Smart cities

Berenice Mann

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Different things to different people:

Sustainable?

Connected?

Efficient?

Liveable?

Crime-free?

Transport?

Business-friendly?

Economical?

Healthy?

Social?

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Increasing population Increasing urbanisation & ‘sprawl’ Decreasing resources – critical resources!◦ Water◦ Energy◦ Land◦ Food◦ Raw materials

Increasing demand◦ Energy◦ Water◦ Consumer goods

Increasing pollution Global climate change

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Big blue bubble -volume of total water on the planet (salt and fresh water), to scale.

Middle blue ball -total amount of fresh water on the planet.

Little blue dot –fresh water currently accessible to humans.

As the planet warms, how much water will be left?

(Reuters)

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Data storage in the cloud

Wireless communications

Connectivity available

Low powered devices (some)

Cheap sensors – enables high volume applications

Clever control – e.g. sensor off until event happens

Over the air upgrades

Remote control of devices

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Smart Grid Smart meters Smart homes Smart buildings Smart transport Smart phone Smart people Smart bins Smart apps Smart whatever….

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Now we have 2-3 connected devices each

In a few years we will be used to everything being connected

Measure, sense, analyse, control, adjust, automate

Now we laugh at old phones

The next gen will laugh at only having one connected device!

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Business

Applications

Sensors,

Actuators,

Displays, …

Service

Gateway

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Optimise, preventative maintenance, save money, create new business models, new revenue streamsWhat would it feel like to work in a smart office?

You approach the front door, a sensor reads your ID tag and opens the door for you.

As you walk across the foyer you receive a text - which meeting room to go to.

The lift doors open as you approach - lift automatically stops at the correct floor.

The conference room is already lit, at the correct temperature, ready for the start of your meeting.

Your conference call is dialled in and the computer has uploaded the correct presentation.

When your meeting is finished, the sensors detect the room is empty - lights and heating switch off automatically. The door is locked behind you.

Now you receive a text allocating you a hot desk in your preferred office area.

The sensor detects the desk is occupied when you sit down and it is marked as unavailable on the reservation system.

The receptionist is informed you are in the office and which desk so calls and visitors can be directed.

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Eg smart loo (really!!)◦ Now - we clean every hour on the hour◦ Monitor how many go in to facility. Clean

when 100 people have used it◦ Save cleaning staff time and consumables◦ Better customer experience (always clean!)

Smart bins◦ Only collect when >80% full?◦ Recycled materials sort themselves?◦ Collectors take optimised route

Smart heating/cooling Smart assets – what would they say if

they could talk? Smart transport

◦ How many seats left in each carriage as train pulls into station

Care for the elderly Pollution monitoring

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Get communications infrastructure in place

Low power devices/energy harvesting

What can we do on the back of ◦ Smart lighting?

◦ Or the smart meter rollout?

Shared infrastructure

Interoperability

Co-operation/open source

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Optimised

Efficient

Sustainable

Liveable

Safe

Healthy

Or Big Brother?

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Lots of data –

Who owns it?

Where is it (physically)?

Who has access?

Who can use it?

Is it secure?

Is it private?

And now our next speakers will answer some questions and tell us about how smart our cities are going to be here in the UK!

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