New ideas and inspiration were at the core of Dr Frank Nägele and Karen Lassmann’s travels to four cities in Germany and Austria to find out more…
2022 will bring about changes to the Municipal Directive issued by the German National Climate Initiative – and with them, more incentive for…
On 21 October 2021, 700 participants took part in the kick-off event that launched the standardisation roadmap for the circular economy. The…
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Ideas and solutions for smart buildings, smart neighborhoods and smart cities are the focus of the new research cluster "Sustainable Smart Cities" at…
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The federal government has implemented a new AI office to accompany and guarantee the implementation of the national AI strategy; standardisation…
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EcoBean and Sally R are the winners of the Sustainability Challenge, organised by Vattenfall and EDGE and carried out with the support of Urban…
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Whether it's an environmental festival or a Reuse superstore - the Smart City Berlin has an active zero-waste scene. The Berlin Senate supports and…
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How can Berlin become carbon-neutral before 2050 – and thus contribute to implementing the Paris Agreement? A feasibility study that was commissioned…
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How can we understand and operationalise the many dimensions of digital justice in smart cities? The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban…
The Enterprise Europe Network Berlin-Brandenburg (EEN) has provided a list of current calls for project proposals for each thematic area.
At the Federal Congress of the National Urban Development Policy in Cologne in May, the memorandum "Urban Resilience – Ways to create Robust, Adaptive…
Berlin and Hamburg have signed an administrative agreement in the field of construction and planning at the end of July. The two cities intend to…
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The Senate of Berlin has passed an Educational Mission Statement for a Green and Sustainable Berlin. By doing so, the state is making a major…
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Young Berlin companies and projects that are particularly committed to environmental protection and sustainability were honoured with awards in five…
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Potsdam is one of the winners! 28 cities, districts and municipalities have been selected for funding by the Federal Ministry of the Interior,…
The EU Commission announced the 2021-2022 work programmes for the new research and innovation programme in mid-June.
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In a district of Berlin, mobility has taken centre stage: "mieri-mobil" is a mobility and micro-logistics hub located at the Mierendorffplatz in…
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The central open-air exhibition of the recently launched science festival illuminates key issues of our time. The motto of the festival is “Berlin…
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Which standards are essential and necessary for German cities and municipalities in the course of digital transformation? This is just one of the…
350 Berliners commented on the first draft of the Strategic Framework for the Berlin Smart City Strategy.
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berlinopensource.de is a new platform that has been launched by Technologiestiftung Berlin with the support of the Senate of Berlin. The website…
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The district Berlin-Mitte (central Berlin) was one of thirteen municipalities to be awarded the federal award Cooperative City: for instruments of…
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“Data Strategy for Urban Development towards the Common Good” – that is the name of the guidelines and recommendations that the Federal Ministry of…
Mobility reporting is the name of a new instrument for integrated traffic planning, which intends to make transport more socially just and…
What are the new opportunities derived from building data literacy for medium sized businesses in Berlin? A new study by Technologiestiftung Berlin on…
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On 23 and 24 March, more than 500 registered guests and over 40 scientists and experts from all over the world took part in the Smart City Symposium.…
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A new online-platform by CityLAB Berlin has pioneering character. It supports associations, charitable organisations and foundations with their…
The Berlin Senate Chancellery honors particularly innovative projects from Berlin's districts and state authorities.
Berlin is a city in permanent transition. And the citizens of Berlin have an ever more active says in how the Smart City Berlin will change in the…
The current publication of the Zukunftsforum Öffentliche Sicherheit (ZOES, Future Forum on Public Safety) shows measures and gives specific…
InfraLab Berlin and the Berlin Energy Agency are working on a concept for "Smart Schools" as a learning environment for the future: not only the…
Lana Labs, Lumenion, ME Engergy and Regional Hero – four of the six winners of this year’s Innovation Award were honoured for products and solutions…
The new 2020 Master Plan defines four fields of innovation with high growth potential within the cluster of ICT/Media and Creative Industries for the…
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Germany can become climate neutral by 2050 – according to the recent Agora climate study. Berlin has set that ambitious goal for itself – and takes on…
Impulses and solutions for the Smart City eco system Berlin. As part of the Smart Country Convention 2020, Smart City Berlin organised a “Rush Hour”…
Deutscher Mobilitätspreis 2020
Mobility Sharing – sustainable, social, digital: providing exactly that, the Berlin-based company Carré Mobility has received the German Mobility…
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Playful access to the digital world - this should soon become reality for pupils nationwide with the assistance of Calliope mini.
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Mobility hubs, part of a larger concept called ‘Europacity Berlin’, are to relieve drivers as well as inhabitants and increase their quality of life.
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The "Schöneberger Linse" is to become a major centre for energy and mobility companies as well as start-ups in Berlin.
Berlin is an urban laboratory: here smart people are working on future concepts for an intelligent urban society. Discover „Zukunftsorte“, Berlin projects, walk-in Smart City locations and technology centers.
Berlin has established top-level research at several universities and numerous non-university institutions. This diversity of the research spectrum and the large number of smart minds enable trend-setting research tasks, but above all, future-proof solutions.
Berlin's scientific landscape is outstanding: The combination of four universities with IT offerings and many strong digital initiatives offer the best conditions for the digital transformation.
Berlin is Garmanys founder capital. Berlin attracts talent. Not only from the creative industry but also from all startups with a focus on digital business models. In Berlin, creative people and innovators meet. Berlin is breeding ground for those who want to change the world.
Concrete examples of current developments can be seen in the further development of the Zukunftsorte, the implementation of the Berliner Energie concept, the Smart City projects from the strategy dialogue, such as the Smart Business District, and last but not least in our Advisory Center Open Data for the Administration (ODIS).
Berlin is growing rapidly. Altogether, the city of Berlin forecasts a total of 250,000 more people by the year 2030, who come to Berlin. To keep the city worth living in and to make it even more liveable, smart minds at the future locations are developing and testing new urban solutions for a modern, energy and resource-efficient life in international cities.
Berlin is developing, founding, testing and applying. Especially in the field of electromobility. Startups and established companies are developing smart eMobility concepts for future mobility. They can already be found everywhere on Berlin's streets: whether as an eBike, electronic car, scooter or bus.
The change of the drive is long overdue. Battery electric cars for mass transit, fuel cell for heavy traffic and long journeys - that's been ready for series production for a long time.
Berlin is green, Berlin is beautiful, Berlin is fun - that's what makes up the German capital and attracts millions of visitors every year to the metropolis. A total of 30 percent of the total area of Berlin consists of parks, forests, lakes and waterways that need to be explored, cultivated and expanded.
On the way to becoming a climate-neutral city, Berlin can already present solutions for the various challenges of the energy transition - from the integration of renewable energies from the surrounding countryside to electromobility and tenant electricity - for major cities throughout Germany and around the world.
