PLS 2016: SMART CITIES are they really happening?

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Smart CitiesAre they really happening?ILP Summit 2016

Smart city timeline

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Smart cities – additional applications using the lighting column2016

Integrated smart cities – fully integrated applications bringing wide society benefits2018

Smart lighting – simple switching and maintenance savings2006

Smart lighting – dimming, switch over to LED, energy savings2010

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Who are Telensa?

1 in 10 UK lights are connected by Telensa

Smart city applications today - lighting

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UNB Network

- Example: Birmingham- 1M population- 30 base stations

- Supports mains and battery devices

- No connectivity costs

Smart city applications today - parking

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Deployed over 2 years ago- Moscow 5000 units- St Petersburg 5000

units- Shanghai, Shenzen

FREE

Mesh and Low Power Wide Area (LPWA)

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Both have been around for 20 years

Mesh – electricity smart meteringLPWA – Internet of Things and smart cities

Cost savings* of >£250,000 over 10 years compared to mesh(based on 15,000 lights)

*Data taken from published Elexon figures

Smart city applications today - waste

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Litter monitoring- Large customer bids

underway- 7 year battery life- 50% cheaper than

alternativesFREE

Evolution of services IV – beacons

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Revenue generation- Bluetooth

iBeacons/Eddystone- Provide public service or

marketing information

Integrated smart city applications - traffic

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Video analytics

- Initial trial system up and running

- Collaboration with BT and Suffolk CC

- Integration using Hypercat standard

Data Hub PLANET

City Verve Manchester

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Government competition to fund a flagship smart city for the UK

Awarded to Manchester

Largest consortium contribution- Cisco, BT, SAP, Telensa

Telensa leading workgroups- Smart street lighting- Smart parking

City Verve – an integrated smart city

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But which smart city platform do I use?

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Planet UI

TelensaCentral System

Data API

BT Data Hub

Cisco CDP Niagara Thingworx

TALQ

3rd Party CMS

Trial now active Project

started

3rd Party Lighting Network

Lighting dB

SCADA

Project started

Smart City PlatformsLighting Specific Platforms

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Hot off the presses!

June 2016 – will see the alignment of the major players in ETSI – a recognised standards body

Supported by ARM, Cisco, Accenture

Narrowband – designed for 100 000’s devices

Spread spectrum – designed for 100’s devicesRemaining a proprietary, single vendor solution

Summary

• Lighting networks offer a free route to additional services

• So selecting the correct network technology is key• Does it support wide area battery applications?• Does it support a variety of city dashboard platforms?• Is it based on an open standard?

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Jon Lewis

[email protected]

Thank you

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