The document outlines smart city projects and ambitions for the New South district in Antwerp, Belgium. It discusses 1) the ambition to create a circular city through metabolism research and sustainable development projects, 2) an overview of the New South district planning, and 3) specific smart projects including a city district heating system, local water recuperation, PV and battery storage, and the Circular South project which aims to create a circular district with citizen involvement and new platforms. It emphasizes using data and new technologies like blockchain to support resource management and a smart community.

1. 26 January 2017
Agoria Smart Cities Forum
gabrielle.vanzoeren@stad.antwerpen.be
Antwerp
Smart Nieuw Zuid

2. Content
1. Ambition
2. New South - Smart City District
3. Smart Projects
City District Heating System
Local water recuperation system
PV & battery ESCo - data
Circular South (UIA)
4. Community

3. 1. Ambition

4. Ambition

5. Metabolism research
EMA & Spacial planning department
Vision towards a circular city
Mapping material streams
Valorisation of circular opportunities

6. Sustainable
city
development
projects

7. 2. Nieuw Zuid –
Smart City District

8. Planning overview

9. 3. Smart Projects

10. • Activity Map District heating Antwerp
• Built environment (transition from NG)
• Greenfields
• Reconversion
• DH Transport infrastructure
• New South first realization (+10y of
development)
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District Heating

11. Energy Mapping
• Heating and cooling demand
• Renewable potential
• Solar
• Ground coupled HP
• Biomass
• Waste heat potential
• Industrial
• Sewer system
• Energy classification of
neighbourhoods
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District Heating

12. Local Grey Water Recuperation
Collecting
Grey water
Extraction
system
High quality
Drinking water
Project
EU 2 Seas project
Status: concept note
Challenge
Valorisation of wastewater
Activity Antwerp
Creating a source for local drinking water
Research: medicine recuperation
Project partners
Valorisation of biomass
Efficiency through data analyses of the
installations
Valorisation of nutrients
Grey water streams &
Rain water collection

13. PV & Battery storage ESCo
Project
Sustaianble energy production
and storage
Status: negotiation phase
Challenge
Optimal use of renewable energy
Impact on grid balance (data)
Activity Antwerp
Partner: Woonhaven and Sweco
renewable energy installation on three Social
Housing buildings
Used to cover the energy use of the central
parts of the buildings

14. UIA Circular South
Project
EU Urban Innovative Action programme
Status: preparation phase
Challenge
Creating a circular district
Together with the citizens
Activity
• Introduction material passport
• Energy producing buildings
• Online and offline community platform
Activity
•Echange of energy
•Zero-waste, reuse, reduce, recycle, design for dissasambly, repair, share,
lease…
•Ownership of the community
•Blockchain and smart data to support them

15. UIA Circular South
Resource management & Data management
HEATWATER ELECTRICITY MATERIALS
ONLINE
PLATFORM
(A-kaart access)
OFFLINE
PLATFORM
(smart use, re-use, sharing)
Nudging&Gamification (behavioural change)
Blockchain technology (value exchange)

16. 4. Smart Community

17. District Heating Tower

18. Stadslab 2050
Project
In search of the innovative sustainable entrepreneur
Challenge
Creating the right mindset in fit with the site
Creating innovative business
Activity
Through the experimental approach of Stadslab, we bring gamechangers together
to cook up new things.

19. Community project

20. Thank you for your attention
Gabrielle.vanzoeren@stad.antwerpen.be