The document summarizes A2A Group's role and initiatives in making cities smarter and more sustainable. It discusses A2A's focus on circular economy, decarbonization, innovation, and people. Key smart city projects highlighted include smart air quality monitoring, smart mobility like e-charging stations and smart parking, smart lighting using LEDs, smart building energy management, district heating networks, and an IoT-enabled smart green initiative. A2A aims to contribute to sustainability goals through 2030 by leveraging emerging technologies like IoT, big data and its enabling platform.
Cities future outlook and digital cities by Marco Moretti - A2A Smart City President
1. 30 october
Marco Moretti | A2A Smart City President | CIO A2A Group
Climate Innovation
Summit //2017
Cities future outlook and digital cities:
the public utility contribution in the
digital and green field
2. A2A Group
A big challenge inspired by our excellence:
innovation, quality, efficiency,
sustainability, transparency, respect and,
above all, listening people.
A2A has a key role in the city:
environmental services,
waste and cleaning, gas and
district heating, electricity
and public light, security
technology, fiber optical
network, etc.
3. A2A has a key role in the city:
environmental services, waste and
cleaning, gas and district heating,
electricity and public light,
security technology,
fiber optical network, etc.
CIRCULAR
ECONOMY
DECARBONIZATION SMARTNESS IN NETWORKS
AND SERVICES
PEOPLE
INNOVATION
Develop sustainable waste
management throughout the
life cycle.
Contributing to the achievement
of the national and Community
targets for reducing gas
emissions.
Increase the reliability of
networks and services
through technological
innovation.
Contributing actively to
community wellbeing and
improving working conditions.
2030 SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
the 4 pillars of intervention on which A2A decided to engage to create value in the medium (sustainability plan 2016-2020) and
long term (sustainability policy to 2030)
4. SUSTAINABILITY PLAN 2016-2020
2020 2016
DECARBONIZATION
CO2 avoided thanks to the extention of the district heating network (kTonnes/years)
Carbon intensity in electricity generation (gCO2/kWh)
Green electricity sold (GWh)
392.5
-234,000
1,260
417
-161,498
769
PEOPLE INNOVATION
Local Reports
forumAscolto – regional Workshop with 30 actions to be implemented
Inspections/year at the roadwork sites of the A2A Group
Target employees involved in Smart Working projects
15
8
4,000
20%
2 workshop
11 projects activated
3
1,406
5%
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Separated waste collection in the communities served
Urban waste sent for recycling or energy recovery
Impact of the recovery capacity of materials in the Group’s plants on the urban waste collected
99%
67%
80%
98.86%
56.2%
84%
SMART NETWORKS AND SERVICES
Customers with online A2A Energia services
The CSI Total in «multi-client of reference» surveys (CERVED DataBAnk) above national
average and never lower than
Investments in Smart City
90%
400,000
10 Mln €
92.4%
268,818
1.9 Mln €
7. National borders not relevant
50% of urban population since 2007
City is the political, social and economic center of reference
8. Urbanization is increasing rapidly expecially into emerging countries
Data source: United Nations, «World Urbanization Prospects - The 2014 Revision», 2015
world's population living in urban centers (billion)
An increasingly "urban world"
% Of world
total
9. Cities are a global development vehicle
It is estimated that by 2025 the urban
population will increase by 65 million
people a year, almost 200,000 more
inhabitants per day
By 2025 the 600 largest cities in the
world will have generated more than 30
trillion dollars of wealth, about 65% of
the total
Data Source: «When cities rule the world», Parag Khanna, McKinsey&Company 2012
Because of the increasing of
the population, by 2025 the
city will develop an additional
share of the residential land
85% of the current one, a
larger area than the whole of
Austria
In 2025 the water demand of the
city will increase by 80 billion
cubic meters / year
In 2025 the annual investment in the
city will be increased 10.000 billion
dollars / year
10. After mobile and internet
waves, ICT emerging
technologies are preparing
other 6 waves, some of that
tsunami: Big Data, IoT, Virtual
and augmented reality,
Robotics & automation,
Cognitive computing and IA,
NeuroTech and BCI, Blockchain
and distribuited systems,
Quantum computing, Nanotech
and advanced science, etc.
Hype Cycle Emerging Tech Innovation
11. Smart Air
A2A is experimenting with
innovative technologies and
implementing many smart
projects
Smart Mobility - E-Moving Project
Smart Building
District Heating
Smart Lighting – The Led Project
The Sharing Cities Project
Enabling Platform IoT
Smart Green
12. SMART AIR
Environmental and pollution sensors
Sensors around the city allow us to: collect statistics and inform citizens and other interested
Plan traffic blocks and assess the effects. To more precisely anticipate atmospheric phenomena.
The smart AIR measure environmental
variables:
- temperature, humidity, and pressure
- modular sensitivity of the sensors: it can
monitor environmental-related data and the
environment in general.
13. SMART MOBILITY
SMART PARKING
SMART BIN
30% EXHAUST
FUMES FOR
SEARCHING FOR
PARKING
For urban waste: capable of
detecting and communicating its
filling level
.
first application: paid street level parking
second application: covers all regulated parking areas
(loading/unloading and time disc areas, disabled parking)
14. SMART TRAFFIC E-MOVING PROJECT
We inaugurated in July what we believe to be the largest Italian
E-Hub with 74 recharge points and 58 points predisposed at
the location of via Ponte Nuovo
We run the richest urban network in terms of:
& electrical powers
Only in Milan: network of over 350 charging points
We serve 4 electric / partially electric car-sharing
in Milan and Lombardy
Technology management service and our
development experience that began with the end of
2010.
15.
16. SMART LIGHTING THE LED PROJECT
The emission of
23.000 tonnes of
CO2 has been
avoided thanks to
lower electricity
consumption.
- adds intelligence and control to lighting services with the objective of reducing
costs and expenditure on public lighting.
- introduces remote control of the lighting in order to set the times , so as to reduce
energy costs
- reduction in maintenance costs and improved resource management.
With the LED project, the A2A Group has replaced a large part of public lamps in Milan, Brescia
and Bergamo.
In Brescia 42.198
in Bergamo 14.965
and in Milan: 135.870.
17. SMART BUILDING
Buildings
are responsible for
41% of world energy
consumption
SMART ENERGY
Remote management, control and
reading of energy consumption
Applies to everyone the power
plants (electric, plumbing, gas,
HVAC, heating,ventilation and air
conditioning).
SMART MONITORING
Based on sensors able to monitor
the air conditions.
Physical : temperature and humidity
Chemical: presence of pollutants
18. A2A DISTRICT HEATING
No combustion
No smoke produced
Allowing the elimination of flue pipes.
Conscious choice for heating our homes which
generates benefits for the citizens and for the
environment.
19. From "episodes" to
integrated systems
Reached the center of the
city (presence of old gas
heating systems)
Reuse of heat sources in
the area
A2A DISTRICT HEATING - MILAN
20. The Sharing Cities ‘lighthouse’ programme is a
proving ground for a better, common approach to
making smart cities a reality. By fostering
international collaboration between industry and
cities, the project seeks to develop affordable,
integrated, commercial-scale smart city solutions
with a high market potential. The project partners
work in close cooperation with the European
Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and
Communities and with other `lighthouse` consortia.
SHARING CITIES PROJECT
Sharing Cities offers a framework for citizen
engagement and collaboration at local level, thereby
strengthening trust between cities and citizens. The
project draws on €24 million in EU funding. It aims to
trigger €500 million in investment and to engage over
100 municipalities across Europe.
22. SMART GREEN
SMART AGRIFOOD
SMART URBAN GARDEN
20% reduction in the use of
fertilisers
30% reduction in water
usage
40% reduction of the
number of plant
health treatments
IoT in the field
Sensors distributed record and
monitor the essential parameters- Monitoring of the air quality in the
park context
- Analysis of the status of the
biodiversity, through monitoring
Solution of services for precision agriculture :
smart agrifood | smart monitoring for risk prevention, | animal
husbandry| greenhouses | urban gardens.