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CDO Dr Ralf Kleindiek: 100 Days in Office

During his first 100 days in office, Berlin’s new Chief Digital Officer met with 100 Smart City Berlin actors.

Berlin to Become Gigabit Capital

With a new steering committee, the Berlin Senate, districts and telecommunications companies aim to drive the expansion of Gigabit networks throughout…

ressource efficiency

Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection: Coordination Office Launches in Berlin

KEK – these three letters represent a new offer of the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises. The Coordination Office…

citizen participation

Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change: Selection Process Launched

Over the next few days, some lucky people will be receiving a letter from the Berlin Senate: 2,800 Berliners are being invited to take part in the…

enviroment and climate protection

Reusing and Preventing Waste: Zero Waste in Berlin

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Reusing and Preventing Waste: Zero Waste in Berlin

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…

Science & Research

“Mall Anders": Everyone can join in!

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“Mall Anders": Everyone can join in!

Drop in, learn, discuss: The "open learning lab" that FU Berlin, HU Berlin, TU Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin have opened in a Berlin…

Competitions

“Sustainable Inner Cities and City Centres”: Successful Berlin Projects

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“Sustainable Inner Cities and City Centres”: Successful Berlin Projects

Four Berlin projects are being funded as part of the Sustainable Inner Cities and City Centres (Zukunftsfähige Innenstädte und Zentre) federal…

Digitalisation

“We Want to Highlight Solutions that are Appropriate for all German Municipalities”

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“We Want to Highlight Solutions that are Appropriate for all German Municipalities”

The Coordination and Transfer Office (Koordinierungs- und Transferstelle, KTS) for Smart Cities was founded in September 2021. The consortium aims to…

Digitalisation

The Digital Berlin City Committee: 70 Berliners Take Part

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The Digital Berlin City Committee: 70 Berliners Take Part

With members selected randomly from among Berlin’s residents, the committee will develop content for the new Berlin Smart City Strategy until spring…

Events

Smart City Expo World Congress – Berlin in Barcelona

Three thrilling days and countless impressions: From 16 to 19 November 2021, the 10th Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) took place in the…

Administration & Civil Society

Smart City on Tour: Berlin Visits Ulm, Hamburg, Vienna and Linz

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…

Events

The 2021 Smart Country Convention – The Smart City Berlin Highlights

Since as early as 2018, the Smart City Berlin has been a constant partner of the Smart Country Convention – Germany’s leading trade fair for…

Funding Information

New Municipal Directive: More Funding for Climate Protection

2022 will bring about changes to the Municipal Directive issued by the German National Climate Initiative – and with them, more incentive for…

Digitalisation

“We hope to see many fascinating projects.”

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“We hope to see many fascinating projects.”

Ideas and solutions for smart buildings, smart neighborhoods and smart cities are the focus of the new research cluster "Sustainable Smart Cities" at…

Digitalisation

AI Office Established

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AI Office Established

The federal government has implemented a new AI office to accompany and guarantee the implementation of the national AI strategy; standardisation…

Competitions

EDGE/Vattenfall Sustainability Challenge: The Winners

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EDGE/Vattenfall Sustainability Challenge: The Winners

EcoBean and Sally R are the winners of the Sustainability Challenge, organised by Vattenfall and EDGE and carried out with the support of Urban…

enviroment and climate protection

Feasibility Study Published: Making Berlin Paris-compliant

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Feasibility Study Published: Making Berlin Paris-compliant

How can Berlin become carbon-neutral before 2050 – and thus contribute to implementing the Paris Agreement? A feasibility study that was commissioned…

Digitalisation

Frame of Reference: Digital Justice in Smart Cities

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Frame of Reference: Digital Justice in Smart Cities

How can we understand and operationalise the many dimensions of digital justice in smart cities? The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban…

Events

Horizon Europe: Overview of Calls 2021/2022

The Enterprise Europe Network Berlin-Brandenburg (EEN) has provided a list of current calls for project proposals for each thematic area.

Resilience

Memorandum on Urban Resilience Passed

At the Federal Congress of the National Urban Development Policy in Cologne in May, the memorandum "Urban Resilience – Ways to create Robust, Adaptive…

Digitalisation

Berlin – Hamburg: Cooperation on Digitization Signed

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…

enviroment and climate protection

First Educational Mission Statement for a Green and Sustainable Berlin

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First Educational Mission Statement for a Green and Sustainable Berlin

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…

Competitions

The 2020 Green Buddy Award – Winners Announced

Green Buddy Award 2020

The 2020 Green Buddy Award – Winners Announced

Young Berlin companies and projects that are particularly committed to environmental protection and sustainability were honoured with awards in five…

Competitions

The Smart Cities Model Projects: Winners of the 3rd Edition Announced

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The Smart Cities Model Projects: Winners of the 3rd Edition Announced

Potsdam is one of the winners! 28 cities, districts and municipalities have been selected for funding by the Federal Ministry of the Interior,…

Horizon Europe: Work Programmes for 2021-2022 Published

The EU Commission announced the 2021-2022 work programmes for the new research and innovation programme in mid-June.

Events

“Wissensstadt Berlin 2021” – with a Smart Focus

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“Wissensstadt Berlin 2021” – with a Smart Focus

The central open-air exhibition of the recently launched science festival illuminates key issues of our time. The motto of the festival is “Berlin…

ressource efficiency

2nd Discussion Paper: Digitisation, Sustainability and Resilience – Why Linking These Topics is Key

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2nd Discussion Paper: Digitisation, Sustainability and Resilience – Why Linking These Topics is Key

Which standards are essential and necessary for German cities and municipalities in the course of digital transformation? This is just one of the…

urban development

Online comments on the Strategic Framework of the Smart City Strategy: The results are in

350 Berliners commented on the first draft of the Strategic Framework for the Berlin Smart City Strategy.

Data

Open, accessible and transparent

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Open, accessible and transparent

berlinopensource.de is a new platform that has been launched by Technologiestiftung Berlin with the support of the Senate of Berlin. The website…

urban development

KOOP.STADT - A COOPERATIVE CITY! Federal Award for the District “Mitte”

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KOOP.STADT - A COOPERATIVE CITY! Federal Award for the District “Mitte”

The district Berlin-Mitte (central Berlin) was one of thirteen municipalities to be awarded the federal award Cooperative City: for instruments of…

urban development

Recommendations for the Development of a Smart City

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Recommendations for the Development of a Smart City

“Data Strategy for Urban Development towards the Common Good” – that is the name of the guidelines and recommendations that the Federal Ministry of…

urban development

Planning Focusing on People

Mobility reporting is the name of a new instrument for integrated traffic planning, which intends to make transport more socially just and…

Data

Data-driven potential

What are the new opportunities derived from building data literacy for medium sized businesses in Berlin? A new study by Technologiestiftung Berlin on…

Data

„Digital Vereint“

A new online-platform by CityLAB Berlin has pioneering character. It supports associations, charitable organisations and foundations with their…

urban development

Berlin Administration Prize for innovative projects awarded for the first time

The Berlin Senate Chancellery honors particularly innovative projects from Berlin's districts and state authorities.

ressource efficiency

Smart Schools for Berlin

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…

enviroment and climate protection

Climate Protection – Berlin is on the right track

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Climate Protection – Berlin is on the right track

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…

Data

Calliope mini: Coding for the young ones

Playful access to the digital world - this should soon become reality for pupils nationwide with the assistance of Calliope mini.

urban development

Automated Parking in the ‘Europacity Berlin’ to increase the quality of life

Mobility hubs, part of a larger concept called ‘Europacity Berlin’, are to relieve drivers as well as inhabitants and increase their quality of life.

Science & Research

Schöneberger Linse: A city district becomes Berlin’s No. 1 Energy Location

The "Schöneberger Linse" is to become a major centre for energy and mobility companies as well as start-ups in Berlin.

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This is Smart City 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.

Top-level research

City of founders

Laboratory for urban concepts

Smart Mobility

Liveable city

Institutions

Startups in Berlin

2.5 TSD

Research groups

300

eBikes in Berlin

100 TSD

Bike paths

600 km

Employees

18 TSD

New tech startups per year

500

Zukunftsorte

Electric cars on the streets of Berlin

6 TSD

Greenery

2.5 Tsd.

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.

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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.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ina Schieferdecker, former Institute Director Fraunhofer-FOKUS

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.

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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).

Nicolas Zimmer, CEO Technologiestiftung Berlin

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.

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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.

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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.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Knie, political scientist and mobility researcher at the TU Berlin

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.

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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.

Claudia Rathfux, Stromnetz Berlin GmbH

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