Cities 4.0 Open Innovation Challenges
Energy efficiency and built environment innovators? Sustainable mobility experts?
We’re looking for you! The Cities 4.0 Open Innovation Challenges are about to open!
In the frame of the European project CITIES 4.0 - Climate Innovation Through Interactive Ecosystem Summit, the cities of Bologna, Turku, Leuven, and Eindhoven/Helmond are on a mission to become some of the first climate-neutral cities in Europe by 2030. To achieve this ambitious goal, these four cities have partnered with ESTI to address two critical challenges related to the built environment and mobility.
What are we looking for?
Within the Cities 4.0 project, we identified 2 key challenges to jointly look for breakthrough solutions and create market opportunities. Solutions that will:
- Help realize the last generation of private car owners
- Help scale up to renovating 1000 homes per day.
Are you innovating on these topics or have some ready-to-go solutions that can contribute to climate neutrality? Then, the floor is yours!
Timeline
- Official platform opening: September 13th, 2023
- Inspiration session: October 5th, 2023
- Closing: December 6th, 2023
- Finalists announcement: January 11th, 2024
- Final event: January 30th, 2024
The more solution providers join, the more impact, results and progress can be made towards becoming climate neutral before 2030!
Would you like to know more?
The Cities 4.0 Open Innovation Challenges webpages will be ready soon. In the meanwhile, please contact our backoffice team colleague Susanne Toussaint (challenge@esti.site) and visit our Linkedin page.
EU EMBLEM + Cities 4.0 project has been funded by the Horizon Europe programme for Coordination and Support Actions GA 101070827 - HORIZON-EIE-2021-CONNECT-01. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and donot necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them
- Challenge: Last generation of private car owners
- Challenge: 1000 Houses per day renovation
Bologna
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