resources Test beds & demonstrators

Facilitated demonstration sites for new cleantech innovation trials and existing cleantech pilots in London

  • Clean transport

    Smart Mobility Living Lab

    Real world testbed in the QE Park and LB of Greenwich for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and the surrounding infrastructure, technology and business models that will make the future of transport possible.

    UK
  • Green infrastructure & biodiversity

    Barking Riverside Ltd: Wilds Ecology Centre

    A new Ecology Centre, where community organisations and researchers will work with local people to increase the knowledge and understanding of Barking Riverside’s unique wildlife. Due to open in July 2021 and includes real world demonstration spaces for urban ecology solutions.

    London
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    Bollo lane TFL commercial development

    Redevelopment project carried by TfL Commercial Development. 850+ homes to be built (inc. 50% affordable), green spaces, improved pedestrian and cycling paths

    London
  • Clean energy

    Bunhill 2 Heat Network

    District heating demonstrator channelling warm air from the Northern Line to heat local offices, leisure centres and 1350 homes. Led by Islington Council, Transport for London and Ramboll.

    Bunhill 2 Energy Centre, London
    London
  • Clean transport

    CAPRI – Connected Autonomous Vehicles

    Driverless pod trial run at the at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Run by the AECOM-led Capri consortium

    Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Floor 10, 1 Stratford Place,
    London
  • Air quality

    Croydon’s IoT Air quality monitoring

    Project led by partners Croydon Council, AirPublic and Digital Catapult to create mobile sensor networks to produce air quality data for monitoring emissions from construction sites.

    London
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    Digital Greenwich – Smart Cities

    Range of proof of concept and demonstration trials - including Air Quality sensors and electric refuse collection undertaken in the Greenwich Peninsular.

    Digital Greenwich, 6 Mitre Passage, Greenwich Peninsula, London
    London
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    Here East – future infrastructure

    Development of the Here East digital campus at the Olympic Park, including deploying the LLDC carbon offset to demonstrate new innovations in zero emission transport, zero carbon energy, circular economy and green infrastructure.

    Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London
    UK
  • Air quality

    Marylebone – London’s first clean air station

    Partnership with Airlabs, JC Decaux and BNP Paribas to trial Airlabs’ proprietary dual filter system (sitting within the specially adapted advertising units provided by JCDecaux) to remove particulate matter and nitrogen oxides from the air at Marylebone Station.

    Marylebone Station, Melcombe Pl, Marylebone, London NW1 6JJ
    London
  • Green infrastructure & biodiversity

    Nature Smart Cities

    Brings together environmental researchers and technologists to develop the world’s first end-to-end open source system for monitoring bats: smart bat monitors tuning data into spectrograms are being deployed and tested in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London.

    Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Floor 10, 1 Stratford Place, E20 1EJ
    London