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Smart Grids Smart Cities Forum 2013

20 - 21 March 2013, Nice, France
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Smart Cities – Smart Grid Survey


In our quest to connect business with intelligence in the field of Smart Grids and better understand how  Europe's Smart Cities are developing, we'd like your help.

Please take a few minutes to add your voice to our poll.

1. The geographic distribution of advanced European Smart Cities seems to favor Northern Coastal Europe and Southern Europe (Mediterranean). Why is this the case? *
a. Density of renewable energy projects (wind in the North and solar to the South)
b. Recent - localized construction booms that favored adding grid enhancements during the building phase.
c. Proximity to major centers of technical innovation
d. Other
2. (Motives) Nice's Eco Vallée has as a main goal, to use its rapidly developing eco-credentials to attract innovative businesses and drive economic development through its eco-compatible focus. Is this common to all Smart Cities, or are there other goals being pursued by Smart Cities? (Examples below) *
a. All Smart Cities try to use their eco-credentials to attract green business and innovation.
b. Smart Cities exist to fight wasted energy and don't need wider economic development goals.
c. Smart Cities are laboratories needed to study energy consumption within a population, their purpose is to develop wider efficiency strategies, test grid technology, and re-train primary energy consumers – the urban population- on sustainable behaviors.
d. Other
3. Considering the difficult economic environment, what is the most effective driver for the continued development and investment into Smart Cities? *
a. European Commission's Policy Framework including 20/2020
b. Keeping pace -technologically- with the strong growth of power from renewables entering European electricity grids.
c. Quantifiable budgetary savings enabled by not having to invest in adding more fossil fuel intensive electrical generation.
d. Other
4. What will be the biggest source of added value for Smart City projects in 2013? *
a. Increased investment in and activation of Waste to Power sites being integrated into municipal power supplies
b. Urban and architecturally integrated small wind & solar power
c. Bringing Smart Cities and Smart Grid to the attention of PPP investors.
d. Other
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