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Resilient Urban Solutions by Siemens and GIZ
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Being prepared
Resilient Urban Solutions
by Siemens and GIZ
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Electrification and
Infrastructure Solutions
Siemens is a technology company and global
powerhouse in electrification and infrastructure.
We offer customized, sustainable technologies
for metropolitan centers, building on more than
150 years of experience
Business volume 78.3 billion (2012)
370,000 employees working in more than
190 countries:
Energy efficiency
Industrial productivity
Affordable and personalized healthcare
Intelligent infrastructure
Portfolio encompasses integrated mobility solutions,
building and security systems, power distribution,
equipment, smart grid applications, and low- and
medium-voltage products

Governance and
Policy Advice
GIZ is a German federal enterprise operating on a not-
for-profit basis. It has established itself as a competent
partner and honest broker in complex change pro-
cesses for sustainable international development,
drawing on 40 years of international experience
Working in more than 130 countries,
16,000 employees
Decades of experience in:
Good governance and Urban development
Disaster risk management
Working together with organizations, public
authorities and private businesses to optimize
their organizational, managerial and production
processes
440 climate related projects, 70 energy projects in
50 countries and 30 transport projects in 25 countries,
60 Disaster management projects

Two strong partners teamed up for resilience
Embedding infrastructure solutions into sociopolitical contexts
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Surat (India)
Situation: Most of city's catchment in high variability rainfall zone
Complication: Experienced 23 floods in the last 100 years
Solution:
Buildings erected on raised platforms or built without ground floors;
also electricity lines erected
City covering early warning system
City center and industrial corridor protected by dams and
closable gates
Kobe (Japan)
Situation: Located at east coast of Japan, where three tectonic plates
meet in a seismic active region
Complication: Strong earthquake hit unprepared city in 1995,
damaged 450,000 houses and killed 6,400 people
Solution:
Existing emergency response and relief operation was supplemented
by "individual recovery"
Reconstruction of earthquake-proof infrastructure and integration
of a disaster management cycle including an early warning system
Various approaches of cities
to face challenge (1/2)
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Approach
How do Siemens and GIZ support
you in making your city resilient?
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Our approach focuses on the first three steps
of the implementation chain
Financing Tender
Implemen-
tation
Service &
maintenance
Focus of our approach
Resilience
assessment
Solution
landscape
Imple-
mentation
roadmap
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Investing in resilience has many benefits
Economic growth and job creation
Assurance for investors therefore increased tax base,
business opportunities, economic growth and employment
some examples
A legacy of leadership
Strengthened trust in and legitimacy of local authority
Social and human gains
Protected community assets and cultural heritage
More liveable communities
Balanced ecosystems that foster services such as fresh water
and recreation and that reduce pollution
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Example energy solutions and Co-benefits
Redundancy
Power system design
(grid/generation/operation) for reliable, robust
and redundant power supply under normal
and emergency conditions including
procurement of spare parts.
Robustness
Deployment of gas-insulated switchgear,
undergrounding of lines, flood protection
measures and elevating of substations, hy-
drophobic coatings, islanding of supply areas
Diversity and flexibility
Develop standards and norms for
distributed generation, wide deployment
of distributed renewable energy capa-
cities, smart metering infrastructure etc.
Coordination
and learning
Set up an independent monitoring and
evaluation unit to follow up closely on
the progress of the implementation of
the measures to boost resilience
according to the resilience action plans
Responsiveness
Draw up a response-plan: Thresholds and counter-actions,
clear responsibilities within the city administration, data generation
by the automated monitoring system and data distribution
Energy
Generation and consumption geographically
coincide, transmission losses are reduced
Reduction in air pollution and greenhouse
gas emissions
Use monitoring results for strategic planning and
policy-making, even beyond resilience
Coordination increases the general degree
of efficiency and can help to reduce costs as
information is shared and double work eliminated
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Action Plan for the NYC Power grid
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Anticipated damage to
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years: USD 1-3 bn

Protection only
Investment pays back
through reduced damage
But city still has net
losses

Full Grid Resilience
Protection PLUS system
resilience, reliability and
efficiency
Net benefits
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Clear and applicable solutions to
make cities resilient
Implementation
roadmap
Solution
landscape
Resilience
assessment
Areas for improvement
identified
Quantified optimization
measures
Roadmap to start
optimization process
8 weeks
Report with sequence for
realistic implementation
Financing options
Concept for stakeholder
involvement
Documentation of
evaluated criteria
Identified weak spots
Description of best-
practices from other cities
Business case per lever
Impact of proposed
measures
Pre-conditions for
implementation
8-12 weeks 8-12 weeks
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The implementation roadmap and involvement
of stakeholder groups go hand in hand
Joint definition
of implementation
framework e.g.
Available budget,
Number of measures
Timescale
Prioritization
of measures based on
discussion with city
Relevant parameters can be
CAPEX, OPEX, critical infra-
structure, saving potential, etc.
Guidance
on the possible implemen-
tation path of the different
measures to increase
resilience
Involvement
of stakeholders
Identify multipliers
(such as civil society, private
sector, association, media) and
involve different interests
Raise awareness
in the community on
questions of climate change
and resilience
Actively engage the community
to develop plans for resilience
Communicate
results
Address the citizen's concerns
with respect to costly infra-
structure investments and
make costs and benefits of
planned measures transparent
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Implementation roadmap
Stakeholder involvement
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Infrastructure & Cities Sector
Mobility and Logistics Division
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
81739 Mnchen, Germany
Mobile: +49 (172) 1021779
volker.hessel@siemens.com
Volker
Hessel
Siemens AG
Gesa von
Engelbrechten
GIZ GmbH
Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Westerbachstrasse 47
60489 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel.: +49 (69) 247065-33
gesa.engelbrechten-von@giz.de
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