Smart Atlas Amsterdam to help measuring what should be managed

Achieving the ambition of 40% CO₂ emission reduction in 2025 require the City of Amsterdam to map and identify their energy use throughout many urban services, including from the electricity, water and sewage system. However, as of 2012, there is no platform that present integrated data of how the energy from all these the city utilities were being used. Legal issue, privacy & security of data and   diversity of data format are some justifications that the related stakeholders are reluctant to share their data. Until Smart Atlas was initiated. This is a platform that present energy data, collected from utility companies, that the city can use to help them make better informed decision and select the best energy solution to particular users or area. The informations in the platform are visualised attractively and systematically with charts, graphs and maps to show difference in a wide array of performance indicators. With the help of this tool, the City of Amsterdam can accelerate its objective of energy transition and reduce CO₂ emission, and for utility companies the information in the platform can be used to advise their client for energy solutions. 

Reference:

van Winden, W., Oskam, I., van den Buuse, D., Schrama, W., & van Dijck, E-J. (2016). Organising smart city projects: lessons from Amsterdam. Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

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