KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE SMART CITIES: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND AIR QUALITY OF ASTANA (PRIOR NUR-SULTAN) CITY
on the framework of the Frontiers Champions programme by the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, UK.
January 2022 – March 2023
GBP 10 000 ≈ KZT 6 000 000
The main goal of the project is to create conditions for the exchange of best practices between scholars, industry leaders, business community, policy makers of making a smart and sustainable city in terms of clean energy transition and air quality management. As well, the project seeks to facilitate the development of solutions to improve current energy system and air quality in cities like Astana (prior Nur-Sultan) that are highly reliant on coal.
Identification of technological solutions for the problem with IT specialists/researchers and Energy modelers
Building a regional and cross-border network for sustainability and impact
Forming a collaboration roadmap between the University of Edinburgh and Astana IT University
Project Lead
Nurkhat Zhakiyev, PhD, Director of the Department of Science and Innovations, Astana IT University
Mentor
Daniel Friedrich, PhD, Professor of the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK
Project Responsible executive
Didar Yedilkhan, PhD, Head of the research innovation center “Smart City”, Astana IT University
Project Responsible executive
Zhansaya Makhambetova, MSc, Manager of the Department of Science and Innovations, Astana IT University
Project Responsible executive
Ruslan Omirgaliyev, MSc, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Engineering, Astana IT University
Activity |
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Notes |
Events held |
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Number of events held |
8 |
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Number of people attended events |
378 |
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Number of workshops held |
7 |
5 workshops (seminars) and 2 guest lectures |
Number of workshop attendees |
176 |
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Number of competitions held |
1 |
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Number of students engaged in events |
over 200 |
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Networks |
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Number of people in network |
86 |
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Number of websites created |
1 |
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Newsletters / Reports |
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Number of newsletters created |
4 |
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Number of newsletter subscribers |
over 500 |
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Number of reports produced |
2 |
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OTHER: Number of other quantifiable outputs generated (please give details and add more lines if needed): |
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Joint papers published |
3 |
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Scholarships with tuition fee waiver for students |
8 |
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Number of other joint projects involved |
4 |
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The following outputs were generated, and further outputs will be included in the year on follow up report:
Additionally, the results of joint research and collaboration were published on the following papers, in which RAENG and the Frontiers Champions Programme were acknowledged:
Joint research project received grant funding “the Electricity Market model of Kazakhstan for high share of Renewables” for the period of 2023-2025 (74 171 865,50 tenge (~GBP 129 812), funded by Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
The information about events and their results, research findings have been disseminated through newsletters, direct mailing, infographics, and through publications of papers at high-rated scientific journals.