Smart Projects and Demonstrators in Cork About the Cork Smart Gateway: A smart agenda is being developed in Cork which builds on the existing assets, attributes and experiences in the region and will help posi- tion Cork as a ‘World-Class Smart Region’. The Cork Smart Gateway was established by Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Nimbus Re- search Centre and Tyndall National Institute to pursue and facilitate the delivery of this agenda. Vision: The Cork Smart Gateway aims to enhance the reputation of Cork as an attractive region for people to live, work, visit and invest. Objectives: The Cork Smart Gateway will achieve this vision by: Engaging with citizens to identify the evolv- ing challenges and opportunities that impact on their quality of life Identifying suitable and achievable smart projects through a collaborative multi stake- holder approach Encouraging an open and innovation ecosys- tem that supports industry through the fa- cilitation of test beds to pilot new technologies Innovating/Creating/Connecting
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Smart Projects and Demonstrators in Cork
About the Cork Smart Gateway:
A smart agenda is being developed in Cork
which builds on the existing assets, attributes
and experiences in the region and will help posi-
tion Cork as a ‘World-Class Smart Region’. The
Cork Smart Gateway was established by Cork
City Council, Cork County Council, Nimbus Re-
search Centre and Tyndall National Institute to
pursue and facilitate the delivery of this agenda.
Vision: The Cork Smart Gateway aims to
enhance the reputation of Cork as an attractive
region for people to live, work, visit and invest.
Objectives: The Cork Smart Gateway will achieve this vision by:
Engaging with citizens to identify the evolv-ing challenges and opportunities that impact on their quality of life
Identifying suitable and achievable smart projects through a collaborative multi stake-holder approach
Encouraging an open and innovation ecosys-tem that supports industry through the fa-cilitation of test beds to pilot new technologies
Innovating/Creating/Connecting
This brochure contains a collection of 17 snapshots of key smart dem-onstrators, projects and test beds from the Cork Region. The goal of this brochure is to disseminate concise information about these smart demonstrators to interested stakeholders in industry, academia, public organisations and also to Cork citizens. This brochure provides a web link and contact details for each item to enable the reader to easily get
more information.
Projects Included:
1. Water Systems and Services Innovation Centre
2. Mallow Systems Innovation Centre
3. National Sustainable Building Energy Test bed
4. Cork County Council Energy Efficiency Projects
5. Upgrade of Clonakilty Wastewater Treatment Plant
6. Electricity Generation at Tramore Valley Park
7. Open Data Repository
8. Choice Based Letting
9. Cork City Now
10. Tyndall National Institute Energy Saving Projects
11. Infrastructure Access at Tyndall National Institute
12. Ludgate@Skibbereen
13. Environment Research Institute
14. LIR National Ocean Test Facility
15. Precision Agriculture Technology Testbed
16. On Farm Testing for Bovine Disease Diagnostics
17. Cork Citizen Engagement Survey
This is the first iteration of this brochure and showcases a small num-ber of the smart projects and demonstrators that are present across Cork city and county. For more information on the Cork Smart Gateway Initiative, or to recommend a project for inclusion in future editions of the Smart Demonstrator Brochure, please contact [email protected]
The Mallow Systems Innovation Centre is a re-source and innovation centre promising far reaching technological, economic and educa-tional dividends for Mallow and the wider North Cork area. The Centre is a unique collaboration between the local community, Cork County
Council, the Mallow Development Partnership (MDP) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). Developed in 2012, the Mallow Systems Innova-tion centre was the first centre of its kind in Ire-land and has resulted in a critical mass of tech-nology related activity in the North Cork town as a consequence of the collaboration between the Centre, local companies and educational facili-ties.
The centre formally established Mallow as a des-
ignated field trial site for research projects being
undertaken at CIT and it offers an opportunity
for innovative companies to come to Mallow for
both testing and commercialisation phases of
new products and services.
The initiative is being led by CIT’s Nimbus Cen-
tre and positions Mallow as a test-bed where
wireless, medical and other technology is trialled
before city-scale roll-out. The centre offers sup-
port for all types of technological innovation. To
date over €155K of projects have been initiated
with local businesses with over €80K of this
coming from direct industry funding.
In the summer of 2016, Mallow also became the
first town in Cork to offer free public WIFI which
will enable further developments in the North
Cork town.
Contact: Brian Cahill T:+353 (0)21 4335560
E: [email protected] http://nimbus.cit.ie/tec/case-studies/innovation-centre-mallow/ Mallow Systems Innovation Centre Nimbus Centre, CIT Cork
Cork City Council, through its normal opera-tions, buildings, transport etc consumes ap-proximately 30 million units of energy per an-num of electricity, fuel, gas, etc. As part of the National Climate Change policy, Cork City Coun-cil, like all other public bodies, is required to re-
duce its energy consumption by 33% by the year 2020 which equates to 10 million units per annum.
The Kinsale Road landfill site (now Tramore Val-ley Park), which ceased accepting waste for land filling in 2009, will continue to generate meth-ane gas from the 3 million tonnes of waste de-posited over the 40 year lifetime of the landfill site. This gas will now be beneficially used to generate electricity for Cork City Council and also ensure that the Council meets its EPA li-cense obligations in regard to landfill gas treat-ment.
The electricity generation project will generate 3 million units of energy per annum that will be sold to Vayu Energy. The project, which has been funded by Cork City Council, will reduce emissions to the environment and will also sub-stantially contribute to the Council’s 2020 en-ergy reduction targets, as well as showcasing an innovative project in the Tramore Valley Park. The quantity of electricity being generated is adequate to supply 500 houses on an ongoing basis until 2021.
The project is a collaboration between Cork City
Council, The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, who are provid-ing ongoing support for the sale of electricity under the REFIT scheme, and energy supplier, Vayu Energy.
Contact: John Walsh T:+353 (0)21 4924 146 E:[email protected] www.corkcity.ie/
Innovation Access Gateone enables the faster adoption of Smart Technologies and Smart Systems by SMEs. The consortium involves leading research organisa-tions from across Europe will develop smart sys-
tems technology demonstrators for use by SMEs.
SmarterSI gives SMEs smarter access to
manufacturing in Tyndall and partner research
organisations across Europe through combining
technologies in a series of 8 application experi-
ments proposed by SMEs.
Contact:
Paul Roseingrave T:+353 (0)21 234 6268 E:[email protected] http://www.tyndall.ie/
Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings Complex Dyke Parade, Cork
The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork is an internationally rec-ognised institute for environmental, marine and energy research dedicated to the understanding and protection of our natural environment. Their goals include developing innovative technolo-
gies, tools and services to facilitate a transfor-mation to a low carbon, resource efficient soci-ety.
The Institute brings together over 300 environ-mental researchers from across science, engi-neering, business and humanities to address complex environmental challenges in a multi-disciplinary approach. The ERI incorporates a number environmental research centres includ-ing Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, Aquacul-ture and Fisheries Development Centre and the Centre for Research on Atmospheric Chemistry. The ERI has substantial research facilities at its two dedicated buildings on Lee Road, Cork and the Beaufort Building, Ringaskiddy along with environmental research facilities across UCC campus. The ERI buildings have 7000 m2 of of-
fices, laboratories and workshops and incubation suites for industry.
The ERI Lee Road Building has a number of spe-cialised laboratory facilities including 200 m2 aquaculture tank laboratory and holding area, category 2 laboratories, atmospheric chemistry simulation chambers, controlled temperature rooms, pilot scale anaerobic digestion reactors for carrying out biofuel trials and clean rooms.
The building also has a wide range of instru-mentation for carrying out material characteri-sation, atmospheric chemistry, water analysis including x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, mobile air quality monitoring units with aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS), colony picketing robots, ion and gas chromatographs.
Contact: Dr. Paul Bolger T:+353 (0)21 490 1931 E: [email protected] http://eri.ucc.ie Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork
ing in Ringaskiddy. Facilities include a tank hall
which houses 4 test tanks, dedicated workshops
and a range of electrical test infrastructure, pro-
viding an ideal testing environment throughout
the early stages of device development.
The facility’s deep water basin, with the capabil-
ity of generating waves heights up to 1.1m, fills
in the missing link in terms of Irelands Marine
Renewable Energy (MRE) infrastructure. It en-
ables testing of devices prior to them moving to
real sea environments. It provides the facility for
the testing of model wave energy devices and
other marine structures in different wave condi-
tions, including extreme conditions.
Facilities include:
Deep Ocean Basin: (35m x 12m x 0.5 to 3m
deep)
It has a movable floor plate to allow the water
depth be adjusted, making it suitable for circa.
1/15 scale operational conditions and 1/50 scale
survival waves.
Ocean Basin: (25m x 18m x 1 to 2m deep)
It has a movable floor and fully absorbent sides
which makes it one of the most advanced tank
worldwide for 1/50 scale testing.
Wave & Current Flume: (28m x 3m x 0.6 to
1.2 m deep)
A multi-purpose facility with the capability of
running separate and combined unidirectional
wave and current tests.
Contact: Jimmy Murphy
T:+353 (0)21 4864300 E: [email protected] http://www.lir-notf.com LIR National Ocean Test Facility Beaufort Building University College Cork Ringaskiddy Cork
One of the biggest challenges facing humanity is the ability to feed our rapidly growing world population. The existing worldwide production system is unsustainable without some major breakthroughs in food production.
Tyndall National Institute is playing a small part
in addressing this global problem. Using exper-tise of existing technology and track record of developing new innovative sensor and integrated circuit solutions, Tyndall has created a test-bed where smart systems are being used to control and monitor a variety of factors relating to farm-ing.
The ‘small smart farm’ is spread over various lo-
cations around Cork, accessing different condi-tions. The locations include several horticultural units, simple stand-alone planters, a pasture area and even the river Lee itself where water levels are being continuously monitored and the output available on a live automatic twitter feed operating 24/7. Data is transmitted wirelessly to and from sensors and actuators using a variety of technologies including the SFI CONNECT Cen-tre’s ‘Pervasive Nation’ LoRa infrastructure. https://connectcentre.ie/pervasive-nation/
The testbed utilises a variety of sensors which monitor soil and air temperature, rainfall, light intensity, moisture & water levels, and can make changes to positively influence growing condi-tions. New Award-winning smart sensors have been developed in Tyndall. Combining this tech-
nology with agricultural expertise from several partners (including the UCC school of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences), allows farm-ers to instantly measure and remotely receive information, to make better decisions on fertili-zation and watering, leading to increased pro-duction at lower cost.
We are facing exciting challenges in the develop-ment of a water-monitoring programme in Europe as part of the requirements driven by the Water framework directive [WFD]. Technological advances are providing new sensor & network capabilities, long-range low-power communica-
tions, and data interpreting and delivery for-mats. There is a significant opportunity to inte-grate these technologies into intelligent systems, providing data to assist in the decision making process of water management authorities, par-ticularly when the data is available at a high de-gree of spatial and temporal granularity. Real time environmental monitoring systems in
Poor animal and welfare can be a major source of economic loss for Irish Farmers. For example, Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is one of the world's most costly bovine diseases with an esti-mated annual cost of €102 million to Irish farm-ers prior to the eradication scheme. Other loss
making illnesses include IBR and Johne’s dis-ease. Due to the highly contagious nature of these diseases, early identification and diagnosis is critical for herd protection to prevent costly outbreaks. Current detection mechanisms rely on commercial laboratories which can be costly with significant wait-time for results. Solutions The availability of a cheap and effective on-Farm test, using milk or serum, would allow vets and farmers to rapidly diagnose different diseases and allow them to implement treatment early in order to prevent costly outbreaks. Tyndall Na-tional Institute in collaboration with colleagues in Teagasc are using nanotechnology to develop a cost-efficient nanowire chip sensor, to provide on-site disease testing in cows within 15 minutes. The sensor works in a similar fashion to existing glucose tests for people with diabetes. They place a drop of blood or milk from an animal on the sensor and get a positive or negative re-sponse for BVD – right there, on the farm.
Benefits Total test time <15 minutes Suitable for both milk and serum samples
Up to 10 sensor channels to allow testing of multiple diseases simultaneously