Fourth meeting of Leon Living Lab
Event Date: 21 November, 2023
The fourth meeting of the Local Living Lab of León (LLLL) was held on 21 November 2023. The session began with the intervention of Luis Miguel García Copete, councillor-delegate for Urban Development and heritage of León City Council.
The LLLL is intended as a meeting place for the agents and actors involved in the energy transition of the city of León, as well as a tool for the efficient and effective implementation of the SECAP. The total number of participants was 35 people, representing 20 different entities from the four sectors of the quadruple helix model: administration, academia, business/companies and citizenship.
In the call for this fourth Living Lab, an outline was provided with the conclusions of the previous one. The third Living Lab set out to compile everything that is happening now in the city, which is no small thing. After the pandemic and thanks to the Next Generation funds, many projects are being launched, so many that there was not enough time for all the participants to tell us what projects they are carrying out or are about to set up, what actions regarding the energy transition are already a reality or which ones they intend to propose.
The objective was to have a global and complete idea of EVERYTHING that is happening in León. So, this fourth Living Lab began by finishing off the previous one, finishing what there was no time for in the previous one, and with the same objective. We continued with the two round tables, the one on mobility and the one on energy-city, once again, as such round tables, the course of the Lab was not a mere succession of monologues, but questions were asked, synergies arose, and there was debate.
The outline provided, for the time being incomplete, included the actions presented so far. This outline will be completed with the actions presented in this fourth Lab and will be made available to all participants before the next Lab. The actions presented at the various roundtables were as follows:
The format of the roundtables allowed for question-and-answer sessions and small debates to clarify the points of conflict and existing problems, as well as the benefits and changes that are taking place. The knowledge and analysis of the actions presented the exchange of information and the dialogues that are taking place are favouring a better understanding of what is happening in the city in relation to energy. Some (many) of these actions are aligned with Leon’s SECAP, so by getting to know them and starting to analyse them, we are starting to analyse the SECAP itself. In doing so, we seek to achieve an integrated and institutionalised SECAP, whose implementation is a reality and a success, carried out in a collaborative way.
The content of the next León LLL working day is expected to include, on the one hand, a presentation of the actions or issues that could not be dealt with due to lack of time on this day, and on the other hand, a space to work on the different actions contained in the PACES, which ones might be missing, how to guide and implement them, what is not being taken into account, what corrections or qualifications we would make, etc. To facilitate this analysis, an introduction will be made with a presentation on the SECAP and its degree of implementation.
Some of the actions that are being implemented, such as the Smart City platform, will offer us, in the short and medium term, data that we can cross-reference to draw conclusions that will optimise the actions. This LLLL is intended to be a tool for the efficient and effective implementation of the PACES and aims to develop at least 5 new or reoriented actions.
The total number of participants was 35 people, representing 20 different entities from the four sectors of the quadruple helix model: administration, academia, business and citizenship.
PARTICIPATING ENTITIES
PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC ENTITIES
COAAT, Official College/association of Technical Architects of León. (1)
EREN, Regional Energy Entity / agency (2)
ULE, University of León, Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management and Area of Sustainability and Environmental Quality. (2),
SOMACYL, Public company for Infrastructures and Environment of Castilla y León (regional government) (1)
EULSA, Estacionamientos Urbanos de León S.A.) (public-private joint venture in which the León City Council has a shareholding, regulated car-park manager) (2)
PRIVATE AGENTS
IBERDROLA, electric mobility section (Iberdrola is a Spanish energy group that is responsible for the distribution, generation, transmission and marketing of electricity. The company also participates in the renewable energy and natural gas distribution markets, as well as offering construction and engineering services.) (2)
ALESA & UTE ALSA-NEXT BIKE (TIER) (public service manager for city buses and bicycles) (1)
RUTA ÓPTIMA. Company specialised in mobility micro-systems (management and maintenance of the public bike rental service.) (1)
UTE ALUMBRADO (ESE UTE OHL-Fermasa) (temporary joint venture for the public lighting) (1)
Territory Smart Solutions, software development and technology consulting company. (1)
SOCIAL AGENTS
ISADORA DUNCAN, Single-parent family foundation (2)
Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of León, REY ORDOÑO (1)
NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATIONS (Cantamilanos, Palomera – San Lorenzo, San Pedro) (3)
Urban Property Chamber of León (1)
College/ association of Estate Managers (1)
2ISECAP PARTNERS
León City Council (8)
ILRUV, Institute of Urban Renewal and Housing (2)
Junta de Castilla y León, Regional government, (Ministry of public works) (1)
IUU_ Lab, University Institute of Urban Planning of the University of Valladolid (3)
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.
Jane Jacobs (1916–2006), Journalist, author, and activist, In The Death and Life of Great American Cities
