Campus and city stories

How to design campuses and cities that combine renewable and intelligent energy supply and energy efficiency, smart buildings and e-mobility charging solutions?

Beyond the smart campus

Aspern Smart City in Vienna

Being cosy with the future of energy

What’s life like in a smart city? We visited Peter, a resident of Aspern Smart City in Vienna. He and his apartment are part of Europe’s most innovative research project into the future of urban energy. 

Small grid, major impact

At its Vienna location, Siemens is creating a comprehensive smart system to optimize the management of energy and heating.

Future cities: 'We have to act right now'

Martina Otto, UN Environment’s Head of Cities, says the next 15 years will be critical.

Artificial intelligence improves air quality

A software program from Siemens is helping municipal authorities keep nitrogen oxide and fine dust concentrations under control.

Smart Grids and Energy Storage: A Microgrid Grows in Brooklyn

LO3 Energy, a young New York company, is working with Siemens Digital Grid and Siemens’ startup financier next47, called the Brooklyn Microgrid project. There, neighbors are empowered to produce, consumer and purchase power within their community with a blockchain enabled transactive energy platform. LO3 is a pioneer in the movement toward a distributed energy supply system that draws on renewably-generated sources for a more resilient, customer-driven economy.

Can you teach old buildings new tricks?

As more and more cities worldwide commit themselves to the twin goals of zero emissions and maximum energy efficiency, “smart city” solutions are playing a pivotal role. But how do these solutions impact older infrastructure and buildings? In Brussels, building retrofits constitute a promising lever for optimization.

Welcome to the City 4.0

How can cities leverage the benefits of digitalization to relieve stress on overstretched services and resources?
Visualization of buildings at Expo 2020 Dubai

Expo 2020 Dubai: Is this what the city of the future looks like?

Why the first World Expo in the Middle East has the potential to become a blueprint for smart cities around the globe.
Sello shopping center in Espoo, Finland

A truly powerful shopping center

Sello shopping center has its own virtual power plant: there’s nothing like it anywhere else.
EV charging in London's "Electric Avenue"

London’s “Electric Avenue”: From light to movement

In a conservation area in Maida Vale, lampposts are doubling up as EV charging points.

Algonquin College: Everything’s connected

A campus at one of Eastern Ontario’s leading educational institutes is a test bed for holistic integration of decentralized energy. The technology is also being integrated into student training and for the development of coursework on sustainability for both undergraduate and graduate programs.
Blue Lake Rancheria

A power island in the storm

How Blue Lake Rancheria, a Native American reservation in Northern California, masters the challenges of today.

“Invisible” building technology for cultural hub

Repurposed former police station compound in Hong Kong combines comfort and efficiency.

A one-of-a-kind energy system

At its South African Headquarters in Johannesburg, Siemens has created a microgrid to reduce its ecological footprint. This kind of solution has a huge potential for the whole continent.

Cooling in the desert heat

With strong competition from the UAE’s numerous free zones, Dubai Airport Freezone sets itself apart with state-of-the-art building management systems that ensure operational and environmental efficiency as well as delivery of best-in-class infrastructure and services to its clients.

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