More savings in water consumption or electricity, more proximity to local food production, greater connection between the way citizens live the city and new technologies. Portuenses responded to the challenge of the initiative Challenges Porto, who invited all citizens to raise any problems they saw in the city, and responded in mass presenting issues with technological solutions could improve the city.
After in August, have announced receiving over 300 applications divided into four themes – Health and Wellbeing, Mobility and Environment, Digital City and Energy, the Chamber of Porto, together with the its partners to project sponsors, announced on Tuesday, what challenges have reached the final stage. After a selection, four problems in each area were chosen, of which one each will win and you will see your problem solved, with funding that could reach 50,000 euros, which will add a consultancy support up to 12,500 euros financed by Ernst & amp; Young, the driving challenge.
The mayor, Rui Moreira, points out that “only an innovative and enterprising port can attract more people,” why it considers this initiative “proof the thriving innovation city “. In the presentation on Tuesday, representatives of the US, EDP, CEIIA (Experience and Innovation Centre for Automotive Industry) and Ernst & amp; Young, stressed the importance that the project could have on the city, which will act as “living laboratory”, since the aim is then to replicate the experience in other cities. Filipe Araújo, councilor of innovation and the environment, adds: “We tried a perspective that we are close to an ecosystem.” Furthermore, the councilor pointed out that the draft “Fixed people, creates value and creates jobs” in the city.
As for the projects in the field of Health and Wellness selected proposals include the development of tools to facilitate the integration required to aging, a space in the City Park where they can store personal belongings during the exercise training, a platform that enables the reservation of sports facilities and a carpooling platform for anyone who wants to go out at night but do not want lead car.
In energy, we suggest a circuit that helps us optimize energy thoroughfare, an application that measures the water footprint of citizens, self-consumption systems to assist in the economic sustainability and even bike paths that capture solar energy to produce electricity for public roads
In the Digital City category, the issues raised relate to all with new technologies, such as smartphones -. suggestions are applications that allow the payment of public transport, which show that events if you are spending in the city in real time, indicating that the water, gas and electricity, and enabling communication to the authorities necessary breakdowns or interventions municipality.
Finally, in the area of mobility and environment calls up a form of local products are delivered at home, smart sensors for parking that can be seen in app A competitive car rental system and also a system that helps to realize the movement of emergency vehicles.
In short, Challenges Port wants to combine the day-to-day unbeaten with technology. Until 15 October any entrepreneur can present innovative solutions. The November 15 the winning projects will be announced.
Text edited by Ana Fernandes
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