ENERGY GLOBE National Award 2023: Winner Japan
Project: Small World AI- Modular Metacognitive Metaverses Technologies for Greener Cities & Cleaner Mobility
Applicant: LocationMind Inc. https://locationmind.com/top-page-e/
Picture: from left to right, Cristina Schösser (Commercial Counsellor), Shibasaki Ryosuke (LocationMind Inc. CTO), Haoran Zhang (LocationMind Inc.), Naoki Kiritani (LocationMind Inc. CEO)
Award Project:
The “Small World AI- Modular Metacognitive Metaverses Technologies for Greener Cities & Cleaner Mobility” project in Japan addresses the urgent need to bridge the gap between static datasets and dynamic human mobility for sustainable urban planning. Collaboratively developed by Locationmind Inc. and the University of Tokyo, the Small World AI (SWAI) focuses on combining Geo-analytics and AI to analyze collected data and generate insights. Given that cities are major contributors to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, particularly due to urban human activities, the project aims to leverage digital twin technologies driven by human mobility data and AI to create cleaner, more sustainable smart cities. This initiative becomes crucial as urban populations increase and energy consumption rises.
Award Rationale:
The "Small World AI- Modular Metacognitive Metaverses Technologies for Greener Cities & Cleaner Mobility" project, developed by LocationMind Inc. in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, aims to address the pressing challenge of sustainable urban planning in Japan.
By combining Geo-analytics and AI, the project's core technology, Small World AI (SWAI), analyzes dynamic human mobility data to generate insights for creating cleaner and more sustainable smart cities.
Given the significant contribution of cities to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, SWAI utilizes digital twin technologies driven by real-time geospatial data to optimize bike-sharing layouts, estimate urban cooling loads, and assess the impact of events like COVID-19 on transportation emissions.
The project envisions evidence-based decision-making for both organizations and individuals, contributing to a sustainable and informed urban future.
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