3 Extra European Dissemination activities w.r.t China

Energy Efficiency has been a central topic in many Chinese Living Labs. Illustrative is DigiEcoCity, whichis a model for an ideal city combining the principles of sustainable development, the innovations of which are made possible by the digital revolution and the urban functions necessary for providing a framework of good everyday life in a gardenlike environment. DigiEcoCity combines living, working, public and private services, culture and leisure. Its scale and details respond to local needs. DigiEcoCity is a human and ecological alternative to concentrated metropolises.

DigiEcoCity combines three fundamental concepts:

1. DIGI concepts cover digitally integrated highly interactive information systems providing access to community services like health care, learning and trade, highly-automated transport, logistics and building systems, and information systems to city management and service production. 2. ECO concepts cover ecologically sustainable reactive solutions providing energy efficiency at both the building and community level, utilizing renewable energies and waste as a source of energy and recycled materials and security of water supply and clean water environment for recreation, working and living. 3. CITY concepts cover localized proactive urban solutions enabling efficient logistics, new combinations of working and living, increases in functional diversity making the urban structure more vital and resistant against the impacts of the changing social and macro-economic conditions.

DigiEcoCity derives from the early Living Lab work done in Finland (Arabianranta and Suurpelto/Espoo). DigiEcoCity provides a demonstration platform for innovative companies and individuals to develope sustainable services ad products. The development work is based on bilateral agreement with the Finnish Ministry (TEM) and Chinese Ministry (MOST). Concepting started 2009 and first city developmentprojects signed and first city will be built between 2010-2012. MoU has been signed with Future Learning Finland which is developing Living Lab environments for Learning solutions and with Process Vision which is an Apollon member in WP3.

Alfamicro (Alvaro) has been in China for three workshops and Alvaro has been developing several contacts with several entities, namely Universities, Companies and Chinese Government in order to plan the creation of the China Network of Living Labs (CNoLL).

Alvaro was invited to Beijing with the aim of developing ENoLL - Chinese strategic relationship in areas such as urban Living Labs, Smart City services, IoT, and where I met with Vice President of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (BJAST).

BJAST is the largest local scientific research institute in China, directly belonging to Beijing Municipality. Furthermore, Alvaro met with MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology in China) including BMSTC (Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Committee). I also gave a speech at the Global Internet of Things Conference 2010 on the importance of user-driven innovation in smart city environments.

As a result of the visit, on the 25th of November Alvaro signed a Memorandum of Understanding on City Administration and Public Service Innovation with Beijing City Administration Information System and Equipment Center (CAISEC) and an agreement of collaboration with the Ubiquitous Network Industry and Technology Development Forum (UNITED) (Attached).

CAISEC and ENoLL are aiming to work cooperatively towards the next generation of innovation, which involves the user, to better city administration and public service. ENOLL and CAISEC hopes to benefit from practice of each other through closer cooperation on following domains and activities.

UNITED and ENoLL will cooperate in increasing communication and cooperation in IST fields, and setting up joint workshops and cooperative research and development projects on ubiquitous service, technology and product innovation and approaches orientedamong other things to smart cities, energy and health.