This document discusses the concept of "smart cities" and focuses on smart utilities. It notes that sensors are increasingly being used to collect data from utilities like water and transportation networks. When these sensors are connected through various protocols and their data analyzed, it enables utilities to become smarter. This could transform the utility network and redefine the roles of both utilities and end-customers to allow for more choice, management, and optimization of resources and assets. However, issues around data sharing, value creation, and ensuring inclusiveness need to be addressed for smart utilities to achieve their full potential.

1. Few things I know about « Smart cities » The case of utilities Guillaume FERY May 2010

2. « Smart » what ? … Everything tends to be smart , even my tennis racket. Everybusiness is supposed to be smart : water supply, beach, cinema, fridge, builders, public transportation, etc. Some people are talking about a « smarter planet » in the fields of : Smart health Smart utilities Smart education, etc.

3. A new world More and more sensors in our environment (water, transportation, etc.) Connected appliances, networks with various protocols Centralize databases with sophisticated alogorithms Sensors + Connexions + computerized intelligences = smart

4. New habits & trends in our lives Generation Y Multi equiped homes : phones, TVs, PDAs, Set top box, gateways 2.0 society : everyone of us can be consumer/producer of anything (service, data and energy)

5. The case of smart utilities Market trends New entrants Disruptive technologies (ditributed power generation, renewable, etc.) Aging assets performance New expectations Higher operational efficiency Higher expectation on reliability Desire by custome/consumer for a role in consumption measurement & management

6. The case of utilities : major stakes (water, energy) Transform The utility network A new role for End-customers Ensure clean energy supply More info More choice More management Get involved Control & optimize the assets Measure and optimize activity footprint

7. A new value chain ? Power supply End-customers Power supply End-customers Produce & sell energy New entrant End-customers

8. Some key levers for IT and marketing issues Legitimity of actors : would you let any start-up company managing your central heating and collect data from you home appliances ? Share the value : if energy (or resource management) lead to savings, who will get the value ? What about the end-customer ? Scalability and open source technology : how to communicate with various sensors and protocols ? Java, usb, M-bus, Wifi, WiMax, Zigbee, etc.

9. Let’s be smart, innovative and able to use complex technology … but don’t forget : In the world, 1 billion people have no access to energy At least 70% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Approximately half the world’s population now live in cities and towns. In 2005, approximately 1 billion people was living in slum conditions.

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