AccesS and InclusiveSpaces Project Workshop: Enhancing Accessibility and Sustainability in Smart Cities and Smart Building

This online event, hosted by the sister projects AccesS and InclusiveSpaces, aims to highlight how inclusive, accessible design and energy efficiency can go hand in hand to power a just, inclusive, and competitive green transition in Europe. Both projects are in their initial stages and are laying the foundation for their methodologies by actively engaging stakeholders in shaping sustainable, inclusive smart cities and buildings.

During the event, we will learn about progress in both projects:

• AccesS project, Paris Fokaides will present an overview of stakeholder engagement results, preliminary insights on barriers to accessibility and energy inefficiencies in smart buildings and an introduction to planned methodologies for creating barrier-free, energy-optimised inclusive design across smart buildings and cities.
• InclusiveSpaces project, Floridea Di Ciommo will present a summary of initial co-design workshops with people in vulnerable situations, and early prototypes, with a focus on universal design as a pillar of inclusivity and sustainability for a just transition.
• Keynote Speech by SHIFT project, Maria Kagkelidou will present insights from the SHIFT project on Embracing Technology for Sustainable Cultural Heritage: Emphasis on inclusive innovation and the role of accessibility in the energy transformation
• Panel discussion: “Inclusive Innovation for the Green Transition”