RESPONSE

Integrated Solutions for Positive Energy and Resilient Cities
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RESPONSE aims to establish a strategic vision for smart cities energy transition towards climate-neutrality by 2050. The overall focus of the project is to create resilient and safe cities whilst increasing the quality of life and lowering the impacts of climate change.

At the core of the project are positive energy blocks (PEBs) and districts (PEDs), which are developed in the lighthouse cities of Turku and Dijon (France). Six other cities across Europe are involved in the project as Fellow cities. RESPONSE brings together 10 integrated solutions, which consist of 86 elements including tools, methods and technologies, and which are demonstrated in the selected PEBs and PEDs in the project cities. In Turku, the Student Village has been chosen as the PED area.

The solutions are aimed at e.g. improving energy efficiency of new retrofitted building stock, reducing the CO2 emissions of electricity grids and heating and cooling networks and providing flexibility of the energy systems. Also, the better integration of city ecosystems is promoted by extending the services offered by city information platforms (CIPs) and improving the better integration of e-mobility to the grid and city planning.

In addition to technical innovations and solutions, citizen participation and co-creation are integral elements of the project. Citizen empowerment and awareness raising are promoted with series of events and digital tools in both Lighthouse cities. The innovative business models created in the project enable the upscale and replication of the solutions forming a validated roadmap for sustainable cities.


Contact Us

  • Samuli Ranta

    Senior Lecturer, Research Group Leader
    +358 40 355 0833
    samuli.ranta@turkuamk.fi
  • Annika Kunnasvirta

    Project Manager
    +358 40 355 0932
    annika.kunnasvirta@turkuamk.fi
  • Ritva Salminiitty

    Senior Advisor
    +358 50 598 5245
    ritva.salminiitty@turkuamk.fi
  • Paula Ailio

    Head of Project Management Office
    +358 40 355 0835
    paula.ailio@turkuamk.fi

Partners

  • EIFER – Europaisches Institut fur Energieforschung EDF Kit Ewiv, Germany
  • Dijon Metropole, France
  • Commune de Dijon, France
  • Electricité de France, France
  • Communauté d’Universités et Etablissements Université Bourgogne, France
  • Enedis, France
  • Grand Dijon Habitat, France
  • Office Public de l’Habitat de la Côte d’Or, France
  • Bouygues Construction, France
  • FAFCO, France
  • Atmo Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
  • Onyx Solar Energy SL, Spain
  • Groupe Coriance, France
  • OGGA SAS, France
  • CNet Svenska AB, Sweden
  • Civocracy B.V., Germany
  • SARL NanoSense, France
  • K.I.D.S A.I’S, France
  • PANGA, France
  • City of Turku, Finland
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland
  • Turun Ylioppilaskyläsäätiö, Finland
  • Turku Energia Oy, Finland
  • Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
  • HögforsGST Oy, Finland
  • Elisa Oyj, Finland
  • ELCON Solutions Oy, Finland
  • Solar Finland Ltd, Finland
  • Sunamp Ltd, UK
  • eGain International AB, Sweden
  • University of Turku, Finland
  • Oilon Technology Oy, Finland
  • Turku City Data Ltd, Finland
  • Sähko-Jokinen Oy, Finland
  • HR-Ikkunat Ruhkala Oy, Finland
  • Ferroamp Elektronik AB, Sweden
  • City of Brussels, Belgium
  • Up4North, Belgium
  • Ayuntamiento De Zaragosa, Spain
  • Botosani Municipality, Romania
  • National Institute for Research and Development in Electrical Engineering, Romania
  • Eordaia Municipality, Greece
  • Municipality of Gabrovo, Bulgaria
  • Innovative Energy and Information Technologies LTD, Bulgaria
  • Department of International Technical Assistance, Innovation Development & Foreign Affairs Luhansk Regional State Administration, Ukraine
  • Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) Greece
  • Fundación CIRCE – Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos, Spain
  • Rina Consulting S.p.A., Italy
  • Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, Consultadoria Empresarial e Fomento da Inovação, S.A. (SPI), Portugal
  • Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain
  • iSolutions LLC, Ukraine
  • National Technical University of Athens, Greece

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