NOVOLI / CASCINE / LE PIAGGE

An integrated strategy for a first smart district to be replicated and scaled up to create a better city for a better life.

Novoli urban park is the new entrance to the very centre with a mix of uses with residential, but also industrial settlements dismissed and important tertiary activities closed to the Cascine, the biggest park in Florence. It is a residential area: 5000 m2 constructed /6000 buildings.

Florence City Council  is the lead partner for the Bristol pilot and is responsible for project management and coordination.

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Florence deployed a number of smart Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Mobility and ICT & Infrastructures solutions in the Novoli, Cascine and Le Piagge districts:

Energy Efficiency

– Retrofitting and innovative district heating with RES and seasonal thermal storage: Social housing, 300 dwellings with 700 people.

– Smart Grid and Demand Side Platform: Advances in HV/MV and MV/LV substations.

Sustainable Mobility

– Electric Vehicles Fleet: 70 e-taxi.

– Transport infrastructure adaptation: 6 fast recharge for taxi fleet and additional 40 public recharging stations in the district.

– Advanced Mobility Services for citizens: Services for vulnerable people.

ICT & Infrastructures

– Local IT Systems integrated with ICT Smart City Platform concept:
Smart City Control Room.

– Networking sensors and capillary networks: IoT Smart Irrigation, smart benches, smart waste and Citylinks.

– Digital services: GoalGreen app and Fast Booking app.

– Smart Lighting: Refurbishement of 1000 lampposts, 4 LTZ smart gates, adaptative lighting, WIFI, sensors and 30 cameras.