Page 8 - U4SSC Case study Copenhagen, Denmark

1 Introduction

As the largest city and capital of Denmark, Copenhagen is home to nearly 1.5 million people. In
line with the city’s aim to provide a higher quality of life to its inhabitants, Copenhagen’s smart
city approach has been oriented to achieving carbon neutrality, so creating a more livable and
sustainable city for its inhabitants.

2 Background & context

In 2019, the Government of Denmark launched the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence,
which charts out the AI development and adoption across cities in Denmark, while underscoring
the current challenges priority areas and policy instruments.

The main objectives of this country-wide AI Strategy include:

• developing a common ethical and human-centred basis for AI;

• prioritising and support research in AI;

• encouraging the growth of Danish businesses by developing and using AI;
• ensuring that the public sector uses AI to offer world-class services for the benefits of inhabitants
and society.

Denmark has also adopted the “Digital Growth Strategy 2025”, which is a joint vision of the Danish
Government, in collaboration with various industries and sectors, trade associations and social
partners, thus contributing to the digital transformation processes on a national level.

In the city of Copenhagen, the ability of AI to predict heat and ventilation requirements in buildings
to enable the monitoring of energy consumption and management of indoor climate. This project
is expected to contribute to lowering energy consumption and ensuring carbon savings. Through
this project, it would be feasible to pinpoint the peak hours of energy consumption, green transition
and to economize on the heating bill.

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