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aspern Seestadt Smart City Lab

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 8 claims and 4 source dossiers.

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add /evidencePassport — Added claim-level evidence mapping and source dossiers.
add /revisionHistory — Established a permanent, hash-addressed baseline revision.

8: of 8 claims mapped
4: source dossiers
3: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-913f8a5cec2c765a descriptive

one of Europe's largest urban development areas

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The operator's own homepage states in German: "aspern Seestadt Wiens ist eines der größten Stadtentwicklungsgebiete Europas" ("aspern Seestadt Vienna is one of the largest urban development areas in Europe") — matching the softened 'one of' phrasing used in the entry.
Caveat: This ranking is the site developer's own self-description; no independent ranking of European urban development areas is cited to verify it.

Sources carrying this claim

aspern Seestadt (operator)

Claim 2 clm-b94b3d9ad1be31bd descriptive

doubles as a living energy-research lab

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The operator's homepage describes ASCR as "jenem europaweit einzigartigen Energieforschungsprojekt, das seit 2013 in der Seestadt beheimatet ist" ("that Europe-wide unique energy research project that has been based in the Seestadt since 2013"), supporting the characterisation of the district as an energy-research lab.
Caveat: The source calls this a 'unique energy research project' hosted in the district, not literally a 'living lab' — the entry's wording is a paraphrase, not a quotation.

Sources carrying this claim

aspern Seestadt (operator)

Claim 3 clm-cee2793e62ce61e8 descriptive

Aspern Smart City Research (ASCR) tests smart buildings, grids and user behaviour

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: Smart City Wien states ASCR involves "over 100 researchers from a range of different fields using vast quantities of real-time data from aspern Seestadt to analyse interactions and correlations between user behaviour and building technology", and that ASCR "developed 15 prototype solutions in the fields of smart buildings and grid infrastructure" — together these confirm the buildings/grid/user-behaviour research scope named in the entry.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

Smart City Wien (authority)

Claim 4 clm-96ec24b3f1459cbd quantitative

the district's target of more than 25,000 residents

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The operator's homepage states housing is being built "Schritt für Schritt" (step by step) for "mehr als 25.000 Menschen" ("more than 25,000 people") — an explicit, as-yet-unmet target, matching the entry's 'target of 25,000 residents'.
Caveat: The source states only the target figure, not how many people currently live in the district, so a reader cannot tell from it how close the district is to this target.

Sources carrying this claim

aspern Seestadt (operator)

Claim 5 clm-7a599999be7a8c54 quantitative

60+ research questions answered

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: Smart City Wien states: "ASCR has supplied answers to over 60 research questions."
Caveat: This figure appears on a Smart City Wien page dated 17 January 2018, apparently summarising results at the end of ASCR's first research phase (2013-2018). ASCR has since run a second (2019-2023) and third (2024-2028) research phase, confirmed by the Siemens and City of Vienna press releases in this same source list, but none of the four sources gives an updated total — so it is unclear whether '60+' still reflects the current count.

Sources carrying this claim

Smart City Wien (authority)

Claim 6 clm-4f4fe1a3bbd0a5c8 quantitative

15 prototype smart-building and grid solutions developed

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: Smart City Wien states ASCR "developed 15 prototype solutions in the fields of smart buildings and grid infrastructure."
Caveat: Same dating issue as the research-questions figure: this appears on the 17 January 2018 Smart City Wien page, likely an end-of-first-phase tally, and none of the four sources updates it for the 2019-2023 or 2024-2028 phases.

Sources carrying this claim

Smart City Wien (authority)

Claim 7 clm-85740093df3ca27c quantitative

11 patent applications filed

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: Smart City Wien states ASCR "filed applications for 11 patents."
Caveat: Same dating issue: this figure is on the 17 January 2018 page and no later source in this list confirms or updates it.

Sources carrying this claim

Smart City Wien (authority)

Claim 8 clm-4d25354f01e9eb82 quantitative

the international World Smart City Award won in 2016

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: Smart City Wien states: "In 2016, ASCR won the international World Smart City Award for 'Best Smart Project'."
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

Smart City Wien (authority)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

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8: of 8 claims mapped
4: source dossiers
3: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator: Aspern Smart City Research GmbH & Co KG (ASCR)
Actor types: utility, private
Funding model: mixed
Funding description: Siemens Austria, Wien Energie/Wiener Stadtwerke, Wiener Netze, City of Vienna (Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Wien 3420)
Cost: €36M (2024-2028 research phase)
Ownership: Not recorded
Decision rights: Not recorded
Exit conditions: Not recorded

4 source dossiers

aspern Seestadt (operator) aspern-seestadt.at · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-e5bfc4f5228de7b7
Publisher: Name not classified · aspern-seestadt.at
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-18
Dossier created: 2026-08-22
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Official site of the organisation running the project.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-913f8a5cec2c765a
clm-b94b3d9ad1be31bd
clm-96ec24b3f1459cbd

Smart City Wien (authority) smartcity.wien.gv.at · 5 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-ecf9f8afe1941422
Publisher: Name not classified · smartcity.wien.gv.at
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2018-01-17
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-18
Dossier created: 2026-08-22
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Official page by the city or public authority behind the project.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-cee2793e62ce61e8
clm-7a599999be7a8c54
clm-4f4fe1a3bbd0a5c8
clm-85740093df3ca27c
clm-4d25354f01e9eb82

Siemens Press (partner) press.siemens.com · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-e1ccf36116a5b0eb
Publisher: Name not classified · press.siemens.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2021-11-25
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-18
Dossier created: 2026-08-22
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Page of a partner involved in delivering the project; covers the 2019-2023 research phase.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

City of Vienna press office presse.wien.gv.at · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-3e596a45c4bdb548
Publisher: Name not classified · presse.wien.gv.at
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2024-05-15
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-18
Dossier created: 2026-08-22
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
2024 announcement of ASCR's current 2024-2028 research phase, confirming the programme is still active.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

Known limits of this passport

Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.