Detailed description (English): SMILE CITY is an Horizon Europe Project revolutionising urban infrastructure with circular economy solutions.
The Project is mainly focused in developing an E-bike Charging Stations Pilot done by concrete structure. The concrete includes recycled steel fibers, recycled aggregates, and low impact cement.
The Station, thanks to the re-use of batteries from EOL vehicles, will be off-grid. In addition to the charging station, some further products, such as recycled rubber bollards and lane curbs / dividers, safer rubberised asphalt, etc. will be integrated in the nearby Cycling Lanes.
The project will include also the developments of few smart efficient improvements (phone App, digital sensors, etc.) to make Cycling Mobility more efficient and integrated with public transports. All these elements will contribute to boost sustainable mobility in different urban and touristic contexts.
Key aspects are:
• R&D to increase the use of Recycled Materials and Improve Performances
• Further reduction of CO2 emission thanks to the expansion of Sustainable Mobility
• More value chains involved: Recycled Polymers and Recycled Tyre Materials, Second Life Batteries, but also, Roads, Construction and Buildings
• Valorisation of Local Resources and Jobs in Cities and Regions
• Knowledge Transfer and Business Opportunities in the circular economy at urban and/or regional scale.
• Eco Mobility Digital Tools, Eco accounting, Mobile App
• Industrial and Urban Design
Join us in creating a greener future for European cities!
https://smile-city.eu/
Target group(s): Cyclists, Citizens, Municipalities, Public Administrations, Industries, Investors,
Objectives: The foreseen innovations include the creation of e-bike charging stations made of recycled concrete precast elements and PV panels equally produced with recycled materials, the installation of recycled rubber moulded products for urban furniture such as rubber bollard, lane dividers, and rubberized asphalt, which contributes both to increase sustainability and safety.
The project aims to integrate innovative systemic solutions in up to 100 km of cycling paths and implement 20 e-bike charging stations, developed using different types of recycled materials, leading to:
- an intensive use of recycled materials in replacement of virgin ones, without decreasing the performance of final products;
- the use of such products and applications to increase sustainable mobility.
Partner: 1 Coord. ETRA, European Tyre Recycling Association
2 AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE
3 LES INDUSTRIES DU VELO EN EUROPE
4 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO
5 CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
6 POLITECNICO DI TORINO
7 EUROPEAN CYCLISTS FEDERATION ASBL
8 STRATAGEM ENERGY LTD
9 CENTRE FOR EXPERIMENTS IN URBAN STUDIES - CEUS
10 SOLUM PHOTOVOLTAIC INNOVATION SL
11 BOTTA S.R.L.
12 FONDAZIONE ECOSISTEMI
13 KRITI
14 FLEXOFIBERS EUROPA SL
15 THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
16 INSTYTUT PODSTAWOWYCH PROBLEMOW TECHNIKI POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK
17 AIMPLAS - ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLÁSTICOS Y CONEXAS
18 COMUNE DI LUCCA
19 INSTYTUT EKOLOGII TERENOW UPRZEMYSLOWIONYCH
20 BURSA BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESI
21 KALYON GUNES TEKNOLOJILERI URETIM AS
22 OBSHTINA VARNA
23 INSTITUT DE TECNOLOGIA DE LA CONSTRUCCION DE CATALUNYA
24 CRISTOFOROS KAIRIDIS TECHNIKI KAI EMBORIKI ANONIMI ETAIRIA
25 Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
26 COMSA SAU
27 GRAD BEOGRAD
28 Recykl Organizacja Odzysku S.A.
29 GMINA SOSNOWIEC - MIASTO NA PRAWACH POWIATU
30 CITTA' METROPOLITANA DI TORINO
31 POWER ELECTRONICS ESPAÑA, S.L.
32 Little Electric Energy S.L
33 International Association of Leisure Infrastructure Management
34 AJUNTAMENT DE MANRESA
35 FUNDACION PATRIMONIO NATURAL DE CASTILLA Y LEON
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