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Clustering innovation to create thriving and prosperous low-carbon cities and regions
Clustering innovation to create thriving and prosperous low-carbon cities and regions
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ConnectedClusters Landscaping Study 34<br />
ClimateXChange<br />
ECCI collaborates with government, business<br />
and academics to help craft smart climate and<br />
<strong>energy</strong> policy. ECCI is the base for and jointly<br />
manages ClimateXChange, Scotland’s centre<br />
of expertise on climate change which was<br />
established in 2011 as a research provider<br />
to the Scottish Government and its agencies.<br />
During this time, ClimateXChange has delivered<br />
hundreds of research projects which have<br />
underpinned major Scottish Government policy<br />
announcements. It has benefitted from regular<br />
annual funding of more than £20 million in total<br />
since it started, with access to around 50 staff<br />
around Scotland through its central team and<br />
partner institutions.<br />
Smart Accelerator<br />
Between 2013 and 2015, ECCI’s £1.2<br />
million Smart Accelerator project offered<br />
intensive early support to 14 Scottish ‘smart<br />
partnerships’, helping them get investmentready<br />
through advice, practical support and<br />
sharing international good practice.<br />
Supported by ERDF, Smart Accelerator<br />
identified and helped develop eight smart city,<br />
three sustainable island and three smart mobility<br />
projects. The aim was to create strong, effective<br />
partnerships and speed up Scotland’s transition<br />
to a low carbon society. To deliver Smart<br />
Accelerator, ECCI created a framework for<br />
‘smart’ city region and sustainable island projects<br />
in Scotland by:<br />
o Combining resources across projects<br />
to create economies of scale<br />
o Stimulating international knowledge<br />
exchange and competitiveness<br />
o Engaging and partnering with<br />
innovative SMEs<br />
o Using the Scottish research base to<br />
support competitive ideas<br />
o Coordinating multiple public sector<br />
agency support<br />
A key outcome of Smart Accelerator was<br />
to have good practice, pioneering projects,<br />
focused on collaborative business models,<br />
not technology. The project created a broad<br />
ecosystem of service providers and knowledgesharing<br />
to reap benefits for the Edinburgh city<br />
region and others across Scotland.
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