Smart city, a city which applies technologies making the city more usable for citizens

A City Perspective – The importance of Smart Cities and benefits to the local councils and communities

Bristol, June 2015

Sergi FiguerolaChief Technology and Innovation Officer

i2CAT@sfiguerola

SmartCitya city which applies technologies making the city more usable for citizens

1. GLOBAL CHALLENGE: CENTURY OF CITIES

Smart city management means ensuring citizen quality of life, who will have

further and more complex needs, and to efficiently allocate resources.

2. TECHNOLOGY IS AN ENABLER, NOT THE GOAL

TECHNOLOGY: Networks, information, data analytics

Better decisions and policy-making

More efficient resource allocation

Citizen/ stakeholder empowerment

More open, transparent and participatory

Opportunity to do things differently. In a smarter way

CityOS

Technology is

core in the

current(r)evolution

CityOS We are dealing with networks, services, citizens, resources… the challenge is on building SDC (Software Defined Cities)

2. TECHNOLOGY IS AN ENABLER: CityOS

Citizens

Data Acquisition Platform

Public Administration

API for 3rd

party apps

CEPSemantic

DBs

Analytics

Big Data

Business Intelligence

BCN CityOS

Regoin

BCN CityOS Initiative“ the mind of the city”

3. LOCAL CHALLENGE: DEFINE TWO CLEAR GOALS

4. TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT & CITIZEN

ENGAGEMENT

But we must do it in an OPEN,

INCLUSIVE and PARTICIPATORY way

5. STRATEGIC PLAN: HOLISTIC MODEL

22 programs

200 projects

BREAK SILOS

High complexity

EXAMPLES OF BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND COMMUNITY

WI FI664 points WiFi

Equivalent 10.6 points/Km2

300 users/ hotspotUSERS x2 since 2013

Wi-Fi Hotspots Δ62% since2013

(World avg 29%)100 m

Max distance between points

1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS 16. SMART REGULATION

4. SMART LIGHTING

BARCELONA LIGHTING MASTER PLAN

POINT TO POINT REMOTE CONTROL

LED LIGHT

SAVINGS 30% CONSUMPTION4.5 M€/ yrROI = 5 yr

6. SMART WATER

SMART IRRIGATION

FOUNTAINS

Telecontrolled systems (77 fountains)

Annual savings of 425,000€Equivalent to

25% Water bill

MEASURING IMPACT

• Method

9

► Build input/output model adapted to

Barcelona for GDP and employment

results

► Calculate social impact

Economic growth

and social capitalIM

PA

CT

MO

DE

L

Input/Output tables

GDP Creation

Job maintenance

Multiplier

effect

Economic

impactInvestment in smart city projects

Agents Economic sector

Partners

ICT

Real state

Codingactivities

Retail

…

INPUT-OUTPUT-OUTCOME methodology

OUTCOME-BASED CITY TRANSFORMATION MODEL

Model

calibration

and impact

calculation

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Sergi FiguerolaChief Technology and Innovation Officer

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