Question: What Energy action have you been developing for the Replicate project?
Answer: “We will provide some homes with low energy LED lighting and more energy efficient ways to heat your home, saving households money on their energy bills. A small number of suitable homes will also be offered solar panels and potentially battery storage.
At the monet we are testing the appliances that are going to be running at these houses, with ten early adopters acting as testers for us.
The Smart City Platform has just completed it’s first stage of development; right now it’s integrated with Smart Home appliances and links to the EDMS.”
Question: What positive impacts have these actions achieved and what benefitial outcomes do you foresee in the future?
Answer: “Some households in Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill could trial energy saving measures in their homes.
Some homes could get solar panels (PV) to generate their own renewable energy. The energy could be stored in batteries to maximise energy savings and provide power at times when the sun is not shining and people need power – at night for instance!
We will be helping some homes to warm up with measures to improve insulation, retain heat and heat homes more swiftly and efficiently.”
Some households could benefit from the installation of LED lighting.”
Question: What Mobility action have you been developing for the Replicate project?
Answer: “We have deployed 10 e-bikes Staiger Sinus and Giant Prime, as well as 3 charging points at Brunswick Square, Stuart St, and Counterslip.
These deployments are due to go live imminently. The Electric Vehicles are being sourced by us. Extensive work is being done to connect to the existing charging back office as well as work to develop the connections to the Smart City Platform and Energy Demand Management System. We are also planning the next phase, which will involve 7 charge point locations.
We are also currently testing the ParkUs app.
Lastly, the Travel West Journey Planner is now live with extensive new multimodal functionality including links to real time locations of dock-less bicycles (Yo Bikes). You can learn more here.“
Question: What positive impacts have these actions achived and what benefitial outcomes do you foresee in the future?
Answer: “There will be an electric shared corporate pool bike scheme, electric car club vehicles and an electric taxi-bus. Some of these new transport options will also be brought together in a travel planning app and tools to give more ways to get around as well as making it easier for drivers to find a local parking space.
Question: What ICT action have you been developing for the Replicate project?
Answer: “REPLICATE is working with cyclists, taxi drivers and a school to see how new technologies could help to monitor the problem of poor air quality and explore what we can do to tackle it. This is being done with the help of an air quality monitoring device.”
Question: What positive impacts have these actions achieved and what benefitial outcomes do you foresee in the future?
Answer: “Through a series of creative workshops and practical activities, we’re building and testing new sensors that should give us a better idea of the scale of the issues on the districts.
Prior to the REPLICATE Project commencing, residents of Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill worked with artists and technologists from Knowle West Media Centre to explore how new technologies could help to tackle issues identified by the community, including damp in homes. During the early stages of the REPLICATE Project, air quality emerged as a factor that influenced the way people travel around the area. KWMC is now working with local people and project partners to explore the issue further and see how the technologies being tested in REPLICATE could help.
