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Siemens programmers want with the software “CyPT” calculate how cities can use their limited resources better for the environment. The program has been presented now in Berlin.
From Björn HartmannWhen cities grow like Berlin, that means in the usually more energy consumption, more traffic, more noise, more air pollution. As can be because the quality of life improved, even the air in the city? And more importantly: How should a city to spend their often very limited budgets to achieve this? The technology group Siemens claims to have found the solution, at least the way to solution. Involved are computer specialists from Berlin.
CyPT is the software that has been in charge driven by a Siemens unit called Siemens One in London and now presented in Berlin.
Siemens One is housed in a “The Crystal” mentioned spectacular building of glass at the Royal Victoria Dock and cares cities worldwide in modular complete solutions for modern district rampant water pollution, gridlock and blackout for sale. The abbreviation CyPT hides the City Performance tool, the English abbreviation is SSi Wai Pi Ti.
The program can be established, as currently 73 different measures (of external insulation of houses on electric cars up to new subway lines) on the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides and particulate matter affect and how many jobs they create – divided by workers, technicians and managerial staff. The results are extrapolated 2020, 2025 and 2050.
Three out of five technologies that are behind the program, Siemens offers itself to the other solutions we do not even have in the portfolio, says Klaus Heidinger, Head of IT London department. But be of interest to the city. They also state that use the software no city when the foot only on Siemens products. “For us it is important to see where other solutions are better than the company’s own.”
Extensive data collection
Now there are many cities, who want to improve the quality of life. Copenhagen wants to be as carbon neutral by 2025. From the experience of other cities like Berlin could draw it. Heidinger considers this impractical: major cities differed on the location, culture, preferences of residents. In addition, many towns have already been introduced various technologies in the past. An investment in a cable car in London does not make sense because they will be there perceived touristy. In Medellin, however, the cable car was a top transportation.
How does the program work? First, the cities need to provide information, such as population, emissions, housing stock. 300 different values are recorded in order to get the result more accurate, are up to 1000 needed. Asked about the number area of residential and office space, using which transport the citizens how often, how much is left in the city, sources of energy, generated electricity, energy consumption.
As a rule, it would last three to six months to collect the data, says Heidinger. It covers the objectives of a city for CO2, NOx and particulate matter emissions. Then the program calculates and gives a forecast of how to develop the values, if the city does not matter and in what proportion the stands to their destinations. Then the city can choose technologies and see what happens. Approximately when only electric cars allows the center.
The program can also reveal whether it rather improves air quality, one euro in LED street lighting or in to put public transport. Or whether it makes more sense when in 2025 some 70 percent of all taxis run on electric power each year or three percent of the houses are insulated. A kind of philosopher’s stone is CyPT terrible. What the program could not, says Heidinger, is to prevent congestion or to offer ideal solutions. But there could be hints which way could strike a city.
side effect of the program and from the perspective of Pedro Miranda, vice president in charge of Siemens One, almost the best for the cities is: transparency. Finally, all the offices in a city would have to work together to provide the data for the program. The bearings eliminate thinking, he says. And it also calls for some courage, which enforce.
The Mastermind troupe behind CyPT how Heidinger’s called, is based in Berlin. The research department of Siemens have recorded especially the 73 measures and integrated into a standard program life cycles based on CyPT. The development costs of software were 1.5 million euros relatively cheap.
16 interested cities
four years to develop. The Group has worked with six pilot cities: London, Munich, Vienna, Nanjing in China and the two US cities Riverside near Los Angeles and New Bedford near Boston. The London School of Economics and the Technical University of Berlin have rated the program independently, the MIT in the United States was still involved with. Target group of the program are mainly mayors and chief administrative officer, those so, which Siemens also would like to sell products from the same company: traffic control, for example. In Europe CyPT should be largely free once. “We want to position ourselves as a partner of the cities,” says Heidinger. And of course later to sell something.
China, however, was completely different, says Miranda. “The tell us: money does not matter ‘.” The problem with air pollution are there so great, that something must be done quickly. “We are thinking about it, to offer advice and a solution package.”
In Germany, Siemens currently talks with Berlin, Nuremberg and Stuttgart. In total there were already 16 interested cities, such as Seoul and Turin, says Heidinger. Copenhagen uses the program to see whether the measures it has already pushed to achieve its ambitious savings target, also act as intended.
“This is also a test to show whether we have all the data,” says Morten Højer, advisor to the Government in climate issues. And Copenhagen could be carbon neutral in the plan, in 2025 the first city in the world, not at the expense of taxpayers and citizens change, global climate change. As is more to it. Ultimately, it is about more jobs and quality of life
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