An Urban Data Commons for London
At Urban Data Collective we are excited to start our latest trial, demonstrating the benefits of an Urban Data Commons for London.
So, what is an Urban Data Commons?
Lots of public and private organisations around cities have data which could create new value if shared with each other and reused in different ways, to solve different challenges. A data commons provides a space where they can share data with each other in a safe and agreed way.
So, what’s trial about?
The trial will be carried out in collaboration with SHIFT, London’s living testbed for better urban futures, and will showcase how sharing real-time data from public and private organisations in a data commons can enable new innovation and potential benefits for the local ecosystem.
At the heart of the pilot is our Urban Data Exchange (UDX), a real-time data sharing platform that is the basis for the data commons. Live data will be shared via UDX from sensors, buildings and other smart infrastructure around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London, and made accessible in a harmonised way for further innovation. Initial organisations involved in the trial besides SHIFT include UCL, LLDC and Aeternum.
Trial site is Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London
An initial use case to demonstrate the benefits of the data commons will focus on renewable energy generation and carbon emissions on the park, using data from solar PV panels and environmental sensors to optimise the use of renewable energy and the maintenance schedules of renewable energy generation infrastructure.
Solar panels on buildings around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park .
We hope the trial will seed the grounds for many more innovative projects that will deliver real benefits to stakeholders on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and its co-located community and encourage more organisations to engage in data sharing activities.
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