Amsterdam Urban EcoMap
On the 1st December 2009, the rollout of the Urban EcoMap, application advanced with the inclusion of Amsterdam. This builds from the initial prototype in San Francisco. Urban EcoMap is an Internet-based tool that enables cities around the world to provide smarter climate change information for their citizens. A city can use Urban EcoMap to create awareness among its residents of the impact of carbon emissions on their urban environment. It provides information on carbon emissions from transportation, energy and waste among neighborhoods, organized by district, and delivers tips on ways to reduce a resident’s carbon footprint.
- The application is an extension of the Urban EcoMap launched in May 2009 in the city of San Francisco. In the next phase, the Amsterdam version of the Urban EcoMap will be expanded with further information that is linked to data from other agencies.
- Urban EcoMap provides information on carbon emissions from transportation, energy and waste among neighborhoods, organized by district.
- The Urban EcoMap pilot is a cooperative initiative between the city of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Innovation Motor (AIM) and Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), the company’s strategic global consulting arm.
- The application now enables comparisons between the two cities of Amsterdam and San Francisco, on an aggregated residential per capita CO2 basis, and proportionally by the categories of Transportation, Energy and Waste.
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