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– Intelligent building management systems
– Low-carbon emission transportation - carbon emission transportation systems

Energy Demand control dimension

This dimension is used to evaluate how energy demand and general carbon behaviour in the city
has changed, especially based on the ICT infrastructure. Some corresponding topics could be:

– Building efficiency
– Behavioural change

– Logistics mobility

– Food systems
– Waste and recycling

– Active mobility

The cities can be classified in maturity levels, addressing corresponding achievements (Table 1):

Table 1: Recommended achievements for each maturity level

Infrastructure
Strategy ICT Infrastructure Services and utilities Assessment KPIs performance
upgrades
Maturity Level 1 The overall Key infrastructures and Key aspects on Strategy and priorities Assessment plan is Long-term targets for
strategy is data are identified in infrastructure upgrades for services and ready KPIs are set for the
developed the strategy are identified in the utilities on city level city's neutral strategy
strategy are identified and baseline values
for KPIs are collected
Maturity Carbon ICT infrastructures Methodology to Domain services and Self-assessment Interim KPI targets for
neutrality are operated, and identify and implement utilities contribute of infrastructure maturity level 2 are
Level 2
initiatives are corresponding upgrades are agreed to carbon neutrality development and achieved
aligned with data are produced individually services are carried
the strategy independently out
Maturity Evaluation Accessibility of ICT Infrastructure Services and utilities User satisfaction Interim KPI targets for
of carbon infrastructures and upgrades are carried focus on carbon assessments are maturity level 3 are
Level 3
neutrality data is improved out independently by neutrality and public carried out achieved
initiatives is different sectors. value generation.
carried out
Utility and service
operation is
monitored and
analysed to improve
carbon neutrality
performance
Maturity Strategy is Cross-domain ICT Cross-domain Cross-domain carbon Stakeholders' Interim KPI targets for
developed infrastructures and infrastructure upgrades neutrality initiatives satisfaction maturity level 4 are
Level 4
for improving data exchanges are performed assessments are achieved
integration are provided with carried out
and interoperability
cooperation capabilities
Maturity Improvement Continuous Continuous Continuous Systematic Long-term targets for
and development of improvements with improvements of assessment process KPIs are achieved
Level 5
optimization infrastructure and data state-of-the-art services and utilities is established with
potential is provision are carried technologies for are made by applying corresponding
explored out carbon reduction advanced state-of-the- actions
art technologies for
carbon reduction

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