An integrated planning framework for the development of sustainable and resilient cities (InSMART)

The InSMART project — financed by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration — used an integrated approach and sophisticated tools for developing municipal energy plans in four cities of the EU: Nottingham in the UK, Cesena in Italy, Évora in Portugal and Trikala in Greece.

The webinar presenters will introduce their novel step by step approach for developing city plans, starting from (1) involving relevant stakeholders and analysing future building and transportation needs, to (2) using GIS tools and Times model for scenario analysis, and finally (3) discussing the project results with local politicians.

The presenters will also highlight advantages of their bottom-up approach driven by urban specific needs and integrated with the urban planning vis-à-vis top-down methodologies utilized by other initiatives.

About the presenters:

• Rocco De Miglio, Energy System Modeller and Analyst, E4SMA, Italy
  Rocco is an expert in the development and the application of decision support systems in the energy sector. As energy system analyst and modeller, he works with different decision science techniques and tools in several countries. He coordinated the integrated modelling work at city level for the INSMART European project, and he has an extensive experience in European-funded technical assistance activities (European Member States, Egypt, Ukraine) and policy analysis projects.
   
• Alessandro Chiodi, Energy System Modeller and Analyst, E4SMA, Italy
  Alessandro has worked for 8 years at the University College Cork (Ireland) contributing to the development of the Irish TIMES model — an integrated energy systems model of Ireland — and to inform on key energy and climate policy developments. Alessandro has been involved in all phases of the EU FP7 funded project INSMART, which brought together institutions (municipalities) and technical partners (universities and companies) to establish a common methodology for enhancing local sustainable planning through an integrative and multidisciplinary approach.