On the Smart Cities Summit in Frankfurt I saw the excellent presentation of Josep Ramón Ferrer. He points the variety of challenging activities which are currently carried out in Barcelona.
Best regards to Josep and Barcelona,
Frank Alexander Reusch
Smart Cities Week Australia 2019 - Case Study: Idaho National LaboratoryPatrick Spedding
INL has a vision to provide clean, secure connected transportation, addressing critical zero-emission transportation system challenges (e.g. grid capabilities and charging strategies). The 10-20 year strategic objective is to demonstrate Autonomous, Connected, Electrified and Shared mobility transportation solutions. A short term goal is to provide a bus electrification management system digital experience, engaging everyone from passengers and drivers to fleet planners, operators and manufacturers.
On the Smart Cities Summit in Frankfurt I saw the excellent presentation of Josep Ramón Ferrer. He points the variety of challenging activities which are currently carried out in Barcelona.
Best regards to Josep and Barcelona,
Frank Alexander Reusch
Smart Cities Week Australia 2019 - Case Study: Idaho National LaboratoryPatrick Spedding
INL has a vision to provide clean, secure connected transportation, addressing critical zero-emission transportation system challenges (e.g. grid capabilities and charging strategies). The 10-20 year strategic objective is to demonstrate Autonomous, Connected, Electrified and Shared mobility transportation solutions. A short term goal is to provide a bus electrification management system digital experience, engaging everyone from passengers and drivers to fleet planners, operators and manufacturers.
Future of transport Insights from Discussions Building on an Initial Perspe...Future Agenda
The initial perspective on the Future of Transport kicked off the Future Agenda 2.0 global discussions taking place through 2015. This summary builds on the initial view and is updated as we progress the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Presentation delivered Raj Mack, Head of Digital Birmingham, to a delegation of senior officials from the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India on 24 September 2015 in Birmingham.
SMART ENERGY. The fundamental role of the energy sector in the Smart City Con...rnogues
Because cities are major CO2 emitters especially in Europe, America and Asia, this session focuses on analyzing future challenges to improve energy efficiency in order to meet commitments acquired by the EU member states by 2020. Within this session will explore the latest projects being implemented for energy production using renewable energies, the development of new models for managing electrical networks and existing commitment to technologies reducing energy consumption in cities with the aim of reducing their environmental impact. Therefore, we propose the following objectives for the session:
Present new unconventional energy sources that are environmentally friendly .
Introduce projects of mass-manufactured electric vehicles, tailored to the needs of users living in cities.
Present developments in the field of smart grids and new energy storage possibilities.
Determine the impact of new energy technologies to installations in which are applied as well as to the economy of cities.
Explain the new regulations on energy both European and national levels.
Vienna’s “Smarter Together” urban renewal project area is located between the main road “Simmeringer Hauptstraße” and the Eastern rail track (i.e. the quarters of Geiselberg, Enkplatz, Braunhuberviertel). In total, 21.000 inhabitants will directly benefit from smart solutions in the areas of refurbishment, energy, mobility and information and communication technology.
EU-Project Smarter Together Munich Documentation of Activities and AchievementsPavlína Dravecká
In cooperation with Vienna and Lyon, the City of Munich was chosen in 2015 to host the European Smarter Together project. Since then, all three cities have been working together on intelligent solutions for the smart city of tomorrow: Energy system refurbishment in housing complexes, mobility stations, neighbourhood sharing boxes and smart lamp posts are only a few of the sustainable measures on which Munich's local government is collaborating with local residents and partners from industry, and research to transform the Neuaubing-Westkreuz/Freiham project area into a smart urban district that is fit for the future. The model measures we have developed for Smarter Together set an example for other urban districts and cities throughout Europe.
The glossy brochure aims to document the activities and achievements of the City of Munich and its partners within and thanks to the SMARTER TOGETHER project as of a January 2019.
The structure of the brochure is as follows: After a brief preface of the mayor of the City of Munich, there is an introduction of the SMARTER TOGETHER projects which gives information about the common goals, the partner cities, the local partners as well as the Munich project area.
The main part is focusing on the activities and achievements in Munich after three years of implementation and is divided into the sections: Citizen and Stakeholder Engagement, Mobility, Energy and Technology.
The document concludes with an outlook on the next activities on monitoring, evaluation and replication.
This report reflects only the author’s view, neither the European Commission nor INEA is responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
Implementing ITU-T International Standards to Shape Smart Sustainable CitiesITU
Smart Sustainable Case Studies : Dubai
This case study is the first of its kind, developed by ITU, detailing Dubai’s journey towards becoming a smart city. the ITU-T Recommendations Y.4901/L.1601 and ITU-T Y.4902/L.1602 were piloted in Dubai to determine their feasibility and to measure Dubai’s level of success in its smart city venture.
CUD Conference BREAKOUT Agenda - Amsterdam 23-24 September 2008Shane Mitchell
Breakout sessions agenda detailing speakers and themes across the two day conference bringing together thought leaders from business, city governments and academia to share knowledge, experiences and collaborate to drive forward the CUD program.
Urban EcoMap provides urban communities with relevant data regarding the primary GHG contributors—transportation, waste, and energy. Building awareness, fostering a sense of community connection and responsibility, and providing actions for citizens to take will enable the reduction of GHG in cities. In addition, it will support decision-making for policymakers and business organizations, as well as for urban design, development and operations, and the research of urban, earth, and social scientists.
Begun in fall 2008, the pilot project is a collaborative effort involving Cisco IBSG—the global strategic consulting arm of Cisco—and San Francisco’s Department of the Environment (SF Environment). The organizations are jointly applying an urban services platform approach toward which visionary cities and the ICT industry are moving.
Urban EcoMap is a landmark innovation and a key element of the Connected Urban Development program’s Connected and Sustainable Cities framework. San Francisco is the first city worldwide to launch Urban EcoMap, introduced on May 21st 2009.
Future of transport Insights from Discussions Building on an Initial Perspe...Future Agenda
The initial perspective on the Future of Transport kicked off the Future Agenda 2.0 global discussions taking place through 2015. This summary builds on the initial view and is updated as we progress the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Presentation delivered Raj Mack, Head of Digital Birmingham, to a delegation of senior officials from the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India on 24 September 2015 in Birmingham.
SMART ENERGY. The fundamental role of the energy sector in the Smart City Con...rnogues
Because cities are major CO2 emitters especially in Europe, America and Asia, this session focuses on analyzing future challenges to improve energy efficiency in order to meet commitments acquired by the EU member states by 2020. Within this session will explore the latest projects being implemented for energy production using renewable energies, the development of new models for managing electrical networks and existing commitment to technologies reducing energy consumption in cities with the aim of reducing their environmental impact. Therefore, we propose the following objectives for the session:
Present new unconventional energy sources that are environmentally friendly .
Introduce projects of mass-manufactured electric vehicles, tailored to the needs of users living in cities.
Present developments in the field of smart grids and new energy storage possibilities.
Determine the impact of new energy technologies to installations in which are applied as well as to the economy of cities.
Explain the new regulations on energy both European and national levels.
Vienna’s “Smarter Together” urban renewal project area is located between the main road “Simmeringer Hauptstraße” and the Eastern rail track (i.e. the quarters of Geiselberg, Enkplatz, Braunhuberviertel). In total, 21.000 inhabitants will directly benefit from smart solutions in the areas of refurbishment, energy, mobility and information and communication technology.
EU-Project Smarter Together Munich Documentation of Activities and AchievementsPavlína Dravecká
In cooperation with Vienna and Lyon, the City of Munich was chosen in 2015 to host the European Smarter Together project. Since then, all three cities have been working together on intelligent solutions for the smart city of tomorrow: Energy system refurbishment in housing complexes, mobility stations, neighbourhood sharing boxes and smart lamp posts are only a few of the sustainable measures on which Munich's local government is collaborating with local residents and partners from industry, and research to transform the Neuaubing-Westkreuz/Freiham project area into a smart urban district that is fit for the future. The model measures we have developed for Smarter Together set an example for other urban districts and cities throughout Europe.
The glossy brochure aims to document the activities and achievements of the City of Munich and its partners within and thanks to the SMARTER TOGETHER project as of a January 2019.
The structure of the brochure is as follows: After a brief preface of the mayor of the City of Munich, there is an introduction of the SMARTER TOGETHER projects which gives information about the common goals, the partner cities, the local partners as well as the Munich project area.
The main part is focusing on the activities and achievements in Munich after three years of implementation and is divided into the sections: Citizen and Stakeholder Engagement, Mobility, Energy and Technology.
The document concludes with an outlook on the next activities on monitoring, evaluation and replication.
This report reflects only the author’s view, neither the European Commission nor INEA is responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
Implementing ITU-T International Standards to Shape Smart Sustainable CitiesITU
Smart Sustainable Case Studies : Dubai
This case study is the first of its kind, developed by ITU, detailing Dubai’s journey towards becoming a smart city. the ITU-T Recommendations Y.4901/L.1601 and ITU-T Y.4902/L.1602 were piloted in Dubai to determine their feasibility and to measure Dubai’s level of success in its smart city venture.
CUD Conference BREAKOUT Agenda - Amsterdam 23-24 September 2008Shane Mitchell
Breakout sessions agenda detailing speakers and themes across the two day conference bringing together thought leaders from business, city governments and academia to share knowledge, experiences and collaborate to drive forward the CUD program.
Urban EcoMap provides urban communities with relevant data regarding the primary GHG contributors—transportation, waste, and energy. Building awareness, fostering a sense of community connection and responsibility, and providing actions for citizens to take will enable the reduction of GHG in cities. In addition, it will support decision-making for policymakers and business organizations, as well as for urban design, development and operations, and the research of urban, earth, and social scientists.
Begun in fall 2008, the pilot project is a collaborative effort involving Cisco IBSG—the global strategic consulting arm of Cisco—and San Francisco’s Department of the Environment (SF Environment). The organizations are jointly applying an urban services platform approach toward which visionary cities and the ICT industry are moving.
Urban EcoMap is a landmark innovation and a key element of the Connected Urban Development program’s Connected and Sustainable Cities framework. San Francisco is the first city worldwide to launch Urban EcoMap, introduced on May 21st 2009.
Integrated Urban Electric Mobility Solutions in the Context of the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda
InCo flagship project on “Urban mobility and sustainable electrification in large urban areas in developing and emerging economies”
Smart cities - Comparison among EU modelsMirko Podda
The general objective of the work is to compare cities in different european countries. Our research is focused on giving a general overview of smart cities situated in Germany, Poland and Sardinia.
Starting from two European programs named: “The Smart Cities and Communities EIP” and “The Covenant of Majors”, we show how the cities object of our study have used these ones in order to be “Smarter”.
A city can be defined ‘smart’ when invests in human & social capital, traditional and modern communication infrastructures, sustainable economic development and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources, through participatory action and engagement. A City can be considered "smart" when achieves evaluable performances considering 6 characteristics, built on the ‘smart’ combination of activities of self-decisive, independent and aware citizens.
Smart Cities and ICT - An assessment framework for Smart City ICT architectureHakan Demirel
There are many definitions of a <Smart City>, and almost all identify ICT as the key enabler. But, what are the characteristics of a smart city, and what is the role of ICT in enabling those characteristics? Moreover, how ICT maturity can be assessed in a smart city context?
The slides give a brief on smart city concepts, elaborate on the role of ICT in smart city enablement and also introduce an EA framework to assess ICT maturity of smart cities.
The presentation was illustrated at the CEEM CoP Webinar: “Achieving Low Carbon Mobility: Urban Transportation Modelling, Public Awareness and Behavioural Change" on tge 10th of October 2013
CEEM CoP stands for Community Energy and Emissions Modelling (CEEM) Community of Practice (CoP).
CEEM CoP is an informal group supporting CEEM practitioners and local governments in furthering greenhouse gas modelling, target-setting and action in communities across BC – www.toolkit.bc.ca/ceem
Mobility is an important part of daily life. Progressive community planning and transportation design can greatly reduce the need for automobile travel, instead providing a diverse range of active transportation alternatives.
This presentation on the CATCH project looks at how transportation-related data can be used to understand a city’s travel footprint and help to inform city planning and programs to promote individual behaviour change.
It reviews the findings and lessons learned from the ‘CATCH Project’ (Carbon Aware Travel Choice): a 2 million euro-funded project, involving 11 partners across 6 European Union countries, aimed to develop a knowledge platform to help urban communities move to less carbon-intensive transportation systems. This presentation touches on the important role of developing a system to compare and contrast best practices, identify the many motivators for change to low carbon mobility, and use tools for engaging the public and decision makers to support innovation and change.
The Connected Bus: Connected and Sustainable Mobility PilotShane Mitchell
Pilot Results Paper - The Connected Bus is a proof of concept in the city of San Francisco that can be referenced by other cities and scaled around the globe.
The vision for The Connected Bus is to develop a smart transportation system that enhances the customer experience when using public transportation. The pilot was designed to provide passengers with real-time information and to streamline transportation-management operations and deliver capabilities and services that address the reduction of carbon emissions and operational costs.
REPLICATE, “Renaissance of PLaces with Innovative Citizenship And TEchnology”, is funded by a 29M grant from Horizon 2020, the main EU program fostering research and innovation actions. This
project belongs to the “Lighthouse” call (Smart Cities and Communities solutions integrating energy, transport, ICT sectors through lighthouse (large scale demonstration - first of the kind) projects), one of the most competitive in the program.
REPLICATE aims to increase the quality of life for citizens across Europe by demonstrating the impact of innovative technologies used to co-create smart city services with citizens, and prove the optimal process for replicating successes within cities and across cities.
In particular, Dr. Igor Calzada (PhD), MBA, will lead – as the person in charge of the project from the University of Oxford, experts in smart city replication strategies and implementions –, the WP8 Replication which will contribute to innovative solutions and methodologies in the field of city-to-city learning and benchmarking. In particular, the strategic and ethnographic analysis will take account of the lessons learnt by the ongoing ESRC Urban Transformation portfolio. Similarly, the replication and adaptability plans of the follower, lighthouse and observer cities will be based on the policy transfer and knowledge exchange foundations that the Future of Cities programme and the ESRC Urban Transformations portfolio is currently developing.
The Business Case for Smart Cities
• What is a Smart City?
• Where are the Smart Cities?
• Does Smart = Sustainable?
• How can the investment be justified?
• How can success be measured?
Um projeto da prefeitura de Amsterdam e da cidade de Almere criou Smart Work Centers, locais na periferia da cidade onde as pessoas podem ir trabalhar, evitando seu deslocamento até o centro da cidade. Uma ideia interessante...
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
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In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3
Connecting Cities for Sustainable Living: An Urban Revolution
1. Program Briefing
Connecting Cities for Sustainable Living: An Urban Revolution
An Overview of the Connected Urban Development Program
For the first time in human history, the majority of people live in urban areas1. Cities consume 75
percent of the world's energy and are responsible for 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions 2.
Connected Urban Development (CUD) is a five-year program that was developed through Cisco’s
participation in the Clinton Global Initiative. Traditional approaches to reducing carbon emissions
have consisted of using less energy, other forms of energy, and capturing and storing carbon. CUD
takes a different approach by changing how cities deliver services to residents, how residents work,
how traffic flow is managed, how public transportation operates, and how real estate resources are
used and managed.
CUD aims to reduce global carbon emissions while simultaneously promoting economic development
by fundamentally changing the way cities operate and use natural resources. CUD is a public-private
partnership between Cisco and cities around the world that demonstrates how information and
communication technology (ICT) and network connectivity can increase efficiencies and reduce
carbon emissions in urban environments.
The CUD blueprint comprises a number of building blocks—work, mobility, buildings, energy, and
sustainable socioeconomics—which are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. A Blueprint for City Transformation
Source: Cisco, Connected Urban Development, 2010
1
Source: UN-HABITAT State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 Report
2
Source: UN-HABITAT State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 Report
2. Program Briefing
CUD was launched in partnership with the cities of San Francisco, Amsterdam, and Seoul in 2006. In
2008, four new cities joined the program: Birmingham, Hamburg, Lisbon, and Madrid. Cisco and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mobile Experience Lab3—which provided additional
research—work together to provide thought leadership and develop programs in support of each
city's strategic planning process.
By using network connectivity for communication, collaboration, and urban planning, CUD is helping
cities improve efficiencies in the following areas:
● Service delivery
● Traffic management
● Public transportation
● Real estate
● Carbon footprint monitoring tools
Two CUD conferences took place in 2008: the first was in San Francisco, February 20 and 21; the
second was in Amsterdam, September 23 and 24. The third CUD Global Conference 4 on 21 and 22
May 2009, co-hosted by Cisco and the city of Seoul, provided program updates to the global
community of business, research, academic, and civic leaders. All three conferences have presented
innovative approaches to connected and sustainable cities being developed by the CUD cities, as
well as by other cities and global partners from business, NGO’s and academia.
The CUD program has gained significant recognition as a result of the successful development of the
proof-of-concept pilots achieved to date. CUD has been selected by the European Commission as a
top “Benchmark of Excellence” program within the continental “Covenant of Mayors” energy efficiency
initiative, an official partner of the ‘Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign’, and has also been
recognized as one of the most successful project commitments to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Impact and Updates
Areas of focus for each city are as follows:
● Amsterdam: Connected and sustainable work and living solutions
● San Francisco: Smart mobility and eco-footprint monitoring
● Seoul: Connected and sustainable mobility solutions
● Birmingham: EnergyWise buildings and ICT
● Hamburg: Intelligent traffic management
● Lisbon: Smart UrbanEnergy for Schools
● Madrid: UrbanEnergy Management for homes and communities
3
http://mobile.mit.edu
4
www.connectecurbandevelopment.org/conferences
3. Program Briefing
Connected Urban Development portal: The CUD
community engages through the program website. The
online presence seeks to update / engage / inform cities and
public on CUD. The website
at: www.ConnectedUrbanDevelopment.org, contains a
wealth
of information regarding CUD Solutions Toolkit, community
features and access to full suite of multimedia content from
the conferences and proof of concept projects.
Cisco has developed a ‘CUD Solutions Toolkit’5 that includes lessons learned, best practices,
economic and environmental value case models, and CUD project outcomes.
Proof-of-Concept Pilots Progress
More than 12 CUD pilots have been successfully launched, with “CUD Solution toolkit” content made
widely available. Toolkits include executive decks describing the projects, “how to” project guides,
reusable economic and environmental value-case models, technical architectures, and reference
sites for customer visits.
Following are the CUD pilots launched as of March 2010:
Personal Travel Assistant (PTA): A web-based service architecture allowing people to access real-
time transportation information and multimodal transportation routing services on any web-enabled
device, from any location, helping improve the transit experience and reduce personal carbon
footprint. The service is being piloted in Seoul (Seoul PTA6) and Amsterdam,
Smart Transportation Pricing: A GPS- and wireless-based solution providing functionality and
services for next-generation road-use charging and integrated transportation pricing. A prototype
service is being piloted in Seoul to allow flexible transportation pricing through innovative charging
schemes based on time and distance, in an effort to reduce traffic and parking congestion.
Urban EcoMap7: A web based solution aimed at providing
citizens, businesses, and policymakers with visual, transparent,
and integrated information on CO2 emissions across
transportation, buildings, energy, and waste, on a zip-code
aggregated level. The application was launched in May 2009 at
the CUD Global Conference to the citizens of San Francisco and
to other global cities. The concept is now scaled to Amsterdam,
5
www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/toolkit
6
http://topis.seoul.go.kr/pta, launched in May 2009
7
www.urbanecomap.org, launched in May 2009
4. Program Briefing
with technology partnerships and visualization applications currently being developed in the next
phase.
Smart Work Center (SWC): A regional network of neighborhood professional work and community
centers supporting travel virtualization and enabling mobile working practices. Integrating
TelePresence with virtual office solutions, the SWC offers a professional work environment near
residential areas to lower energy use and carbon emissions. It is equipped with networking
technology, collaboration tools, and social amenities. Launched in Amsterdam and Almere
(Netherlands) in September 2008, the SWC concept and business model are now being scaled in
Amsterdam and other cities around the world, including locations in South Korea, Europe, the United
States, and India.
The Connected Bus8: A wireless and Unified Communications-based architecture aimed at
improving travelers’ experience and enabling dynamically organized transportation system
capabilities for city authorities. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Cisco launched a
Connected Bus pilot to encourage citizens to use the city’s bus system. The user research and value-
case analysis are now available, and the pilot is being replicated in other cities globally.
UrbanEnergy Management: A broadband-based architecture enabling
information sharing about energy generation, consumption, and usage
patterns in homes and open spaces. Relying on Home Energy Controller
and neighborhood Urban Energy Controller solutions, the concept is being
piloted in Madrid, where it was launched in a 22-apartment block. The
team is now working on developing a business case for the rollout.
Smart UrbanEnergy for Schools: A school-based architecture that
incorporates EnergyWise, an IP-enabled Demand-Side Management
solution for cogeneration, and a web-based tool for student and family
outreach on energy efficiency. The pilot was launched in three schools,
and the team is now working on extending the solution to other schools
and municipal buildings.
EnergyWise in Public Buildings: In Birmingham, CUD is beta-testing an EnergyWise solution
across the building infrastructure of the city council.
8
www.theconnectedbus.org, launched in February 2008
5. Program Briefing
Intelligent Traffic Management: In Hamburg, a multimodal traffic management project passed its
planning phase, with implementation expected in 2010.
In order to effectively manage the overall CUD initiative, Cisco and the CUD cities have established a
CUD Steering Committee to focus on program governance and tracking the projects' results.
MIT Research 9
MIT’s Mobile Experience Lab have delivered six visionary outputs from their
engagement in the CUD program with Cisco and the cities. This has been in
the form of flash demo’s, student classes and a sustainability innovation
inventory of leading examples of technology application being used today. This
has culminated in the book ‘Connected Sustainable Cities’ written by two
leading academic researchers at MIT, and looks at the future applications of
technology in the way we move about, work and live in cities.
The CUD Alliance: A Next Generation Innovation Initiative
In the next phase of the program’s evolution, The CUD Alliance10 was announced on September
24th2010. The Alliance —under the governance and secretariat of The Climate Group11 as an
independent NGO— aims at bringing together cities, business partners and NGO into a global
industry platform approach for IT in the sustainable city.
To learn more about CUD, please visit; www.ConnectedUrbanDevelopment.org
Main Contacts
Nicola Villa, Global Director, Connected Urban Development, nvilla@cisco.com
Shane Mitchell, Program Manager, Connected Urban Development, shanmitc@cisco.com
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www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/mit
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http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/prod_092409b.html
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www.theclimategroup.org
6. Program Briefing
Appendix 1 – Connected Urban Development: Economic and Environmental Value Case
Summaries
The CUD initiative is delivering a series of Proof of Concept (PoC) programs, which are intended to
illustrate the opportunities for ICT to deliver Connected and Sustainable Urban environments. At the
PoC or pilot stage of the CUD initiatives, the benefits to energy and climate change can be provided
on an ex-ante basis.
For the most advanced pilot projects; The Connected Bus, Smart Work Center, Personal Travel
Assistant and Smart Transportation Pricing, we have developed Value Case models 12, as part of the
solutions toolkit that is provided on the CUD community website.
Value Case Summaries:
1 - The Connected Bus
Cisco has developed a value case to estimate the economic case for bus travel, the net
environmental impact and an assessment of the range of possible reductions enabled by The
Connected Bus.
The hypothesis of the value case study is that investment in improving the effectiveness of the bus
service is a positive Net Present Value (NPV) proposition that can lead to a net reduction in
emissions. The comparison baseline is that of business-as-usual, against a technologically enhanced
approach.
Economic and Environmental Costs
Delivery the functionality displayed on The Connected Bus requires a cumulative investment of
US$115,000, or nearly $68,000 (NPV) over 10 years. This represents a 10-year cost per passenger
of 6.8 cents, compared with the $2.38 operating cost per passenger over this period for the standard
bus.
A cumulative 10-year emission per bus of 87.39 tons based on hardware and operational
expenditures is projected.
Economic Benefits
Reliability. The Connected Bus is available for an additional 30 hours per year, resulting in an
increase in ridership of 3,000 passengers, and an increase in revenue of $2,070 per year.
Passenger Information. The principal benefit is to reduce the perceived transfer times, resulting in an
additional 20,625 bus trips per year.
Vendor Integration. An IP platform would allow equipment vendors to swap and transmit information
using IP rather than proprietary standards. This would allow tighter and more effective integration of
vendor services, likely leading to lower costs in the long term. Over the 10-year life of the bus, this is
equivalent to $500 a year.
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All of the ex-ante value cases need to be considered in conjunction with the assumptions, and scenarios stated in the model
logic descriptions, as provided in the CUD solutions toolkit: http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/toolkit
7. Program Briefing
Traffic-light Integration. The Connected Bus allows information to be passed to local traffic lights,
either holding the green light for an extended time or shortening the red-light cycle. This provides a
3.13 percent decrease in the usual bus-route-trip time of 90 minutes, suggesting a 1.56 percent
improvement in ridership, some 7,734 additional riders each year and revenue of $5,337.
This provides a NPV of $2.3 thousand at a discount rate of 12 percent per bus. The work has a 10-
year cumulative revenue of $115.9 thousand and a 10-year cumulative cost of $100.3 thousand.
Environmental Benefits
The environmental benefits are calculated in a simple manner that avoids some of the complexity of a
detailed environmental impact analysis. The aggregate increased ridership per year is estimated to
be 12,281. Assuming that 5 percent of these trips replaced a car trip then some 614 additional car
trips were avoided. With an average car trip of 6.3 miles (10 kilometres) this provides a reduction in
carbon emission of 1,228 tons. Subtracting the 87 tons construction footprint, yields a net
environmental benefit of 1,141 tons over 10 years.
2 - Smart Work Center
Smart Work Centres (SWCs) provide a decentralised connected workplace for employees to
collaborate and work. A SWC provides high speed secure wireless connectivity and telepresence like
communication facilities in an appealing working environment,
This summary documents the economic and environmental costs and benefits of a company 100 full
time equivalents (FTEs) to a SWC.
Space Requirements
A SWC uses less space per employee. The 100 employees in the SWC would require 1,301 square
metres, a net reduction in office space of 929 square metres. At the assumed value, this produces a
one off benefit of € 1,832,690.
Energy requirements
A traditional office is estimated to consume around 186.22 KWHrs/m2/ year for office equipment and
lighting and 2.37 therms/m2/year of natural gas for heating. The reduction in office space per
employee leads to a commensurate reduction in electricity and natural gas use. The reduction of 929
square metres, at the modelled price of electricity yields an annual benefit of € 25,946 in electricity
savings and a natural gas benefit of € 4,949 each year.
Environmental Impact
Using the SWC requires some additional power per square meter, 216.3, applied to a smaller area,
1,301 square meters. This provides 281,398 KWHrs/year electricity use (219 tonnes), a reduction of
133,863 KWhrs each year (104 tonnes). Over ten years this provides an avoided GHG emission of
1,044 tonnes. This is a 33% reduction in GHG emissions.
Economic Impact
The cash flows associated with the proposal show a net positive position with an economic gain of €
13,865 per employee over the ten year period.
8. Program Briefing
User assessment
Current users were generally found to have positive experiences:
• Average grade on SWC experience (scale 1-10): 7.7
• Reduction of travel time is main motivation with choice of location as value differentiator (significant
difference between private sector users (car oriented) versus city of Amsterdam users (public
transport oriented)
• Average time gain is 66 minutes per SWC working day.13
3 - Smart Transportation Pricing
Smart transportation pricing provides cities with intelligence and flexible tools to manage
transportation demand in urban areas. It enables cities to charge intelligent fees for road use and
communicate transportation-related information in real time, taking advantage of global positing
systems (GPS) and wireless communications technology.
In Seoul the impacts of the pilot program has been evaluated and analyzed for their transportation
and environmental aspects.
Effects in transportation are evaluated in terms of average travel speed, average travel time, vehicle
kilometer trip, traffic volume. Effects in environment are evaluated in terms of amount reduction of
Nox, PM10, CO2
Compared to the base scenario, the evaluation results show improved effects in both transportation
and environment sectors. 14
• In transportation sector, travel speed increases by 5.56%, travel time decreases by 5.13%, Vehicle
Kilometer Trip (VKT) decreases by 13.4%, traffic volume decreases by 13.7%
• In the environment sector, PM10 decreases by 17%, CO2 decreases by 16%.
4 – Personal Travel Assi stant
The Personal Travel Assistant (PTA) is a service designed to resolve complex, frustrating
experiences within urban transportation environments. PTA integrates urban transportation services,
experiences, and transactions, providing travel information and support in a convenient format
through various information channels and devices (including PCs, mobile phones, and kiosks). PTA
streamlines transactions, route selection, and “disruption management” (such as response to traffic
congestion), and integrates with other services such as calendaring and social networking.
In Seoul the impacts of the pilot program has been evaluated and analyzed for their transportation
and environmental aspects.
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Reference qualitative analysis by Telematic Instituut, February 2009:
http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/pdf/toolkit/SWC_user_evaluation_results_Feb09.pdf
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Reference value case analysis by Seoul Development Institute, December 2008:
http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/pdf/toolkit/sdi_cud_seoul_research_final-eng.pdf
9. Program Briefing
Effects in transportation are evaluated in terms of average travel speed, average travel time, vehicle
kilometer trip, traffic volume. Effects in environment are evaluated in terms of amount reduction of
Nox, PM10, CO2
Compared to the base scenario, in the optimum scenario assessed, the evaluation results show
improved effects in both transportation and environment sectors. 15
• In transportation sector, travel speed increases by 24.58%, travel time decreases by 19.46%,
Vehicle Kilometer Trip (VKT) decreases by 40.64%, traffic volume decreases by 23.9%
• In the environment sector, PM10 decreases by 5%, CO2 decreases by 1%, and Nox decrease by
13%.
Qualitative survey findings:
In 2008, as part of the value case study, Seoul Development Institute surveyed to 100 Seoul
residents explored how users’ behavior patterns and response to the information provided via PTA
style services. The survey result shows that persons’ attitudes are positive in terms of PTA service
(68.9%) and information preference (63.1%).
5 - Smart UrbanEnergy for Schools
Through partnership with the city of Lisbon and the Portuguese Ministry of Education, this project
aims to showcase how technology can improve global energy efficiency in both the built environment
and energy networks. Energy savings of 33.4 percent were achieved 16 during the first few months of
the pilot.
6 - UrbanEnergy Management for Homes & Communities
This pilot with the city of Madrid explores how energy is generated, managed, and consumed. A 33-
apartment building is being outfitted with bioclimatic design and design innovations based on a
broadband infrastructure that shares information about energy generation, consumption, and usage.
These innovations can deliver estimated energy savings of 75 and 85 percent. 17
Further value cases will be developed, as the pilots advance. All value cases will be posted
to www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/toolkit for access by the global community of cities and
partners.
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Based on initial findings from the pilot study. Further information on EnergyWise is available at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns726/intro_content_energywise.html , including a scenario based value case model.
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Estimated on an ex-ante basis by the City of Madrid, Department for Urbanism and Housing.