The document discusses implementing a "City Knowledge" approach in the London Borough of Merton to help the borough achieve its target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 15% by 2015. It outlines Merton's current approaches to reducing emissions from buildings and promoting low-carbon solutions. It then introduces City Knowledge as an emergent information infrastructure that can help overcome challenges around data management and move municipalities from "hunter-gatherers" of data to "farmers" of information. Key aspects of City Knowledge discussed include organizing existing municipal data, closing data loops, and leveraging geographic indexing and a web-based system called LOUIS.

1. The Premises of City Knowledge A Middle-out Approach Toward Sustainable Municipal Data Management MIT/WPI Adrian Hewitt Fabio Carrera London Borough of Merton Aalborg, May 17, 2006

3. Merton Council has set a target of cutting CO 2 emissions by 15% by 2015 Population 200,000 90,000 homes How do we cut CO 2 and how do we know if we are on target? London Borough of Merton

6. The 10% Policy Merton UDP policy PE13 – Adopted Oct 2003 “ All new non-residential development above a threshold of 1,000 sqm will be expected to incorporate renewable energy production equipment to provide at least 10% of predicted energy requirements.”

12. The Mitcham Target Area Municipal Buildings Swimming Pool Civic Center Supermarket Industry Pyrolysis CHP Gas CHP Gas CHP Gas CHP

15. City Knowledge The Solution

16. In 2005, the London Borough of Merton was the first municipality to embrace City Knowledge as part of its strategic plan CK and Merton

26. Promotes the transformation of municipalities from hunter-gatherers of urban data to farmers of municipal information City Knowledge

31. Data Farming

40. Analysis… New Edit Uses… buildings roads parks schools churches industries Energy… Maintenance… Leases… Repairs… Notifications… Contracts… Permits… Inspections… public buildings council estates businesses orthophotos CHP plants 50 m LOUIS – The CITY LAB “Local On-line Urban Information System”

41. MERTON BUILDINGS INFORMATION SYSTEM Standalone Applications DB DB DB Ordnance Survey DTI ONS Online Datasets Permits Plans Notifications Ownership Use Construction Energy City Knowledge Mastermap Energy Use Demographics Schools Estates Analysis… New Edit Uses… buildings roads parks schools churches industries orthos hydrology boundaries Energy… Maintenance… Leases… Repairs… Notifications… Contracts… Permits… Inspections… public buildings council estates businesses orthophotos roads CHP plants 50 m LOUIS – The CITY LAB “Local On-line Urban Information System” data data Buildings CKDB data data data

42. dept dept dept CK CK CK Web-GIS dept dept dept Legacy silos DB DB DB Census RE sales Economic Indicators Standardization Middleware Stubborn Error Correction Online Datasets CAMA Traffic Water FACADES Report Report Report Report Application Application Application Dept. Water DPW Parks

46. Applying the 6 Tools  the Merton experiment