<p>Enel is looking for solutions that can contribute to <b>allow people living with disability free mobility when entering and moving around public or private buildings</b>. There is also an interest to look for solutions that can facilitate orienteering inside the buildings for any kind of disability. </p><p>How can we make access and move around public or private buildings <b>an experience that everyone can live independently, simply, efficiently, effectively and safely</b>?</p><p> </p><p>The aim is to empower people living with disabilities unlocking the business, social and economic value of solutions for them.</p><p> </p><p>This challenge provides contribution to the following sustainable development goals (SDGs) to transform our world:</p><ul><li><b>SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth</b></li><li><b>SDG 10: Reduced Inequality</b></li><li><b>SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities</b></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>For questions about the challenge and your proposal you can contact <a href="mailto:disabilityitalia@enel.com " target="_blank">disabilityitalia@enel.com </a></p>

<p>In recent years, the amount of <b>Public Administration Open Data</b> has increased substantially, as well as other datasets publicly available produced by Research, Academic and No Profit institutions, but the maximum benefit from this information has not been fully realized and <b>there are few relevant and impactful services exclusively based on open data analysis</b>. <b>Enel X is looking for new ways of leveraging the open data to create tailored solutions for municipalities</b>.</p><p><br></p><p><i>This is a Reduction to Practice Challenge that requires written documentation and experimental proof-of-concept data.</i></p><p> </p><p><b>OVERVIEW</b></p><p> </p><p><b>Enel X</b> is a global business offering smart, simple, and fast technologies and services to help our customers make more intelligent decisions about the way energy is created, stored and managed. <b>Enel X is interested in identifying new and effective technologies/solutions – ideally based on the open source paradigm - that leverage open data as main input and synergize with the current solutions to deliver added value within our Public Services Offering</b>. Solutions have to be cost-effective making Enel X competitive in tenders while diversifying and enlarging our offer. In particular, solutions have to focus on:</p><ol><li><b>public lighting</b>: innovative solutions to improve the performance and /or simplify operation &amp; maintenance (ex. planning, performance, and predictive analysis)</li><li><b>architectural lighting evolution</b>: to enhance the visual impact of historical and valuable buildings</li><li><b>urban mobility</b> (including e-bus)</li><li><b>city analysis</b>: relevant analysis to produce indicators and actionable insights that can help public administration in planning and managing their services in a most effective way and that can improve citizens quality of life</li></ol><p> </p><p>Enel X thinks it is also particularly useful to monitor the status of the services and the related trends over time, and offer an &quot;intelligence layer&quot; to discover important and significant correlations among the various data points.</p><p> </p><p>Optimal solution can address a real pain point of cities, producing through open data valuable outputs for cities, analysis  useful to improve infrastructures/services operation &amp; maintenance or to increase city resiliency and citizens quality of life.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>This Challenge provides contribution to the following Sustainable Development Goals:</p><p> </p><ul><li><b>SDG 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation</b></li><li><b>SDG 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable</b></li></ul><p><br></p><p><i>- Register now to start solving this Challenge! The full description challenge will be available to logged in users only. -</i></p><p><br></p><p>For questions about the challenge and your proposal you can contact <a href="mailto:EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com" target="_blank">EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com</a></p>

<p>As the world begins to transition into the new normal, we continue to embrace our innovation mindset in order to reimagine the way we do business.</p> <p>This call aims to <b>transform innovation into future solutions for the global energy landscape and the new needs emerging around the world</b>. To do so, we will work closely with solvers, startups and SMEs on challenges that span across our organisation and our business.</p>

We are looking for new <b>technologies</b>, <b>architectures</b> and <b>control strategies</b> to lower energy storage costs and to improve the way our Energy Storage assets are built, operated and maintained, in order to maximize their profitability.

<p><b>Marine litter</b> is a global issue, impacting seas and freshwater systems. Plastics end up in the ocean for a variety of reasons, including poor waste management, illegal dumping, and littering. Solutions are needed to prevent and solve the issues of marine litter and, especially, plastics in water bodies. <b>Space technologies and data can play a significant part in preventing and solving problems relating to this. </b></p><p>Enel’s partner <b>ESA </b>has issued an open <b>competitive tender for a feasibility study offering up to 200K Euro</b> zero equity funding per activity to investigate the technical feasibility and economic viability of space based applications in support of <b>reducing environmental impact of plastics/marine litter</b>, and define a roadmap for services implementation and demonstration.</p><p>For additional information on how to apply, you will be redirected to the ESA website: (see “<a href="https://www.esa.int/Applications/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/Business_Applications" target="_blank">Plastic-Less Society (Feasibility Study)</a>” ref AO10415)</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>This challenge privides contribution to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):</p><ul><li><b>SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation</b></li><li><b>SDG 13: Climate Action</b></li><li><b>SDG 14: Life Below Water</b></li></ul>

<p>The global consulting firm Opinno has partnered up with health and insurance industry leaders Novartis and Grupo Catalana Occidente in the search for technological projects to help with the fight against COVID-19.</p><p><br></p><p>In order to generate value for healthcare professionals and patients in light of the COVID-19 crisis, Opinno has developed the <b>Beat The Vid challenge</b> which aims at improving the prevention, detection, treatment, monitoring and logistics of the virus, as well as helping the recovery and normalization of the healthcare system.</p><p><br></p><p>Through openinnovability.com, Enel is supporting the project born as an initiative of Opinno.</p><p><br></p><p>To apply, you will be redirected to the <a href="https://opinno.io/beatthevid/?lang=en" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Beat The Vid platform</b></a>.</p>

<p>We want to become the leading energy innovation ecosystem with the ability to connect talented people, ideas, expertise, technologies and resources to create the energy of the future. We want to help guide the transformation of the energy sector to make it smarter, more efficient and more reliable, developing new products and services for our clients in the process. </p><p>This is why we want to hear from you!</p><p>We want to work with the best startups worldwide, offering our expertise, opening the doors of our laboratories and guaranteeing the resources required to develop better solutions in a fast way.</p><p>Our Innovation Hub is the point of contact between Enel and the ecosystem, able to connect the brightest minds to the opportunities of a Group present in 32 countries and with 73 million customers around the world.</p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Enel X</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> we aim at driving the evolution of the energy sector. We look at technology and innovation to create opportunities for our customers, so that they can benefit and thrive progress, across the world. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And new and innovative opportunities often come from joining forces.</span></p><p><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is why we want to hear from you.</b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We want to hear how your solution can help businesses, cities and people to create new value, and how it can unleash the power that will support the creation of a new energy future.</span></p><p><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Let us know what is the Enel X challenge that you think you can contribute to solve or just let us know what is your idea of cooperating together!</b></p>

Improvement of existing technologies, integration of renewable power in anthropized environments and use of new renewable resources.