Partners

Like many cities, the City of Amersfoort (COA) needs to take measures in its public space to cope with the effects of climate change. Within the SCOREwater project, COA intends to use data and technology to do so more effectively. The project focuses on issues related to groundwater, precipitation, soil moisture and (experienced) heat COA wishes to make sure that the city remains to be a city that is nice to live, work and recreate in.

Civity BV is a member of the Onetrail group and specialises in data logistics services as well as data management services for public organizations. Our solutions are based on open source software (CKAN, FIWARE, Drupal) and open standards (NGSI, Open311). We consider (open) data to be the fuel for innovation of new city services. Civity and Onetrail are members of the consortium FIWARE Lab NL that supports both the Dutch FIWARE community and OASC NL member cities with their ambitions. By embracing FIWARE and open source software our focus is on developing replicable services and solutions.

EUT is currently the leading Technology Centre in Catalonia, and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. EUT has wide experience in the integration, homogenization and standardization of heterogeneous water data sources (smart water systems, decision support tools, distributed databases, hydraulic systems) and external systems (meteorological information, FIWARE, SOFIA, OGC® tools).

In the next 20 years, more than 100 billion Euros will be invested in construction, reconstruction, expanding and densifying the city of Göteborg. Case study Göteborg aims at potential environmental impact on water quality of constructing activities at and down-stream the construction sites. Furthermore, the case will raise public awareness of urban surface water quality in general and promote “water-friendly” behaviour, thus fostering a water responsible society.

HydroLogic Research (HR) is a hydroinformatics SME specialised in providing innovative water-management solutions and services in the Dutch and international markets. HR is ISO-9001 and ISO-14001 certified by Lloyd’s for quality of the research and development processes and for sustainable environmental management. The company consisting of 35 water professionals, is managed by a former researcher of IHE Delft: Arnold Lobbrecht.

IERMB is a research consortium that further develop the interdisciplinary latest knowledge to SCOREwater on the study of economic, social and territorial questions in urban, metropolitan and regional environments, in all areas where the interests of the university, public administration and of institutions that promote the economic development overlap.

IVL is an interdisciplinary research institute that works on an international arena. IVL brings in cutting edge knowledge and research on water management, stormwater and wastewater monitoring, assessment and treatment as well as social and organisational enabling.

s::can provides internationally innovative, easy to use, digital sensors for online water quality measurement as well as the design and manufacture of terminals, systems and software for trend setting visualization, user interface, anomaly detection, and controls. s::can will contribute with innovations in using sensors to monitor target parameters as micro pollutants in wastewater using existing in-house algorithms on target parameters, but will also develop new ones.

TP is an ICT company providing telecommunication & security solutions and services. TP’s will contribute within their main strengths; radio communication and security, and will contribute with their northern European experiences on setting up IoT solutions of robust sensor techniques and connection to the cloud in relation to stormwater.

UNI is a science centre founded by the academic and companies, which aims at transforming society to a sustainable future with an important role to supply knowledge and engagement. UNI have more than half a million visitors each year and even wider audience through web sites. UNI thus brings in a well-established dissemination portal for SCOREwater outcomes especially targeting to increase public engagement in IoT technology and water.

ICRA is a research institute that brings in novel research to provide a complete and efficient response to the problems and challenges related to integral water cycle ICRA is specifically focusing its research on providing solutions for arid and semi-arid areas such as those typically encountered in the South of Europe and North Africa. ICRA brings specifically research of sewage sociology into SCOREwater, a connection between wastewater pollution and human behaviour.

SHS complements the SCOREwater team with their international experience in providing technology and knowledge for water treatment. SHS will contribute with knowledge on challenges and innovations in the use of the data provided by the SCOREwater platform and specifically implement it on improved stormwater treatment.

Future City Foundation is a public-private partnership offering a FIWARE-platform (FIWARE Lab) and community for Smart City innovation. Future City fits into the vision and ambition of the Economic Board Utrecht (EBU) and the cities of Utrecht and Amersfoort to strengthen the regional economy by focusing on the theme of Green and Healthy Economy (Healthy Urban Living). Future City Foundation supports organizations in the Netherlands to find innovative solutions to societal issues by offering low-barrier access to industry expertise in the field of digital service innovation.

Barcelona Cicle de l’Aigua, SA (BCASA) is the company created by the city council to manage the entire water cycle in Barcelona and to provide activities directly or indirectly related to this cycle, the beaches, the coastline and the environment. Barcelona is part of the 100 Resilient Cities project and is currently shaping its strategy to enhance resilience through the Climate Plan of Barcelona. SCOREwater contributes to the enhancement of resilience by collecting new data which allows faster and better-informed decisions. The Barcelona case within SCOREwater will bring together technology and imagination to allow new means of decision making in cities.