Wal-e-Cities

Wal-e-Cities aims to build innovative citizen-driven Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in mobility, energy efficiency, governance, and wellness. It is based on the deployment of wireless networks in urban furniture, public lighting, and other facilities (water and energy smart meters).

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Wal-e-Cities aims at networking the main Walloon cities within a "Smart Region" approach. It will, therefore, develop devices and software that will deliver services and meet needs in four areas: mobility, energy, environment, and citizen well-being. The project proposes solutions for the development of open data in Walloon cities.

LEMA is involved in three Wal-e-Cities projects, respectively dedicated to energy, economy, and mobility. Specific goals of the project are;

  1. To  develop  evolving  digital  tools  related  to  smart energy management of the building stock in Wallonia;
  2. To develop a dynamic  model (hourly) of heating demand and electricity consumption of the walloon  building stock;
  3. To develop mapping and forecasting tools for potable water demand in Wallonia;
  4. To assess the added value of digital data obtained from the use of smart-meters in water management;
  5. To assess the potential recovery of energy from the water distribution network using micro-turbines;
  6. To develop a basic agent-based traffic simulator for Liège in MATSim, based on disaggregated data provided by private transport;
  7. To set up an advanced traffic model including the disaggregated data provided by public transport and shared mobility specified in MaaS (Mobility as a Service);
  8. To assess the effects of data provided by different mobility services on the overall urban mobility.

The project is based on a large set of regional skills which bring together all of the R & D actors who work on key areas that are in line with the objectives of the project: Multitel, Cetic, Cenaero and Sirris, Universities UMons, UNamur, ULiège, UCL, Smart City Institute, CILE.

Supervisor: Prof. Sigrid Reiter, Prof. Jacques Teller

Researchers: Wissal Selmi (PhD), Antoinette Marie-Reine Nishimwe, Ngọc Bích Nguyễn, Suxia Gong

Funding: The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the Walloon Region, and the different industrial partners (LEMA € 1.369.757,1).

Project start date: March 2016

Duration of the project: 48 months

Official website of the project: https://www.walecities.eu/

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