Tudor

Discussion17.00h Drink

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Public Research Centre Henri TudorMission statementCRP Henri Tudor is an autonomous Luxembourgish Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) that acts as an essential link between research and society as a whole and reinforces in a sustainable way the economic competitiveness of enterprises and the social environment at a national, regional and international level.

Scientific & Technological Domains• Information and communication technologies• Business organisation and management• Materials technologies• Environmental technologies• Health care technologies

Key Economic SectorsService Industry, IT, Multimedia and Communication, Finance and Banking, Industrial Production and Manufacturing, Construction and Building, Transport and Logistics, Healthcare, Medical and Social, Governmental and Public Organisations

Key Figures (2011)460 employees (56 PhD, 19 PostDoc), 36 nationalities Total income: 44,6 Mio € (20 Mio € research contracts), 156 on-going RDI projects (82 in EU programmes – FP, CIP, LIFE+, Interreg,..), 246 publications

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Resource Centre for Environmental Technologies (CRTE)

Science-based Environmental Policy support on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), EU Water Framework Directive, REACH / CLP – national helpdesk

• Common structure of CRP Henri Tudor and the Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures (MDDI)

• Formalised collaborations with Ministry of Interior and Spatial Planning, Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade for Science-based Environmental Policy Support

Multidisciplinary team of 56 collaborators (4 PhD): environmental, mechanical, civil engineering; process engineering; (bio)chemistry; physics; geography

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CRTE – Priority Research Domains

The CRTE research activities aim at increasing the knowledge on material, energy and pollutant flows generated by human activities and at providing tools, concepts and technologies for an integrated protection of the environment and the implementation of sound environmental policies, taking into account also economic and societal needs.

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Five priority research domains:1. Environmental assessment of systems2. Chemical risk assessment and management3. Urban Water Systems Engineering4. Energy systems Engineering5. Integrated Modelling and Geocomputation for Natural and Urban systems

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Environmental Policy

CRTE within TudorCorporate Innovation Programmes (CIPs)

The MUSIC project (2010-2014)

Stakeholder analysis in the city

Community and place driven workshop to integrate vision

Transition Agenda;  integral part of the city’s sustainability policy 

Transition Management

DRIFT: Dutch Research Institute For Transitions

GIS Mapping Data storing, data maintenance, visualisation, combining and decision support system, connecting with other local project initiatives

Pilots

stakeholders vision agenda

CRTE / CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg

Mitigation in Urban Areas: Solutions for Innovative Cities

Cities: Rotterdam (NL), Ludwigsburg (D), Aberdeen (UK), Montreuil (F), Gent (B)

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Discussion (1/2)

• Where do you see links to your daily work and/or life?Wo sehen Sie Verbindungen mit Ihrer täglichen Arbeit / Leben?

• What are the needs of your city / municipality to set up a more targeted and efficient energy policy?Welches sind die Bedürfnisse in Ihrer Stadt / Gemeinde für eine zielgerichtete und effiziente Energiepolitik?

• Do you have the necessary information to build future energy scenarios for your city?Sind Sie im Besitz der notwendigen Informationen, um zukünftige Energieszenarien für Ihre Stadt/Gemeinde zu entwerfen?

• Are GIS tools used to plan energy related topics in your field? How?Werden GIS Instrumente genutzt, um energierelevante Themen in Ihrem Bereich zu bearbeiten? Wenn ja, wie?

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Discussion (2/2)

• Would you like to collaborate on an implementation of similar approaches in Luxembourg?Sehen Sie Möglichkeiten, Sich einzubringen bei der Entwicklung von ähnlichen Ansätzen hier in Luxemburg?

• What kind of information should tools, such as iGUESS, contribute to make your work easier?Welche Art von Informationen sollten Tools wie iGUESS bereitstellen, um Ihre Arbeit zu erleichtern?

• Do you feel inspired by such tools to start new initiatives / business opportunities or enhance existing ones with respect to energy policy?Eröffnen solche Tools in Ihren Augen die Möglichkeit, neue Initiativen /Dienstleistungen in der Energiepolitik zu entwickeln oder zu verstärken?

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