MARCH 2023

UTwin wins the Edison NEXT prize at the TIM Smart City Challenge

TIM has launched the Smart City Challenge initiative, aimed at startups and SMEs that can propose innovative solutions in the Smart City field.

UTwin won the Edison NEXT award, one of the initiative's partners committed to decarbonization and ecological transition. In the smart city field in particular, Edison NEXT develops initiatives that put people and the environment at the centre, with the aim of making mobility, spaces and buildings in neighbourhoods and cities increasingly smart and sustainable.

For this reason, the Edison Group company decided to award UTwin for its commitment to developing innovative solutions for collaborativa and sustainable building management. Our software solution fits into the perspective proposed by the competition for the adoption of smart and sustainable city models.

Our software solution fits in with the competition's proposal for the adoption of smart and sustainable city models.

The initiative was attended by 170 startups, scaleups and innovative companies from 21 countries, among them 7 were awarded with a prize during the event held in Rome on March 7th.

According to a study by Politecnico di Milano, the Italian Smart City market is growing rapidly; it is estimated that investments will exceed 10 billion euros by 2027, mainly due to the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan), which was stipulated to jumpstart the economy following the pandemic.