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The goal of the DigiCityClimate project is to support the City of Stockholm in achieving its climate and sustainability objectives. This includes developing technology that helps citizens take control of their own energy transition and sustainability efforts — allowing them to monitor and control their own energy consumption and climate impact.
This is achieved by building and implementing a digital platform, DigiCityClimate, which creates unique opportunities for researchers, city administrations, citizens, and citizen organizations to interact effectively, and to identify and invest in local solutions for energy efficiency and economic benefits. The digital platform will also serve as a tool for the city’s administrations, enabling greater efficiency, direct access to citizen communication, and monitoring tools to track climate and sustainability goals.
THE PROJECT’S THREE TRACKS
• Develop an AI-driven energy advisor, a chatbot, to support citizens with advice on climate-effective energy investments.
• Provide the city with climate models and data to support urban planning for a sustainable microclimate.
• Develop a digital control room to provide, among others, housing cooperatives with increased transparency and the ability to manage the building’s energy consumption.
The project, a collaboration between KTH, the City of Stockholm, and ElectriCITY Innovation, is funded by the ICLEI Action Fund through a grant from Google.org. Hammarby Sjöstad, which is part of the Stockholm Green Innovation District, is used as a testbed in the project.
Project meeting for DigiCityClimate at ElectriCITY Innovation in Hammarby Sjöstad, with participants from KTH, the City of Stockholm, ElectriCITY Innovation, and ICLEI Action Fund. Photo: Lennart Backlund.
Project period
May 2023 - May 2025
Project info
Categories Energy, Digitalization
Project nameDigiCityClimate
FinancingICLEI Action Fund through grants from Google.org
BudgetTotal: One million Euros
PartnersKTH, ElectriCITY, The City of Stockholm
CoordinatorKTH
Project Manager ElectriCITYJörgen Lööf, CEO
Contact persons at ElectriCITY
AI-driven energy advisor
Stockholm residents will be assisted in saving energy through an AI-driven chatbot being developed as part of the DigiCityClimate project. The chatbot is designed to help both residents and property owners reduce their energy consumption and lower their electricity costs.
The aim is for the chatbot to support residents in managing their energy use. Additionally, property owners, such as housing cooperatives, will receive help in overseeing the operation of their properties, while making it easier for the City of Stockholm to provide energy advice.
In the project, researchers from KTH are building a digital platform and collecting data from properties and residents. Using this data, the chatbot will be able to offer practical advice to Stockholm residents and housing cooperatives about their energy use and the best ways to reduce consumption.
If the chatbot works as planned, it could help more Stockholm residents access effective energy advice.
Measure heat
How do the city’s trees and greenery affect the indoor climate? This is being investigated by a research group at KTH.
What makes this research project unique is that it combines different types of temperature measurements to create an understanding of how trees and greenery influence both outdoor and indoor temperatures and perceived heat. In Hammarby Sjöstad, a number of waste collection vehicles and cargo bikes have been equipped with scanners that measure the temperature of different surfaces in the area. At the same time, residents and workers in the area have participated by answering a survey about their indoor heat experiences.
The results will provide increased knowledge about the city’s microclimate, identifying areas that heat up more than others, and linking this to the city’s greenery and the design of the built environment. The findings can be used by the city when developing new housing and upgrading existing areas.
Digital control room
Within DigiCityClimate, a digital control room is also being developed — an innovative solution designed to provide housing cooperatives and other end users with tools to better monitor and control energy consumption in their buildings. The control room collects data from electricity meters, heating systems, electric vehicle charging stations, and other energy sources. By gathering both historical and real-time data from various energy sources, it becomes possible to create more efficient and environmentally friendly building operations.
The project is particularly relevant in areas like Hammarby Sjöstad, where there is a strong focus on sustainability and innovative energy solutions. Through collaborations with local energy providers, data can already be collected and used to create this digital platform. For housing cooperatives, this means they have a direct opportunity to contribute to Stockholm’s climate goals while also optimizing their own energy costs.
Collaboration with other projects
The digital control room is being developed in collaboration with several other projects within ElectriCITY.
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