Atos joins AI4Cities, the European project to accelerate the transition of cities to carbon neutrality
June 09 2021 - 4:00AM
Atos joins AI4Cities, the European project to accelerate the
transition of cities to carbon neutrality
Atos joins AI4Cities, the European
project to accelerate the transition of cities to carbon
neutrality
Madrid (Spain), Paris (France) - June 9,
2021 - Atos joins AI4Cities, a three-year
EU-funded project which aims to help six European cities and
regions accelerate their transition towards carbon neutrality. This
includes: Helsinki (Finland), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Copenhagen
(Denmark), Paris Region (France), Stravanger (Norway) and Tallin
(Estonia). The artificial intelligence (AI) solutions will
ultimately contribute to the reduction of CO2 in the areas of
mobility and energy, two domains responsible for 82% of all
greenhouse gas emissions in European cities.
Atos has been selected for the Phase 1 of
AI4Cities: the pre-commercial procurement (PCP)
process that challenges technology companies in the six cities and
regions to design, implement and test innovative artificial
intelligence solutions helping them to modernize public sector
services and solve societal key challenges. The selected companies
will, with artificial intelligence: analyze travel patterns to
design more efficient routes and schedules, contributing to a much
smaller environmental footprint; optimize the use of electric
vehicle charging locations by providing recommendations based on
artificial intelligence; and reduce the time to evaluate, plan and
promote investments (e.g. for building renovation). In addition,
companies will work to optimize the consumption and energy
efficiency in buildings and maximize the use of local renewable
electricity through demand management, using buildings as
distributed thermal energy storage, among other solutions. The
total funding for this project, which will be divided among the
selected suppliers throughout the whole PCP process, is 4.6 million
euros.
Atos will be responsible for developing services
through the solution called “AI4GreenBuildings”
which uses artificial intelligence to improve the energy
performance of buildings and its impact in terms of greenhouse gas
emissions, through a control suite that monitors the building
flexible energy supply (i.e. electricity, heating , ventilation,
air conditioning, water) and usage in buildings. In parallel, the
solution will help municipal decision-makers to create smarter and
more effective streamlined policies. The solution will also raise
citizen awareness on how their actions can impact energy
consumption and CO2 emissions.
“AI4GreenBuildings” proposes an
innovative solution to empower cities and their citizens, allowing
them to manage all the energy resources of buildings, thanks to an
innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platform,
that enables interoperability and integration of devices (e.g.
meters, sensors, etc.) for efficient generation, storage and
consumption management specifically designed for homes, buildings,
and even entire neighborhoods and communities. Its open, standard,
and flexible design opens the door to future scalability,
replicability, collaboration, and integration of external
communities in a simple way.
Atos will use machine learning (ML) models to
exploit the collected data and to create AI-powered services to
optimize energy resource management and consequently reduce overall
CO2 emissions.
“We are very proud to work on helping deliver a
sustainable society with AI4Cities, which is the ideal
framework to test Atos's most innovative solutions for improving
energy efficiency in cities, with the necessary technical scope and
the sufficient geographic dimension to get impactful and visible
results in several big cities of Europe”, said
Javier Valiño, Head of the Energy, Climate and
Decarbonization Unit of the R&D department of Atos
Iberia.
Atos has recently confirmed its position as the
leader of decarbonized and secure digital, driven by its ambition
to reach net-zero by 2028 and, by providing customers with the
launch of the most comprehensive, end-to-end decarbonization
portfolio on the market: LINK.
AI4cities is made up of several
multidisciplinary partners from countries such as France, the
Netherlands, Estonia, Denmark, Norway and Spain among others.
For more information, visit
https://ai4cities.eu/
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About AtosAtos is a global
leader in digital transformation with 105,000 employees and annual
revenue of over € 11 billion. European number one in cybersecurity,
cloud and high performance computing, the Group provides tailored
end-to-end solutions for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer
in decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos operates
under the brands Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas
Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future
of the information space. Its expertise and services support the
development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural
approach and contribute to the development of scientific and
technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its
customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live,
work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information
space.
Press contacts:
Global:Marilyn Florent
| marilyn.florent@atos.net | +33 6 66 51 36 80
Spain: Christian Suell
| Christian.suell@atos.net | +34 91 038 98 27
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