In the City of Stockholm, a number of initiatives are underway to make Stockholm an innovative and smart city.
In order to meet the welfare challenges facing the city in various ways, a number of initiatives and projects are underway. It involves adapting to changes in demographics, reducing environmental and climate impact and using the opportunities of digitalisation to make Stockholm residents more efficient.
Stockholm is one of 100 selected climate cities – this means that we continue at a high pace with innovative and smart approaches to the climate.
The city's app, Tyck till, is widely used by residents to report faults or leave comments on the city's traffic and outdoor environment. Approximately 500,000 cases are received annually. In the app, you can attach pictures, which can clarify what is meant. If the images contain identifiable private individuals – often unintentionally – it requires manual efforts to anonymize the individuals. For safer and more efficient handling, artificial intelligence (AI) is tested.
The Aiibi project has been developed together with Vinnova, AI Sweden and Kista Science City. By using AI, individuals are identified, anonymized and replaced the image with a privacy-safe image that can be forwarded to interested parties within the city. Once the system is in operation, it will also be able to be used for other needs.
Aiibi – anonymization in images, My AI's website (in Swedish)
The old brewery in Ulvsunda will be transformed into a vibrant meeting place with sports arenas, cultural activities, experiences and commerce. Reuse and sustainability are in focus.
Since the old brewery building is classified as culturally and historically valuable, it will be preserved externally and even the inner parts of the building will remain to some extent. It will be a facility with a gross area of approximately 25,000 square meters.
Reuse and sustainable material choices are important focus areas. Among other things, lighting fixtures, sanitary ware, doors, bricks and suspended ceilings will be reused, and 2,000 renovated grandstand chairs from the Globe will be placed in the event hall.
Sports and culture in Pripps' old premises (in Swedish)
Gjutmästaren 6 och 9, The brewery in Bromma, S:t Erik Markutveckling's website (in Swedish)
To provide students and teachers with a good indoor climate, thousands of sensors are connected in classrooms and school buildings. By measuring carbon dioxide and temperature, artificial intelligence (AI) can predict how to regulate heating and ventilation for the best environment in the premises, whilst saving energy.
Better indoor environment with the AI operating system SOLIDA, Sisab's website (in Swedish)
Stockholm Exergi is planning to build a plant that can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Even if we globally reduce our emissions, it is not enough, we must also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to meet the climate goals. The planned plant will enable Stockholm to become one of the first cities in the world to capture carbon dioxide on a large scale.
Stockholm Exergi is the energy company of Stockholmers and is half owned by the City of Stockholm.
Electrification of transport permeates all parts of the transport industry – shipping and ferry traffic is no exception. There are already a number of ferry routes operated by electric vessels, where charging points are installed individually according to individual specifications.
In order to meet future needs and interests, work is now continuing to establish a standardized offering in port and quay environments. Through surveys of shipping companies and industry collaboration in electricity distribution, the foundation is laid for how the city can offer electrified boat traffic for all types of ship transport.
When you as an elderly person have received a decision on assistance, you should feel confident that the support is also available. In order to ensure the rights of the individual among many different levels of aid, types of support and providers, follow-up is particularly important.
A successful pilot project in the city has shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to automate the follow-up of aid measures. At the same time as a high level of follow-up is ensured, resources are also freed up for preventive measures and more time to meet the elderly who seek assistance. Fully implemented, it is possible to better predict care needs, based on the results of measures already implemented.
For many years, we have measured and compiled data on air quality in Stockholm and the surrounding area, to stay informed about the concentration of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. Using historical data, we publish air quality forecasts including birch pollen, giving city residents the opportunity to see the amount of pollutants a few days ahead at any location.
To improve the forecasts, we are now using Machine Learning together with a research group at KTH, which will improve accuracy.
The air app shows air quality where you are, the Environmental Barometer (in Swedish)
The city's users of home care services will receive improved security and providers of home care will have simplified logistics by installing smart locks. Instead of handing over their key to the home care service, the home care service gains access to the home through a smart lock accessory that ensures that only authorized staff have access.
That freight traffic works well is important for a functioning city, for example that goods are in place and that waste is transported. As Stockholm grows, so does freight traffic, which poses several challenges.
In addition to greater demands on the environment and safety, freight traffic is also affected by the increase in e-commerce. Therefore, we need to be able to identify how freight transport moves in the city. However, privacy legislation makes it difficult to collect and compile information about individual vehicles.
Within the EU project ASAP, the city has chosen to explore aggregated traffic data through telephone operators and vehicle manufacturers, which together can be used to inform about the intensity of traffic, which routes are used and where the stops take place. This, in turn, can not only help to control traffic in the city, but also affect how we design new neighbourhoods.
Work on freight transport (in Swedish)
Email: trafikkontoret@stockholm.se
The City of Stockholm offers energy and climate advice to private individuals, associations, companies and organisations. The questions and needs vary greatly between different target groups, which is why an initiative has been launched together with a research group from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
In the project, a chatbot is trained to answer about fifty frequently asked questions, with support from the ODEN database, which collects all energy data on Stockholm's properties. This will streamline the processing of the most common issues. Once the system has been tested, it can be used to provide fast and correct service to both tenant-owned apartments and private individuals in Stockholm.
Contact the Energy and Climate Advisory Service if you want to know more about the project.
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