Introduction to the summer course 'Smart City Solution and implementation” at the American University of Science and Technology - Beirut (AUST) - Summer 2015

1. Smart
City
solu.on
and
implementa.on
AUST
Summer
Course
Chapter
0
:
Introduc.on
Professor
Isam
SHAHROUR
Isam.shahrour@univ-­‐lille1.fr

2. -­‐ 50%
of
the
world
popula.on
(70%
en
2050)
-­‐ 80%
of
the
economic
ac.vity
-­‐ 70
%
of
the
energy
consump.on
-­‐ 80
%
of
the
greenhouse
emission
Why
the
City
?

3. What
is
the
City
?
Place
of
the
city
in
the
environmental
challenges
?
Why
the
Smart
City
Solu.on
?

4. The
City
Area
Inhabitants
Organiza.on
Economic
ac.vity
Services
(Water,
mobility,
energy,
health,
educa.on)
Infrastructure
&
construc.ons

5. City
–
Environmental
challenges
Area
Inhabitants
Organiza.on
Economic
ac.vity
Services
(Water,
mobility,
energy,
health,
educa.on)
Infrastructure
&
construc.ons
Energy
Water
Raw
materials
Food
Air
Greenhouse
Air
pollu/on
Waste
water
Solid
waste
Soil
pollu/on

6. City
–
Environmental
challenges
Area
Inhabitants
Organiza.on
Economic
ac.vity
Services
(Water,
mobility,
energy,
health,
educa.on)
Infrastructure
&
construc.ons
Energy
Water
Raw
materials
Food
Air
Greenhouse
Air
pollu/on
Waste
water
Solid
waste
Soil
pollu/on
Reduc.on
?
Reduc.on
?

7. Urban
Infrastructure
challenges
• Huge
..
• High
cost
• Old,
modern
Not
adapted
to
today
requirement
(sustainability)
• Transporta/on
• Water
(drinking,
waste)
• Energy
(electrical,
gas,
hea/ng/cooling)
• Solid
waste
• Telecommunica/on

8. Strategies
to
meet
the
city
challenges
:
1)
Update
exis/ng
infrastructure
:
rebuild,
renova/on,
extension,...
High
cost,
takes
long
/me
• Financial
crisis
• Urgent
ac/ons

9. Use
of
Smart
Technology
(Smart
City)
Strategies
to
meet
the
sustainability
challenges
:
What
is
the
Smart
City
Concept
?
New
waves
of
technology
are
incorporated
into
city
management
this
is
t
the
heart
of
smart
ci.es
Quite
simple:
• Technology
is
used
to
make
living
in
a
city
easier
for
ci/zens
• Systems
and
devices
communicate
and
interact
to
beLer
manage
resources
and
services

10. Use
of
Smart
Technology
(Smart
City)
Sharing
Strategies
to
meet
the
sustainability
challenges
:

11. Smart
city
technology
allows
• Real-­‐.me
monitoring
and
control
• Op.mal
management
of
resources
• Rapid
ac.on
in
the
case
of
abnormal
event
(leakage,
contamina.on,
overload,..)
• Stakeholders
implica.on
and
par.cipa.on

12. Lecture
1:
World
challenges
&
Place
of
the
City
(Ch1)
Lecture
2
:
Sustainable
City
(Ch2)
Lecture
3
:
Introduc.on
to
the
Smart
City
(ch3)
Course
organisa.on
Lecture
4
:
Case
Study
(prepara.on)
Lecture
5
:
Smart
Water
(ch4)
Lecture
6
:
Smart
Electrical
Grid
(ch5)
Lecture
7
:
Smart
hea.ng
–
Smart
Cooling
(ch6)
Lecture
8
:
Communica.on
Technology
(Ch7)
&
Economic
Model
(Ch
8)
Lecture
9
:
Case
Study
(short
presenta.on)
Lecture
10
:
Case
study
&
final
exam

13. Video
:
Smart
City