Maria Paschalidou ICT / Smart City Solution - Senior Account Manager Greek Cities are some of the most densely populated Cities across Europe in terms of Citizens per km2

20,500

17,000 16,000 15,600

10,500

5,700 4,100

Paris Athens Barcelona Thessaloniki Lyon London Berlin In Addition, Millions of Tourists use the Cities as a Hub of their Travel Routes, making the Cities even more crowded

Touristic arrivals in per Year (in mn.)

40

30,1 30 27,2 24,8 23,6 > 30 mn. 22,0 20 17,9 16,4 Tourists per Year – 15,9 14,9 15,0 15,5 with an upward Trend 10

0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Source: World Tourism Organization (2020) Traffic & Energy Air Pollution

Waste Water A lot of Energy is wasted that could be saved – especially with regard to a City’s Street Lighting

Constant Outdated Missing Lighting Bulbs Monitoring

Street Lighting accounts for Smart Lighting saves up to 40 % 70 %

of Municipal Energy Use of Energy Costs To Date, also a City’s Building Management is anything but efficient

6 PM – 6 AM makes Cost Saving Potential of up to 46 % 32 %

of a Building’s Energy Usage through Smart Solutions

Heating at Lighting at Inefficient No Remote Night Night Metering Control In Greek Cities, generated Waste through private Households increased by over 16% within 10 Years

3,95 mn.

tons in 2008 + 16,5 %

4,60 mn.

tons in 2018

Source: Eurostat (2020) Per Capita, Greeks produce around 16 kg more municipal Waste than the average European Citizen

Municipal Waste in European Countries 2018 (in kg per Capita) 488 kg 615 579 600 527 511 504 499 European Ø 486 475 463 432 423 414 411 381 400 329 272

200

0 504 kg per Capita in Greece

Source: Eurostat (2020) Current Waste Management is inefficient and uses a lot of Resources

Inefficient Low Fill Overfilled Missing Routes Levels Bins Monitoring

One Garbage Truck burns Cost Reduction of up to 95 L 50 %

of Diesel per 100 km through Route Optimization A significant Percentage of all Traffic and its related Emissions in Cities is due to the Search for a free Parking Spot

P 20 min. Ø Search Time to find a Parking Spot

30 % of all Traffic Emission within Cities

Source: National Geographic (2020) As a Result, Greece comes with a below Average Air Quality – the Fine Dust Concentration is two Times above WHO Exposure Recommendation

Country Ranking on Basis of the Air Quality Index rd 100 63 83,3 80 Place among 98 Countries 65,8 (Air Quality Index) 60

40

21,6 22,5 22,5 22,6 23,1 20 10,9 10,9 11,0 2 x 3,3 0 above WHO Recommendation for Fine Dust Exposure 1 24 25 26 … 61 62 63 64 65 … 97 98

Source: IQAir (2020) The overall Amount of Freshwater taken from Ground or Surface Water in Greece is constantly increasing

Water Withdrawal in Greece (in bn. L)

10.200 10.136 10.130 10.123

10.100 10.030 10.030 10.028 10.009 10.013 10.000 9.957 + 400 bn. 9.884 9.900 Liters in 10 Years 9.800 9.739

9.700

9.600 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Source: OECD (2020) Greek Households are one of the highest Water Users in whole Europe, each Citizen consumes almost 180 liters – every single Day

+ 23 %

above European ø 177 ltr. per Person per Day

177

Source: Statista (2020) The Problem: the current Water Management is very inefficient

Leaking Inaccurate Wrong Flawed Pipes Metering Pressure Billing

Of all distributed Water, up to Missing Charging of up to 40 % 60 %

is lost, mostly due to Leaks of all consumed Water Besides its advantageous Setting, COSMOTE is already in the Game with many successfully implemented Solutions

= Pilot

Patra Kir Ianni Rafina Xanthi Athens Elliniko Monemviasa Central Athens & Dorida Winery Macedonia ESCO´s

2015 2030

today

Xanthi Chaldika Saronikos Aspropyrgos Pireaus Patras Larissa Volvi University

= Smart Lightning = Smart Waste = Smart Parking = Smart Water = Smart Traffic = Smart Asset = Smart City Platform = City WIFI We help tackling these Issues with our growing Smart City Portfolio

Smart Parking Smart Traffic Management Smart Lightning Air Quality Monitoring

Smart Waste Management Smart Water Management Energy Management Smart Bench

Smart Public Safety Smart Public Transport Smart City Dashboard Smart Charging Municipalities & Cities can’t afford Smart City Solutions by Themselves – however, there are huge EU Funds available in Greece

European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF) Tritsis Call EU Recovery Fund

4,9 bn. € 2014 2020 1,85 bn. € 2020 - 2027 –

Budget for Smart City related Themes (in mn. €) Budget for Smart City related Themes (in mn. €)

Environment Protection 723 Smart Cities, Intelligent 400 & Resource Efficiency Systems, Apps etc. Network Infrastructures 508 Water Supply Infrastr. 300 in Transport & Energy Energy, Water & E- Low Carbon Economy 417 150 Mobility

ICT Solutions 220 Urban Regeneration 130

Technical Assistance 162

Climate Change & Risk 148 Prevention ∑ = 2,18 bn. € ∑ = 0,98 bn. € Financial Reasons & the Lack of experienced Personnel are the main Barriers for the Implementation of Smart Solutions

Smart City Barriers of Municipalities

Financial Reasons 67%

Lack of experienced Personnel 67%

Lack of Acknowledgement 31% of all Greek Municipalities identify their Financials & Immature Object 27% Lack of Experience as current main Barriers Low Priority Reasons 11% ퟐퟐ Other 4% n = 144 Municipalities ퟑퟑ Thank you for your attention