Delivering. peterborough. a truly. smart. city

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1 peterborough Delivering a truly smart city

2 smart city solutions Peterborough DNA at a glance Skills for our Future Peterborough Graduate Scheme boosting local businesses with a part-funded graduate for six months Bursary Scheme developing home-grown talent Skills and Innovation Centre dedicated hub to drive aspiration Innovation Brainwave A greenhouse for good ideas and gateway to business opportunities and funding Breakthrough Thinking events helping people think like innovators Challenge Fund financial backing to get products to market Innovation lab bespoke R&D facility for entrepreneurs Smart Business Smart Business network a collaborative business partnership for companies to help each other advice improving business efficiency Business park collaborative platform interactive model of the area to map operations Create a circular economy redesigning business processes to a virtuous cycle of manufacture and reuse Test-bedding testing prototype technologies in live business environments Open Data Living Data Portal online, interactive city map that allows interrogation of data sets Hackathons harnessing the power of Peterborough s creative sector Weather Stations young people learning and gathering intelligence for city agencies smart city challenges Peterborough DNA at a glance Skills for our Future The right skills to meet business demand Take advantage of emerging markets Strong university offer Grow and retain local expertise to tackle sustainability challenges Innovation An innovation community The right environment to get new ideas off the ground Boost economic growth and improve social wellbeing Smart Business Sustainable businesses economically robust with lowenvironmental impact Competitive companies in good shape to grow Large and small businesses working together Open Data Increase understanding of how the city works Greater data sharing between organisations Model information to identify correlations and monitor changes A new town with medieval roots, Peterborough has always been forward-thinking, a city ahead of its time. Marco Cereste, Leader, Peterborough City Council The UK s fastest growing city One of the UK s 2nd Ranked in the country for private sector growth 4 Future City Demonstrators A diverse economy with world-leading companies in advanced manufacturing, finance and agriculture Creating the UK s Environment Capital, with the country s largest cluster of environmental businesses A multicultural population of over 183,000 people 1billion regeneration programme Gigabit city: access to the world s fastest business internet speeds

3 Our approach A Smart City step-change Peterborough DNA is creating a step-change in how the city works, delivering new integration and synergies between partners to make urban systems more effective. Just as cities come in all shapes and sizes, so do Smart City approaches and projects. For Peterborough, the starting point was to assess the key challenges the city faces and embed long-term change by working from the inside out. Two priorities are central to Peterborough s approach integration and grassroots collaboration. Effective human interaction complements the power of data and information and all initiatives work together to embed change for long-term impact. The benefit of every activity is amplified because it s all working towards the same fundamental goal: growth, innovation and sustainability. There s no doubt that talking car parks or solar powered bins have merit in some areas. But, for Peterborough, our smart city approach is about thinking and acting differently to tackle some of the core challenges that cities face. This might be raising skills aspirations to meet long-term economic needs, or integrating data to inform business and environmental efficiencies. We re focused on real challenges and real solutions. Steve Bowyer, Programme Director of Peterborough DNA, Opportunity Peterborough Smart City initiatives that are replicable Small and mid-sized cities have an important role to play when it comes to making the UK s urban systems work smarter. The initiatives being carried out in Peterborough are designed to be blueprints for wider roll out practical, affordable and easily replicable. Smaller smart city projects are reporting a positive return on investment and are good examples for larger cities like to follow. Success is less likely to come from grandiose projects and more likely to derive from a series of small improvements. The key is a clear solution to a clear problem rather than a technology showcase. David Akka, HuffPost Tech Smart business Making sure local businesses are sustainable in all senses of the word resilient and with low environmental impact. INNOVATION Identify and solve city challenges, provide new opportunities for local businesses and encourage innovation and entrepreneurial activity in the city. Living data Cities have a lot of data, about population, health, waste, education and more. Peterborough DNA is bringing this data to life and making it accessible and easy to spot correlations. The idea is to provide a tool for businesses, communities and public sector staff to better understand Peterborough and inspire innovative solutions to local challenges. skills for our future Making sure we have the right skills to take advantage of emerging green markets and respond to our own sustainability challenges. Future cities In 2012 the Government s innovation agency, Innovate UK (Technology Strategy Board), launched a UK-wide future cities competition to demonstrate how cities could take a new approach to how they run. By developing and testing innovative ideas, cities were called upon to shape smarter and more sustainable places. With a bid developed with public, private and third sector partnership, Peterborough was awarded 3million. The Peterborough DNA programme was born: to implement the ideas, innovations and new systems that were put forward.

4 Delivering a smarter city Skills for our Future For a long time, Peterborough was one of the largest cities without a university and in the largest cold-spot for higher education provision. Recent investment in both Higher Education and the entire school system has seen the establishment of University Centre Peterborough and unparalleled improvement in education performance. How could Peterborough DNA accelerate the benefits of this into the city s communities and businesses? Case study Nilam Patel and Jennie Orrell were the very first Peterborough DNA bursary scheme beneficiaries, studying the MSc in Sustainability: Working for Positive Change. Developed in partnership by Anglia Ruskin University, the Eden Project and Change Agents UK, the course features practical engagement including a workshop with Eden Project founder Tim Smit and hands-on work placements in local companies. The Peterborough DNA opportunity has been invaluable for me. I ve learnt so much, widened my horizons, and built an incredible UK-wide specialist network. Now I m bringing all that back to the city and helping local businesses work smarter. Nilam Patel, MSc Bursary Scheme participant The challenge Ensure the city has the right skills to meet local business demand Develop future skills to put Peterborough in the best possible position to take advantage of emerging markets Build the university offer and establish it as a hub for innovation Grow and retain local expertise to tackle sustainability challenges on the doorstep Our approach Leverage existing pioneering work, like the Peterborough Skills Service, rather than reinventing the wheel Inspire the city s young people through real-life opportunities Deliver the local skills that businesses need now and in the future Our smart city solution Peterborough Graduate Scheme 12 part-funded graduates for six months to boost local businesses and tackle their sustainability challenges; raising the profile of University Centre Peterborough Bursary Scheme developing homegrown talent with funding for four residents to study an MSc in Sustainability. Creating opportunities for local people and re-investing new skills back into the city to drive Smart City approaches Skills and Innovation Centre a brand new, dedicated hub to drive aspiration in local young people through interaction with innovating businesses

5 Case study Inventor, Michael Reid successfully applied to the Challenge Fund to develop his prototype solar powered terrace heater and get it to market. The heater s panels capture and store the sun s energy during daylight and rotate to provide ambient warmth into the night. Peterborough is full of people with a lot of good ideas and it s wonderful that something s being done to help them come to fruition. It s a long and arduous task to turn an idea into a product actually on the market so this support is very welcome indeed. If you want something done you re pretty much likely to be able to get it done in Peterborough. Michael Reid, product innovator Delivering a smarter city Innovation Major global companies such as Perkins, Travelex and BGL, are based in Peterborough, however, the city s economy is reliant on SMEs. We have a powerhouse of innovating and entrepreneurial companies, but many new ideas were frustrated before they had even taken off: they needed new marketplaces and models of support. The challenge Build an innovation community to tackle city challenges in new ways Provide the right environment to get new ideas off the ground Boost economic growth and improve social wellbeing Our approach Spark innovation leading to long-term, embedded change Dedicated support for city SMEs, the lifeblood of Peterborough s economy Radical thinking for a step-change in how city-scale challenges are solved, like diverting waste from landfill and reducing reliance on cars Our smart city solution Brainwave a greenhouse for good ideas and gateway to business opportunities and funding members already using this free, open, online platform where entrepreneurs, residents and communities can develop, share and discuss ideas that solve city and business challenges Breakthrough Thinking events facilitated workshops attended by a cross-section of business, public and third sector communities. Helping people think like innovators, turn problems into opportunities, and create collaborative focus groups for innovation Challenge Fund financial backing and expertise to develop prototypes and get products and services to market. Wide breadth of supported projects from cleantech and community green spaces to innovations in dance teaching Innovation lab a bespoke R&D facility for entrepreneurs, already attracting considerable interest from multinationals and academic institutions. Integrated into the new Skills Centre and featuring 3D printers, workshop space, and manufacturing equipment

6 Delivering a smarter city Smart Business Peterborough DNA has created space for thinking differently, and trialling new things. This is businesses, public sector agencies, and communities all working together. Pav Patel, small business owner, entrepreneur The challenge Sustainable businesses in all senses of the word economically robust with low-environmental impact Competitive companies in good shape to grow and take advantage of future opportunities and emerging markets Large and small businesses working together for mutual benefit Our approach Test solutions in a focused business district Provide intensive support to a small number of core businesses and a programme of dedicated advice and activities for a wider network of companies Ensure long-term benefit and impact by equipping businesses to collaborate and work smarter Our Smart City solution Smart Business network building a collaborative business partnership for companies to help each other. A core of companies including Skanska, Viridor and Amey alongside SMEs are already working jointly to tackle common challenges advice - specialist environmental audits to improve business efficiency Business park collaborative platform engaging businesses with an interactive model of the area to map operations - traffic flows, waste produced, raw materials used, energy consumed Create a circular economy redesigning business processes away from the linear take, make, dispose model to a virtuous cycle of manufacture and reuse Test-bedding testing technologies in live business environments, generating new commercial opportunities for the tester and the host. A revolutionary wind turbine prototype is already in situ within just five months of the fund launch Case study A love of coffee got Pav Patel and Gary Graves thinking when they spotted a challenge on the Brainwave platform. Posted by international coffee manufacturer Masteroast, the challenge was how to divert large quantities of coffee sacks from landfill. With the support of Peterborough DNA, Pav and Gary have formed Peterborough Reuse and are now developing new opportunities to repurpose these hessian bags including a line in shopping bags, riverbank reinforcement as part of flood protection schemes, and mulch for use in tree planting. A true community and commercial project, the shopping bags will be hand-made by members of new arrival communities to help them integrate into the city and improve their English.

7 Delivering a smarter city Open data Data is being used in the city to offer insight about local school and health provision helping residents reshape their city. The Guardian, Lessons from Peterborough: how to get, use and present a city s data, 17 June 2014 In 2008, Peterborough led the way with its Peterborough Model : a digital visualisation of how the city was performing. Since then, the Smart City agenda has exploded, with vastly complex city intelligence systems being developed and sold. But if it is to be useful, data needs to be meaningful and accessible. The challenge Increase understanding across Peterborough about how the city works Encourage greater sharing of data between partner organisations Model information in a cost-effective way to identify correlations and monitor changes Our approach Make city data fun and interesting for residents, communities and businesses Encourage people to interrogate the information for themselves and look for connections, problems, and solutions Create interactive and accessible data models that don t cost the earth and can automatically update Build partnerships with leading intelligence companies to identify appropriate opportunities for cutting-edge interventions Our Smart City solution Living Data Portal democratising access to data; a low-cost online, interactive city map displaying a wide range of intelligence including census data, crime stats, and health information. An open, accessible Google Earth model that allows full interrogation of data sets, displays results in an engaging way, and allows users to import their own data Hackathons a series of events engaging Peterborough s creative sector to develop new apps for the emerging digital solutions, such as the on-street interactive city screen Weather Stations weather stations installed in over 25 schools in Peterborough to monitor changes, provide intelligence for statutory and environmental agencies, and to be used as a teaching resource for local students Case study A number of schools in the UK are currently linked into the DISTANCE programme which connects data from local weather stations into the Internet of (School) Things. Currently, only one Peterborough school, The King s School, is involved in this initiative. Peterborough DNA has recognised the benefits being derived by The King s School in terms of teaching opportunities and is rolling it out to 25 schools across the city. The data sourced from these installations can be used at all levels of education and across subjects, from science and technology to social behaviour studies. The information will also be invaluable for monitoring meteorological and climate activity. This is a hugely exciting opportunity enabling new intelligence to be monitored, shared and used. The idea itself is not new but doing it across a whole city is, and that depth of integration demonstrates how we are doing things differently in Peterborough. Richard Godfrey, ICT Strategy, Infrastructure and Programme Manager, Peterborough City Council

8 A primary intention of the original Future City Demonstrator programme was to encourage the sharing of lessons learnt and best practice and, crucially, to stimulate international export by bringing British solutions to new markets. In effect, to demonstrate the UK as a global hub and incubator of innovation. Peterborough DNA has grasped this challenge and is raising the profile of the city and its businesses and supporting the UK s presence in the global innovation marketplace. Peterborough DNA is showcasing Smart City solutions; leading and engaging in discussions across the UK and Europe We re raising the profile of UK innovation, smart thinking and collaborative partnerships through expos and conferences We ve also learnt from other countries as the programme develops and integrated key insight and learning into our work It s great to have a real example of a city doing practical smart city work so many of the things you hear about are hypothetical or off-the-shelf fixes. You ve worked with real people to develop solutions. Geert Adriaens, Chair of the Public Policy Exchange Smart Cities, Smart Europe event, Brussels, July 2014 Peterborough DNA The Future of our Smart City The Future City Demonstrator programme has kick-started something special in Peterborough. It s created an opportunity to change the way the city thinks and acts: growth and innovation have always been part of our DNA, and we are now doing that in a smarter way. With a rapidly growing population, and pressures on services and resources, this is more important than ever. Smart City Leadership Programme We ve developed a leadership programme, and are working with other UK cities, to put Smart City aspirations into action. We aim to bring the British Standards Institute s PAS181 Smart City framework to life for ourselves and other cities: A smart city effectively integrates the physical, spatial, digital and human worlds to deliver a sustainable, prosperous and inclusive future for its citizens. International impact a true Future City demonstrator The step-change in how the city works is all about creating a better place to live and work. Our aim throughout has been to develop and test smart solutions that are replicable across the country and beyond. We will be partnering with leading academic institutions to measure the impact of Peterborough DNA and build a strong case for replication elsewhere. We want to learn from our experiences and share that understanding with other cities. Peterborough s approach is costeffective, highly impactful, and scalable. We have generated and embedded the Smart City frameworks and networks, along with the innovations and interventions, that inspire transformation. We want to continue working in collaboration with Central Government and major private sector partners to secure the continuity of our Smart City programme and safeguard the city s long-term economic, environmental, and social sustainability. peterborough on the international stage Smart City Expo Barcelona November 2013 Smart to Future Cities April 2014 Smart City Event Amsterdam May 2014 Franco-British workshop on ICT in Future Cities May 2014 EU Cleantech incubation Peterborough June 2014 Urban Smart City influencers June 2014 European Green Week circular economy Brussels June 2014 Smart Cities, Smart Europe Brussels July 2014 European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities Brussels October 2014 Innovate UK November 2014 Smart City Expo Barcelona November 2014 Resource March 2015

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