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1Driving Energy Efficiency in Smart Cities Startups sharing their view on energy optimizationWe help you in every step of your innovation journeyPartnering with the largest organizations worldwide gives us a line of sight to identify the main pain points affecting each industry. We then focus on sourcing the best startups that can provide the best solutions to these challenges. By collaborating with startups, corporations increase operational efficiencies, decrease costs, find new product lines, and become more innovative from the core.500+ Corporate Partners50+ Offices Worldwide50,000+ Carefully curated international startups in our networkGlobal ReachOne of our greatest ambitions is to make our ecosystem accessible wherever you are. With offices across the world, we're proud to be the world's largest innovation platform by geographic reach.$12bn Plug and Play’s startup community has raised $12bn in venture funding JOIN THE PLATFORM PNPTC.COM/JOINWe connect the best technology startups and the world’s largest corporations.MunichParisAmsterdamBeijingTokyoClevelandValenciaFrankfurtStuttgartSingaporeJakartaAbu DhabiNanjingShanghaiMadridMilanNorthwest ArkansasBangkokKyotoSão PauloDetroitNorth DakotaBen GuerirGenevaViennaTopekaOsakaJohannesburgSeoulTorontoZhengzhouChicagoShenzhenBarcelonaIstanbulWuhanWuxiHamburgAntwerpCairoAlbertaSilicon Valley HeadquartersNur-SultanRiyadhHyderabadSavannahBaselModenaUzbekistanUnited KingdomIntroduction4Startup I - Ubiq6Q&A with Ubiq6About Ubiq7Startup II - BrainBox AI10About BrainBox AI10Q&A with BrainBox AI11Startup III - Eliq15ContentDriving Energy Efficiency in Smart Cities About Eliq15Q&A with Eliq163IntroductionXNovember 2022 We face a pivotal moment. The growing relevance of our daily environmental impact and dependency on energy providers challenge our demand for new energy strategies. The need to act quickly on energy efficiency has never been more present. But why now?  On the one hand, more than half - in terms of 55% - of the global population lives in cities or, more generally, urban areas. Cities are energy-hungry and account for more than 65% of energy consumption and more than 70% of CO2 emissions worldwide, with a prediction to rise. As we start rethinking energy efficiency in urban areas, the question arises of whether to fix or rebuild cities from scratch to be more sustainable. Therefore, smart cities hold much promise for the future if they can successfully respond to the demand for constant energy. On the other hand, as we all know, a global pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine again confront the energy sector with increased pressure for more efficiency. The dependency on Russia's natural gas was always under discussion by the public and governments. To counter this, the IEA - International Energy Agency - published its 10-Point Plan to Reduce the European Union’s Reliance on Russian Natural Gas. We are mentioning that report because IEA focuses on demand reduction through efficiency and