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The world today is on a “smart drive” – smart phones, smart cards, smart sensors & now smart cities! “Smart Cities” has raises a lot of curiosities - What is a smart city? What is the need for India to go on a smart city drive? Which are the 100 Smart Cities India is talking about? Who will decide the list of 100 such cities? Who are the key stakeholders?

What are the business opportunities associated with it? Can we replicate international models? And so on..

And so, we present with the inaugural issue of “Urbana World” – International B2B Smart Cities Magazine, bringing to you news, policy updates, tenders, product reports, expert opinions, etc. to keep you informed of the latest in the sector.

Smartness in a city means different things to different people. In a nutshell, a smart city uses innovative technologies to optimize use of its limited resources in a sustainable way.

A smart city has to be built around its citizens.

Every city is unique (of course) with its characteristics like geography, demographics, culture and others. What is common is its citizen centric approach! And hence, we bring to you “Urbana Smart City Conferences” in EVERY part of the nation – with a motive of catalyzing the smart city movement – bringing in key government leaders, public & private service operators, solution providers & investors – SPECIFIC to that region.

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Head- Future Cities 24 Karuna Gopal

Huawei 26 Safder Nazir, Regional Vice President Smart City & IoT

Silver Spring 28 Hugh McDermott

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Allied Digital 30 Paresh Shah, Global CEO

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61 Redeeming the future of our cities through GIS

66 Palava – A Smart City For A Better Tomorrow

68 Benefits of Clamp-on Ultrasonic Thermal Energy in HVAC Applications

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The Global Smart City Market Outlook—From Structure to Strategy

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Smart City Command for Mahindra World City

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Can Modi’s ‘Smart Cities Strategy’ DriveIndia’s Economic Rebound?

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HP Vision for Future Cities

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Orchestrating Infrastructure For Sustainable Smart Cities

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Smart Cities: Drawing Inspiration From Europe

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Huawei Listed As Key Smart City Vendor In Navigant Research Leadership Report

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Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) To Implement Smart Cities Project

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iven the challenges of building smart cities, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be created for each city to be included in the Smart Cities scheme, said Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development. Speaking on the smart cities initiative at a Conclave organized by a media group here today, Shri Naidu said that efficient deployment of human and physical resources is one of the objectives of the scheme.

Shri Venkaiah Naidu elaborated that the present deficit in physical, social,

economic and institutional infrastructure will be bridged to make the cities more livable and drive the economic growth.

He said that this infrastructure deficit will be bridged by retrofitting of identified areas of a city and redevelopment of areas which are not amenable to retrofitting to enable such areas conform to the norms of smart city. In addition, pan-city schemes like efficient public transport systems including ring roads, e-governance initiatives etc. will also be undertaken under brownfield development.

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conditions in urban areas are in a bad state, any improvements in infrastructure and other amenities would make a difference to the quality of living, Shri Venkaiah Naidu said that “the objective of smart cities building is to enable such changes in a sustainable manner for long term results.

Smart solutions will be applied to places and projects to enable efficient utilization of limited resources like land, water, power etc. “ Shri Venkaiah Naidu said that “building smart cities does not mean putting in place

glossy skyscrapers. It is all about imparting a human face to urban development so that the aspirations of socio-economic advancement are fulfilled through adequate employment and livelihood opportunities”.

Shri Venkaiah Naidu stressed that ICT solutions would play an important role in improving urban governance and enhancing the efficiency of resource use.

The Minister said that Smart Cities and the New Urban Development Scheme for 500 cities would be launched next month.

Smart Cities, New Urban Development Mission To Be Launched In April

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inister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu recently said that the two new major initiatives in the urban sector viz., development of Smart Cities and the New Urban Development Mission for 500 cities will take off next month. He said so while speaking at a Symposium on Smart Cities here today.Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu informed that the necessary approvals for these two new schemes would be obtained at the earliest so that they can take off the ground next month. He said that Smart Cities being a transformative new initiatives required extensive consultations with

all the stakeholders including the states, urban local bodies, related central ministries, real estate developers and experts including architects, designers, urban planners etc. the Minister informed that four rounds of consultations were held with the states to sensitize them to the challenges of making the cities smart and urban governance reforms to be implemented.

Basic urban services and amenities will be provided under the New Urban Development Mission for 500 cities while projects of wider impact based on area development would be taken up under Smart Cities scheme.The Urban Development

Minister while elaborating on the Government’s vision of urban development said that the Government is committed to enable sustainable and inclusive urban development to promote societal progress and economic opportunities for all.Shri Venkaiah Naidu has expressed concern over the unsustainable urban practices in the country. He said the urban sector initiatives are intended to promote efficient use of urban land, water and electricity to ensure that urbanization does not benefit the rich alone.

The Minister noted that architects have an important role to play in promoting sustainable

urbanization through effective planning of physical spaces that promote living in harmony with the nature. Referring to the limited incentivisation of green construction, Shri Naidu noted that it was time to consider if green planning could be enforced through mandatory regulation.

The Symposium was organized by the Council of Architecture, the Indian Institute of Architects in association with FICCI and CREDAI.

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MoU Signed Between Hitachi India Ltd, Siemens Ltd And CII For Smart City Initiative

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itachi India Limited and Siemens Limited signed a MoU with CII in the capital recently to form a consortium that would create pilots and replicate them throughout the country for setting up 100 smart cities. The MoU was signed on behalf of Hitachi by their MD, Mr. Ichiro Iino and MD, Siemens

Ltd, Mr. Sunil Mathur and DG, CII Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee in the presence of DIPP Secretary Mr. Amitabh Kant.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Amitabh Kant said that while cities occupy only 3 % of the total geographical area of the world, they contribute nearly 80% of GDP and 2/3rd of global

emissions. Hence, there was a challenge to do urbanisation in an innovative and systematic manner. Mr. Kant said that learnings gathered from the best practices across the world in the management of water, public resources, public spaces and technology etc shall be shared while implementing the smart cities concept in India. He said

that smart city initiative shall be driven by technology driven companies.

Earlier, in his address, DG,CII said that this MoU provides a platform for coming together of leading technology companies such as Hitachi and Siemens and this will enable the implementation of vision of hundred smart cities.

CEO Of GEF Dr.Naoko Ishii Holds Talks With Shri Venkaiah Naidu On Smart Cities And Other Initiatives

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lobal Environment Facility (GEF) that supports UN objectives of protecting environment and addressing climate change concerns, has agreed to undertake pilot projects in four Indian cities for promoting ‘green urban practices’. An understanding in this regard was reached during a meeting between the visiting CEO and Chairperson of GEF Dr.Naoko Ishii with Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu here today.

Dr.Naoko Ishii said that the purpose of her current visit to India was to learn more about the central government’s initiatives in urban sector like building 100 Smart Cities and infrastructure development in 500 cities and explore if GEF could partner in promoting sustainable urban management practices.

Shri Venkaiah Naidu gave an account of different schemes and objectives which include enabling inclusive and

sustainable urban development.

After detailed discussion on urban development challenges and the need to promote environmentally sustainable strategies, Shri Naidu suggested that GEF should take up pilot projects for demonstrating comprehensive and sustainable urban practices encompassing conservation and efficient energy use, reducing carbon emissions for addressing climate change concerns.The four cities for implementing pilot projects will soon be identified through

consultations between GEF and Ministry of Urban Development.

GEF is a financial mechanism to support countries in efforts to achieve the goals of United Nations Conventions covering climate change, biodiversity, Ozone layer depletion, land degradation etc.GEF is also working on an Integrated Program on Sustainable Cities to develop conceptual models on integrated urban design, planning and management for resilient and sustainable development.

PM And Michael Bloomberg Announce Partnership To Advance The Smart Cities Initiative

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he Prime Minister, Sh ri Na ren d r a Modi, and former Mayor of New York City, Mr. Michael Bloomberg,recently announced a partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, to advance the “Smart Cities Initiative.”

The Smart Cities Initiative is a historic effort to promote economic growth, improve governance, and deliver more effective and efficient public services to India’s urban residents. Under the partnership, Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide assistance to the Ministry of Urban Development to select cities for Smart Cities

Mission funding on a continuous basis. This approach is different from the conventional approach, which involved preparation of Detailed Project Reports, and their appraisal and approval by the Central Government.

It will ensure that real citizen engagement happens, as people get involved both in design and execution of city development

plans. This will actualize the idea of cooperative and competitive federalism.The Prime Minister described the Smart Cities Initiative as a challenging task, which nevertheless has to be undertaken to improve the quality of life for India’s urban citizens with stakeholder’s participation.

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To Help ‘Smart Cities’ Plan, SEBI Approves Norms For Issuance And Listing Of Municipal Bonds The Securities and Exchange Board of India has approved rules for municipalities to issue and list bonds.

Framework for MUNIs The board approved the regulatory framework for issuance and listing of debt securities by municipalities, a move that would help channelise household

savings towards development of urban infrastructure. This would allow authorities to raise funds, including for setting up of smart cities, from the public and institutional investors, Sinha said.

To issue bonds, municipal authorities need to have a strong financial track record. Sinha said such bonds would add to

instruments where provident funds, pension funds and insurance companies can put in their money.

Bonds can be issued for projects and revenue from such projects will have to be kept in escrow accounts. Municipalities should not have defaulted in repayments of debt securities or loans from

banks or financial institutions during the previous 365 days to issue bonds. General obligation bonds, where the money is repaid through taxation or revenue received from projects, cannot be sold to the public.Source: ET

TCS Partners With Intel To Develop And Deploy Solutions On Intel IoT Platform Intel recently announced a comprehensive Internet of Things (IoT) platform, with TCS as a select partner.

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CS is collaborating with Intel to develop a portfolio of IoT solutions such as Smart Cities, Smart Infrastructure, Connected Assets and Telematics. TCS IoT solutions will utilize Intel’s stack,

including Intel’s processor, software assets and gateway products, and leverage critical features like integrated end to end security.

The Intel® IoT Platform is an end-to-end reference model

designed to unify and simplify connectivity and security for the IoT. The new platform will make it easier for solution providers to move IoT from pockets of pilots to mainstream deployments with a repeatable foundation

of building blocks that can be customized for limitless solutions. Data will be unlocked faster to extract meaningful information and value for consumers and businesses.

GOI Ministry Of Urban Development:USTDA Signs MOUs For Development Of Allahabad, Ajmer And Visakhapatnam As Smart Cities

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iving a fillip to the programme of developing smart cities in the country, the United States Trade and Development Ag en c y (USTDA ) t o d ay signed three Memorandums of Understanding on Cooperation to Support the Development of Smart Cities in Uttar Pradesh , Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh with respective state governments . The MoUs with specific reference to development of Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam as smart cities were signed in the presence of Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu.

Leocardia I.Zak, Director, USTDA signed the MoUs on behalf of USTDA while Shri Alok Ranjan, Chief Secretary , Govt.

of UP, Shri C.S.Ranjan, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan and Shri I.V.R.Krishna Rao, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh signed on behalf of state governments.Under the MoUs, the USTDA will contribute funding for necessary feasibility studies and pilots , study tours , workshops/trainings and other projects to be mutually determined . It will invite a Smart Solutions for Smart Cities Reverse Trade Mission delegation to the US, with delegates from the t here states.

It will also fund advisory services to support the development of smart cities .

USTDA will collaborate with other US government agencies like the Department of Commerce, the U. S Export Import Bank and other trade

and economic agencies promote greater US-India infrastructure development cooperation and to support development of smart cities.USTDA will enable U.S Industry organizations to mobilize private sector expertise and resources to address important aviation and energy related infrastructure connected to developing smart cities.Under the MoUs that came into effect today, the respective state governments will provide resources in support, coordination and facilitation of the development of smart cities including technical information and data related to smart cities planning, staff, logistical and travel support etc.

The MoUs referred to the U.S-India Joint Statement of September 30,2014 related

to the first bilateral summit meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in which the US Government welcomed the India’s offer for US industry to be the lead partner in d eveloping smart cities in Allahabad, Ajmer and Vi sakhapatnam.Speaking on the occasion, Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu observed that India-US cooperation has acquired a new dimension with the signing of MoUs which will make significant contribution to building smart cities.Shri Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary(UD) , Dr.Samir Sharma, Joint Secret ary(Smart Cities) and other senior officials of the Ministry of Urban Development and USTDA were present on the occasion.

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Bigbelly Honored As This Year’s Top Smart City Application

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igbelly, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise waste management solutions, announces it was named top Smart City Application in the 2014/15 Internet of Things (#IoT) Awards. The company received the People’s Choice award after 18 days of public voting. This year’s awards consisted of 2 2 diverse categories and more than 72,000 votes cast.

Now in its fourth year, the #IoT Awards seeks to highlight and celebrate the year’s best projects, organizations, and

ideas creating the Internet of Things. The awards provide individuals, researchers, and companies a unique opportunity to showcase their IoT efforts.

Professionals and students from around the world enter their projects or products for nomination. Final winners are determined based on popular votes received and the decision of Postscapes editors for the Editor’s Choice award. “ O u r s o l a r - p ow e r e d , connected, and smart waste and recycling stations embody the IoT movement and we are honored for the recognition as

a Smart City awardee in this year’s #IoT Awards,” said Jack Kutner, president and CEO, Bigbelly. “This recognition further validates our committed focus on meeting the evolving needs of our customers seeking innovative technology to support the growing momentum in Smart City initiatives.”

The selection of Bigbelly as a new technology transforming the urban environment showcases the success municipalities, colleges & universities, transit systems, parks & beaches, healthcare facilities, corporate campuses, retail & mixed use,

ports, and government facilities worldwide have had using the company’s data-driven technology to shape the cities of tomorrow. With Bigbelly these organizations are transforming one of the world’s least efficient and resource-intensive efforts – public waste collection and recycling. Solar power drives the unit’s compacting capabilities, Wi-Fi enabled connectivity notifies staff when units need emptying, and smart cloud-based tracking and reporting help deliver unparalleled operational efficiencies.

Ooredoo Pushes To Support More “Smart Cities” In 2015

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oredoo continues t o en h a n c e i t s leadership role in “Smart City” technologies in 2015, building on its expertise in this area and recognising the growing demand for such services across its global footprint.More than ten major cities within Ooredoo’s footprint are classified as “mega-cities” hosting a population of more than ten million, and more are set to join them in the coming years, as rural populations move into the bigger urban areas.

In response, the coming year is likely to see a rise in the number of so-called smart cities – urban areas which use ICT solutions to address mobile, transport, energy sustainability, infrastructure, governance, and security issues. As cities across the world deal with a growing range of issues, including over-

population, traffic congestion, pollution and high levels of energy consumption, ‘Smart Cities’ are emerging as a significant opportunity to enrich the lives of the population.

In particular, there is a strong demand in emerging economies in the MENA region and Southeast Asia, which are key markets for Ooredoo.

According to research group IHS Technology, the number of smart cities worldwide will quadruple by 2025, with at least 88 smart cities all over the world, up from 21 in 2013.[1]Aiming to keep at the cutting-edge of this trend, Ooredoo supported a number of important “smart city” strategic initiatives over the past year across its operations.

In December 2014, Ooredoo Qatar was confirmed as a Lead Partner in the Smart Cities

Council, a leading industry coalition formed to accelerate the move to smart, sustainable cities. Ooredoo joined global leaders in the smart cities sector who sit on the council, including IBM, Microsoft, MasterCard, and Cisco.As Lead Partner in the Smart Cities Council, Ooredoo will have the opportunity to aid the direction of the emerging smart cities sector in Qatar, the region and across the world. The company will also contribute to the Smart Cities Council’s body of knowledge including city tools and resources, mentoring and workshops.

Ooredoo has recently introduced a host of cuttingedge Ooredoo Machine to Machine (M2M) services to Qatar, enabling companies to connect business assets directly with each other or with a central command centre, removing the

need for human involvement, and introducing all new solutions directly into people’s homes.

Ooredoo also launched The Smart Living-Baytcom Project at the recent ITU Telecom World – a ‘Proof of Concept Demo House’ filled with the next generation of smart living concepts.

In addition, Ooredoo’s Indosat organised a major conference on smart technology in Jakarta, Indonesia during the year, to bring together experts from across the field.The event, “Smart ICT for your Business Success,” saw a keynote presentation by the Mayor of Bandung, about the application of smart city technologies in his city, which is the second largest metropolitan area in Indonesia with a sprawling urban population of around 9 million people.At the event, experts and

URBANA WORLD NEWS practitioners conducted in-depth analysis of the implementation, scope, and benefits of a range of solutions, including smart mobility, smart connectivity, and smart IT sourcing, discussing how to plan, implement, and operate the smart IT ecosystem with cloud-based applications

and infrastructural choices.

Indosat also launched three smart services at the event, premiering MyApps, an Application Marketplace; WAN Optimizer, to optimize the Wide Area Network (WAN) bandwidth for businesses, and its own M2M

Platform.Ooredoo is already working with a number of leading organisations to support the development of smart cities, and has signed a strategic alliance with KT Corporation of Korea to introduce new concepts and innovations.

The company is currently

implementing a cloud-based Machine to Machine (M2M) platform, which will be rolled out in several countries across its footprint during 2015. The M2M services will be available for businesses, and can also play a key role in implementing smart city technologies.

ZTE Signs Cooperation Agreements With Dutch TNO And The Economic Development Board Of Almere To Enable Smart City Solutions

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TE C o r p o r a tio n a publicly- lis ted global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has announced that ZTE Health, a member of the world wide acting ZTE Group, has signed two Memorandums of Understanding: one with the Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research (TNO) and the other one with the Economic Development Board of Almere (EDBA). The partners agreed to cooperate in the fields of eHealth and creating a smart city to enable improvements and benefits for the residents of both the city of Almere and the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. As a market-leading provider of smart society solutions, ZTE is becoming increasingly

successful in providing first-class ICT technologies to European governments and enterprises.

“We are delighted to start a cooperation and bridge cultures on a mutual important topic like healthcare and jointly manage and improve the ever growing cost of services in both European and Chinese markets,” explained He Shiyou, President of ZTE Health and Executive Vice President of ZTE Corporation.

“Our Mission is to use the advantages of information technology and cloud service to increase the efficiency of the healthcare industry and meet the high level and personalised requirements of mass consumers. We make use of the Dutch and the Chinese context by combining the best of information and healthcare

technologies with the spirit of Chinese medicine. This is a fully new approach which will lead to the enhancement of the quality of life for all residents.”

The collaborations between ZTE, TNO and EDBA are dedicated to establishing a cloud-based health platform.

It will join and merge with the already existing platform used in the Almere Health-Lab and will consist of a comprehensive range of healthcare and preventive services, a big data platform and terminal devices.

Health society services include rehabilitative and daily care, home health advisory security, monitoring solutions and elderly real estate projects, which will be combined with an educational module on Chinese preventative medicine, with the aim to not

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only deliver services to sick and elderly people, but also to raise awareness of preventive health care, a key part of Chinese medicine. Integrated interfaces and visualisation tools will be part of the platform as well as a health community dashboard.

As part of the new MICT (Mobile Information and Communication Technologies) strategy, ZTE established ZTE Health Co. Ltd, a high-tech joint venture between ZTE Group and Homing healthcare, headquartered in Shanghai. Its aim is to apply and commercialise ZTE’s eHealth and mHealth platforms for the European market and to offer customers and their families the highest possible quality of life.

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The Smart City Technology Market Is Expected To Be Worth More Than $27.5 Billion Annually By 2023, According To Navigant Research

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Envision Energy, Leading Smart City Development In New Zealand

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n the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key, Envision Energy International signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Infratil and Sensing City

to build Smart Infrastructure projects in New Zealand and Asia. This document is one of the key bilateral agreements signed during Xi’s first state visit to the country, chartering the course for the future development and technological cooperation in

the areas of digital energy and intelligent infrastructure.

“We are very honored to take part in this historical visit, leveraging our technology and smart energy solutions.

This project will not only be a

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Trilliant And Apollo Metro Announce Collaboration To Deliver Smart Street Lights And Smart Cities Platform

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ecently, ahead of DistribuTECH 2015, Trilliant, the smart communications platform company, announced a partnership with Apollo Metro, an intelligent smart lighting company, to integrate the Trilliant Smart Communications Platform with Apollo’s street lighting platform.According to the McKinsey Global Institute, the world’s 600 fastest-growing cities will account for 60 percent of global economic growth between now and 2025. To sustain this growth, utilities, cities and municipalities must pay closer attention to the way they manage resources and infrastructure. The combined Trilliant and Apollo solution offers utilities, cities and municipalities a powerful smart streetlight and smart cities platform that helps improve public lighting’s reliability and efficiency; lowers operational costs; enhances public safety and increases environmental benefits.

The Trilliant Smar t Communications platform is a secure, high-performance, reliable, and flexible RF mesh network that is delivering benefits to utilities around the world who collectively serve more than 85 million customers. The IPv6-based Trilliant Platform allows utilities and cities to manage all their smart grid (AMI, DA,

DSM), smart street light and smart city applications –over a powerful, integrated network.

The Trilliant Platform offers utilities and cities not only a high-performance network to manage the applications they want to deploy today, but also the flexibility to leverage the same powerful network to add new applications over time, greatly lowering costs and accelerating speed of deployments to deliver benefits to customers and citizens. Now, through the company’s Open Smart Device Interface (OSDI) partner program, Trilliant is enabling leading device manufacturers such as Apollo, to integrate its solutions into the Trilliant Platform, to further offer utilities and cities best-ofbreed smart city applications.

Apollo’s street lighting platform uses highly efficient LEDs along with a communication network, sensors and other devices in support of a wide variety of smart city applications. Beyond streetlight control and management, builtin cameras can also be used to enhance security, or monitor traffic to enhance traffic flow via connected traffic light controllers. For example, wrong way drivers can be detected automatically with the option to alert law enforcement or highway patrol to enhance public safety.“Our intelligent street light solutions work best

on a secure, highly-available and reliable communication network that delivers high-performance,” said Apollo’s CEO, Uli Altvater.

“By working with Trilliant, we offer utilities and cities a powerful smart city platform that helps deliver tangible benefits to their operations, customers and societies.”

“We are excited to collaborate with Apollo to offer our utility and city customers yet another best-of-breed smart solution that helps them deliver not only reliability, efficiency and operational benefits, but also public safety and environmental benefits,” said Mike Mortimer, SVP of Global Sales at Trilliant.

“Moreover, this collaboration showcases that our open, IPv6 smart communications platform enables utilities and cities the flexibility and options to choose the best-of-breed applications they need, all on a single communications network.”

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Cisco Launches Smart+Connected™ City Operations Center To Provide Single Pane Of Glass For Video, Application And Sensor Data In Control Rooms

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is co to d ay an nounced the Cisco®

Smart+Connected™ City Operations Center, a software solution that helps to simplify control room operations with a single pane of glass approach to integrate video feeds, applications and sensor data from city and enterprise operations visually overlaid onto geographic map information. The solution helps to increase operational efficiency and helps city managers, safety and security operations, emergency dispatch and operations staff react quickly to events based on real-time visibility of critical information.

The development of Cisco City Operations Center was the result of a collaboration between Cisco’s Internet of Everything (IoE) Innovation Center in Songdo, South Korea; the Cisco Korea IoT INVESTMENT Fund; and the dedicated collaboration and investment with technology company N3N, also based in South Korea.The City Operations Center solution integrates N3N’s Innowatch software solutions with Cisco’s Video Surveillance Manager, video storage, collaboration, and other Cisco core technologies running on the Cisco Unified Computing (UCS) System architecture.

The solution has already been implemented at Korea South-East Power (KOSEP), a power generation company

based in South Korea, to allow for real-time monitoring of its remotely located six power generation plants from its headquarter office in Jinju, South Korea. The Cisco City Operations Center solution deployed at KOSEP utilizes a video management solution called Pixel on Demand to maximize bandwidth efficiency of video feeds flowing into the system by only sending changes to the video images.

KOSEP’s deployment includes the integration of more than 1,500 surveillance cameras managed by Innowatch running across 56 Cisco UCS servers for consolidated management. The South Koreanbased power supplier will now be able to monitor environmental waste disposal data through integration with tele-monitoring system (TMS), monitor its disaster control system and power management system, a 24-hour automated alarm system, surveillance and operation system monitoring, and 3D map navigation.

Cisco Optimizes Management for Smart Cities The Cisco City Operation Center solution enables the monitoring and control of dynamic activities involving highresolution image processing, real-time video feeds,a data integration, and various data and alert signals. The solution is an end-to-end integrated

platform that provides a unified management experience for cities by providing a singlepane-of-glass view for multiple data sources, such as a display of information from video, applications and sensors all on a single map.

This relies on a consolidated city infrastructure, which integrates data and feeds from multiple partner applications and underpins our ability to offer analytical insights.

T h e Cis c o ® Smart+Connected™ City Operations Center solution can be deployed in a variety of operations center environments including: City Operations – Consolidate and create an integrated operations center with information from VSM, partner-based analytics applications, network deployed, applications, and view of multiple sensors deployed in a city environment Parking Operations – Consolidate video, parking sensors, meters, and networks in a single pane of glass for ease of management Traffic Operations – Consolidate and create a traffic service center with integrated traffic situation display, lane control system, and a road weather information system

Port Operations – Create an integrated operations center and deploy a video bandwidth efficient Solution with CCTV video feeds from around the world to remotely view container numbers Real Estate Operations – Create an integrated operations center to remotely manage thousands of buildings, integrating video feeds with satellite map diagrams, alarms and sensors

Beyond Traditional Operations Management T h e Cis c o ® Smart+Connected™ City Operations Center solution can help cities break new ground by moving past traditional models of city operations management.

The solution helps to prevent issues with conventional operations management systems by helping to eliminate: The need for numerous workstations to manage multiple data sources Hardware reconfigurations when connecting with third-party systems (avoiding additional costs for hardware integration and programming as the system grows) Bandwidth performance issues, specifically as the number of cameras increases.

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Smart Cities Turn To UQR.Me Dynamic QR Codes To Share Information

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ecently, the city of Antwerp started using http://uQR. me generated dynamic QR Codes for timely travel information for trams and buses. The project was a success, it is being expanded to other cities so all Belgian transit systems will use QR codes for riders to scan for travel and arrival/departure information.

Other smart cities around the world, are working with uQR. me parent company, Mobile Leaves, on installing QR codes for aiding people to retrieve a wealth of information, right on their mobile devices.

“In May, the QR codes were used 3,510 times. In June usage rose to 41% more scans.

In July almost 10,900 scans were tracked. The number of users continues to grow, according to director Tom A. Meeuws.

Digital Advantages of QR Code Usage The switch to this digital method of using the internet and consumer-owned mobile devices saved the city of Antwerp considerable operating costs.

There’s no need to purchase and maintain electronic boards, which presents a huge saving.

It’s the rider who purchases and maintains the information delivery with their own mobile device.

Diego Gopen, the CEO of

Mobile Leaves, reports even more smart cities are generating dynamic QR codes for usage: “We’re studying new ways of helping cities on their quest to communicate better with their citizens. QR codes are certainly one of the most reliable, and economic tools to do it.

“In the next few weeks we will be starting with more cities on QR code uses. We’re glad to be the preferred option.”

Mauro Casula, CTO of Mobile Leaves, adds:

institutions, and professionals, such as Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Adidas, Walmart, Del Monte, and Volkswagen — but also turn QR codes into a smart cities hub. Maricopa County, Arizona; Frankston City, Australia; Jamestown, NY; Dubai and Abu Dhabi, are some of the cities and regions trusting uQR.me with their QR initiatives. The mix of secure service, the tools to manage the QR codes, and its statistics panel, made us stand out for reliability and up-to-date technology.”

“We never thought when we created this tool that it would not only be the choice for companies, agencies,

Ford At CES Announces Smart Mobility Plan And 25 Global Experiments Designed To Change The Way The World Moves

F

ord at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show is highlighting how it is using innovation not only to create advanced new vehicles but also to help change the way the world moves by solving today’s growing global transportation challenges.

The company announced its Ford Smart Mobility plan to use innovation to take it to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data.

Ford also announced 25 mobility experiments around the world this year to test breakthrough transportation ideas to create better customer experiences, more flexible user-ship models

and social collaboration that can reward customers.

“Even as we showcase connected cars and share our plans for autonomous vehicles, we are here at CES with a higher purpose,” said Ford President and CEO Mark Fields. “We are driving innovation in every part of our business to be both a product and mobility company – and, ultimately, to change the way the world moves just as our founder Henry Ford did 111 years ago.”Also at CES, Ford is demonstrating SYNC® 3, its most advanced vehicle connectivity system, while highlighting semi-autonomous vehicles the company has on the road today

and fully autonomous vehicles now in development.

25 global mobility experiments The first steps for Ford Smart Mobility are 25 experiments – eight in North America, nine in Europe and Africa, seven in Asia and one in South America. Each experiment is designed to anticipate what customers will want and need in tomorrow’s transportation ecosystem.“We see a world where vehicles talk to one another, drivers and vehicles communicate with the city infrastructure to relieve congestion, and people routinely

share vehicles or multiple forms of transportation for their daily commute,” Fields said. “The experiments we’re undertaking today will lead to an all-new model of transportation and mobility within the next 10 years and beyond.”The 25 experiments address four global megatrends – explosive population growth, an expanding middle class, air quality and public health concerns, and changing customer attitudes and priorities – challenging today’s transportation model and limiting personal mobility, especially in urban areas.

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Huawei Announces State-Of-The-Art Research & Development (R&D) Campus In Bangalore

H

uawei recently

first overseas research and

software engineers, and we are

between the two countries.”The

announced the

development center being set

confident that it will play a bigger

India R&D center plays a key

launch of its new

up in Bangalore in 1999 with

role in the innovation journey of

role in component development

Research & Development

a handful of engineers. Today,

Huawei; create future-oriented

and delivery center of Huawei

campus situated in Bangalore.

the company boasts of 2700

technologies, and support the

for the global markets and

Huawei is proud to dedicate

engineers, out of which more

digital transformation of the

has ownership of almost all

this state-of-the art R&D

than 98% are local employees

society globally. The expansion

software platforms, components

campus to India as a part of

including in leadership roles. The

of this campus is a reiteration of

and products being developed

its commitment to contribute

state–of-the-art-facility stands

Huawei’s commitment to R&D

in India. India R&D center is

to Indian government’s flag-

true to the superlative quality

and overall growth of the ICT

engaged in developing cutting-

ship agenda “Make in India”.

and project management skills

ecosystem in India and around

edge software products and

The new R&D center is the first

of the Indian software industry.

the world.”

platforms in the areas of

by a Chinese company in India

Huawei has established the

and exhibits close cooperation

Bangalore R&D centre as the

Speaking at the inauguration

networks, Intelligent Networks,

between India and China in

main development and delivery

of the R&D Campus, Amitabh

BSS, OSS, Terminal devices and

the field of ICT. It is aimed at

center for Huawei’s global

Kant, Secretary, Department

future oriented technologies

creating a bigger role in the

customers and to effectively

of Industrial Policy & Promotion

including SDN, Big Data, Cloud,

innovation journey of Huawei;

support Huawei’s growth from

(DIPP), and Government of

Mobile Internet, Digital Services

the creation of future-oriented

its 46 Billion USD of revenue in

India said, “It is a privilege to

etc. The center has evolved as

technologies, generating patents

2014.Speaking at the occasion,

be present on the occasion of

the biggest competence center

from India, contributing to

Wilson Wang, Chief Operating

the launch of the expansive R&D

for global product and solution

indus tr y s t andardization,

Officer (COO), Huawei India

Campus of Huawei in Bangalore.

delivery.

collaborating with peers and

Research and Development

Huawei has played an important

academia in R&D and supporting

(R&D) Center said, “As a global

role in the evolution of telecom

Besides its own development

the digital transformation of

ICT organization which relies on

ecosystem in the country and

centre, Huawei has significant

society. The one million sq. ft.

its own extensive R&D expertise,

its investment in new facility

cooperation with the Indian IT

campus built on a 20 acre site

the India R&D centre is an

further showcases Huawei’s

industry through outsourcing

will accommodate Huawei’s

important hub for innovation

commitment to the India market.

software development, testing,

growing software development

for Huawei. The India R&D

This campus will complement the

and system integration work to

workforce in India. The campus

center will continue to focus

technological pride of the Indian

Indian IT service companies,

can accommodate up to 5,000

on development and delivery of

nation, providing opportunities

that has resulted in employment

engineers and includes an R&D

high quality software platforms,

to

technology

generation, IT export revenues

Block, customer experience

components and applications

professionals & engineers.”His

and telecom domain expertise

center, large cafeteria, multilevel

for the various product lines

Excellency Mr. Le Yucheng,

for these Indian companies.

car park and residential block

of the parent company. This

China’s Ambassador to India

for expat employees. Huawei has

new campus is the fulfillment

commented, “It is a proud

invested over USD 170 million

of our long cherished dream –

moment for the two countries, as

in building the new campus in

a world class facility that will

Huawei’s investment in its new

Bangalore.

further serve the technology

R&D campus in India reiterates

development in Huawei to realize

conducive trade relations

of

our unique value. This center

between India and China, and

globalization began with the

can accommodate nearly 5000

further enhances bilateral trade

Hu awei ’s

j o u rn ey

IP based Data transmission

multiple

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Infosys To Set Up Model ‘Smart City’ To Demonstrate Advances In Urban Development

I

nfosys, a leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and nextgeneration services, today announced its commitment to invest and develop its Mysore campus as a ‘Smart City’. The company will also provide its expertise in the areas of smart infrastructure planning and sust ainable building technology to the Ministry of Urban Development. This announcement was made during a meeting between Dr. Vishal Sikka, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director and the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

The concept of a smart and sustainable city is based on leveraging the power of data and the latest tec hnologies in building and information technology to minimize energy and resource consumption,

increase the use of renewable energy, and reduce and manage waste effectively.

The Infosys Mysore campus is a mini city in itself - spread over 350 acres, with 12 million sq. ft. built-up area and the capacity to host more than 15,000 trainees (residing on campus), 8,000+ employees and several thousand contract workers. Under this initiative, Infosys will strive towards making its Mysore campus a ‘Smart City’ through effective planning to ensure efficient resource governance and utilization. The campus will be the first to achieve zero waste to landfill sustainability.

The company aims to achieve its target of making the campus a Smart City by April 2015.

Speaking on this commitment, Dr. Vishal Sikka said, “We, at Infosys, deeply believe that the digital revolution creates

opportunities for us to reshape the world around us for the better and to improve quality of life. With our experience in computing technologies, and in managing urban spaces totalling over 2,600 acres, with a built-up area of 39 mn. sq. ft., all over India, our model ecosystem at Mysore will serve as a live, replicable example of smart city innovations that will harness all the advantages of digitization.

These technologies promise to revolutionize the physical spaces we inhabit; and Mysore as the spiritual center of our company and a magnificent space in which we learn and teach, offers the best venue for this great endeavour.”

Infosys has been using industry leading practices such as radiant cooling, day lighting and effective retrofit strategies to reduce its energy consumption.

The company has also invested in a Command Center at its headquarters in Bangalore from where it monitors, manages and optimizes resource usage across its development centers based in India. This Command Center analyzes data of energy consumption, building operations, and uses advanced algorithms for energy saving, predictive maintenance and more, to ensure operational excellence.

Infosys is continuously investing in renewable energy such as solar energy and has a goal to reduce its water consumption on campuses by 50% and to recycle and reuse all water on its campuses. The company is also working towards a zero waste to landfill approach.

Smart Cities Are More For The Poor, Says Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu

M

inister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu has asserted that ‘Smart Cities to be built seek to ensure socio-economic inclusivity besides promoting employment generation through increased economic opportunity by enhancing the ease of doing business and as such would benefit the poor the most’. He elaborated on the objectives of, challenges and opportunities in building smart cities at a Conference on ‘100 Smart Cities : Need for Innovative and Integrated Approach’ organized by the Indian Chambers of Commerce here today.

Shri Venkaiah Naidu further said that currently, the poor and

the less endowed are deprived of equal right and access to public urban spaces whether it is roads, transport systems, water, power etc., and this need to be changed radically. He also said that poor are the losers on account of weak urban planning and governance structures and smart cities seek to address these deficiencies.Stating that innovative approaches are imperative for building smart cities, Shri Naidu urged the corporates and investors to make a success of ‘People-Public-Private Partnership’ to meet the huge investment requirement.

The Minister said that central government seeks to promote adoption of best practices fol-

lowed elsewhere while evolving an India specific model. He said that further to the experiences of implementation of JNNURM, the government is promoting a ‘bottom-up’ approach instead of ‘top-down’ approach by holding extensive stakeholders consultations with all the states and others.

Shri Naidu said that while the central government can mostly do hand holding besides providing some assistance and foreign willing countries can provide technical assistance, the states and urban local bodies have to rise to the occasion of building smart cities through necessary initiatives.Dr.Nandita Chatterjee, Secretary (Housing

& Urban Poverty Alleviation) has said that Information and Communication Technologies would play a critical role in promoting smart practices, citizen participation and e- governance for better delivery of services.

She however, cautioned that emphasis on technology should not result in technocratic and elitist design. Asserting that smart cities should offer economic and employment opportunities to a wider section of people, Dr.Chatterjee said that slum redevelopment, providing houses for all urban poor, skill development of urban poor for increased employment would address equity dimension of smart cities.

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Shri Naidu Says Smart Cities Are All About ‘4 S’ And ‘4 P’ Lauds Postal Department For Issuing ‘Swachh Bharat’ Stamp

M

inistry of Urban

transparency and accountability

Naidu complimented the

have toilets within their premises

Development

through adoption of technology

Department of Posts for issuing

and about 13% are defecating

S

i

platforms to reduce human to

a Commemorative Stamp on

in the open.Stating that massive

M.Venkaiah Naidu has plainly

human interface and ensure

‘Swachh Bharat’ on the occasion

awareness campaign is required

asked the states if they were

online delivery of services and

of the 67th Death Anniversary of

to change the mindsets of

ready to make their cities

real time information besides

Mahatma Gandhi which is being

people to adopt clean sanitation

and towns smart under the

promoting participation of

observed as Martyrs Day. He

practices, Shri Naidu noted that

centre’s initiative of building

citizens in decision making and

said that while the Mahatma

the ‘Swachh Bharat’ stamp

100 smart cities. He posed this

execution. Smart technologies

effectively used ‘Satyagraha’

released today would help in

straight question during his

will enable efficient energy,

during the freedom struggle,

this regard. He said, awareness

inaugural address here today

traffic, solid waste and waste

the country and its people need

generation and infrastructure

at the ‘Consultation Workshop

to wealth management, real

to resort to ‘Swachhagraha’

development should be followed

with States and Stakeholders’

time information and service

to make the country clean by

by stricter penalties to ensure

being organized his ministry,

delivery etc. People should be

October 2, 2019 as a befitting

total sanitation.

to take states on board before

smart enough to partner in the

tribute to him on the occasion

launching smart cities initiative.

city development by willing to

of Mahatma’s 150th Birth

Laying bare the challenges

pay for the value addition to

Anniversary.

and issues, Shri Naidu has

the services, able to question

sought to motivate the states

the authorities and enforce

and urban local bodies to rise

accountability. The Minister

to the occasion by reorienting

said that smart cities shall be

their mindsets and approaches

liveable, workable, inclusive and

towards urban management and

sustainable.

h

r

make a success of smart cities initiative in the larger interest of the country and its people. He asserted that ‘Building smart cities is challenging but doable.

He said building smart cities is all about 4 S and 4 P. Smart Leadership, Smart Governance, Smart Technologies and Smart People make a city smart. The resource challenge can be met if we make a success of PublicPrivate-People Partnership.’

Shri Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary(UD) elaborated on the broad contours of four

Shri Naidu observed that

new initiatives in urban sector

total sanitation is the need of the

viz., Swachh Bharat Mission,

hour given its adverse impacts on

Smart Cities, Infrastructure

people’s health and economy. He

Development in 500 cities and

noted that inadequate sanitation

Heritage Development and

is costing about US $ 54 billion

Augmentation Yojana(HRIDAY).

Shri Venkaiah Naidu also

i.e 6.40% of GDP each year

Senior officials of the Ministry

made it clear that states and

besides resulting in 18 lakh

of Urban Development, Principal

urban local bodies have to play the

deaths each year due to diarrheal

Secretaries and Secretaries of all

key role in building smart cities

diseases. About 80% of the

states, Municipal Commissioners

while the central government

diseases are water-borne and

and experts are attending the

could do the handholding as an

water related following water

two day Consultations that will

enabler besides providing some

pollution, contamination and

conclude tomorrow.

financial assistance. The states

logging. He informed that about

and urban local bodies have

19% of urban households do not

come out with required policy and procedural innovations for attracting investments.The Minister informed the states

Elaborating on the concept

that with a view to select the

of 4 S, Shri Naidu said, Smart

most willing and able cities and

Leadership should be guided

towns for making them smart,

by a vision and mission, have

a ‘City Challenge’ competition

courage to take quick and bold

would be held to assess the

decisions, adopt best practices

proven ability of cities in terms

and attract investments. Smart

of reforms and innovation and

governance is needed to ensure

the potential.Shri M.Venkaiah

Source: CISCO

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Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu And US Commerce Secretary Hold Extensive Talks On Smart City Development

I

ndia and the United

decisions taken’. USTDA and

he would personally ensure that

coordinate and will give the

States of America

the respective three state

things move fast with regard

names of their nominees.

recently

to development of smart cities.

agreed

governments signed Memoranda

on taking quick measures for

of Understanding on January 25,

development of Visakhapatnam,

for developing Visakhapatnam,

Allahabad and Ajmer as smart

Allahabad and Ajmer as smart

cities. Issues relating to

cities.

The six member US

Shri Naidu informed the

delegation included Shri James

US delegation that the Ministry

Mathew Hock, Chief of Staff,

of Urban Development will be

Shri Thomas Wyler, Senior

represented by Shri Durga

Advisor on Policy, Shri Arun

Referring to the Modi-

Shankar Mishra, Additional

Kumar, Assistant Secretary of

Obama Joint Statement of

Secretary and Dr.Sameer

State and Ms.Holly Vineyard,

September last year and

Sharma and Shri Praveen

Deputy Assistant Secretary.

signing of MoUs on smart

Prakash, both Joint Secretaries

city cooperation, Shri Naidu

on the Task Force for each of

said ‘it is now time for both

the three cities. Soon after

the sides to walk the talk by

the meeting, Shri Naidu spoke

acting quick and concretising

to Chief Ministers of Andhra

the agreements reached. The

Pradesh and Rajasthan and will

The US delegation agreed

Joint Statement and the MoUs

soon appraise Chief Minister

to the suggestion of Shri

have raised high hopes about

of UP about the decisions

Venkaiah Naidu for setting up

smart cities becoming a reality.

taken. Chief Minister of AP

Task Force for each of the three

President Obama’s current visit

informed that his government

cities for formulating concrete

to India has even furthered these

will be represented by the

action plans in the next three

expectations and action is the

state’s Urban Development

months. Each Team will consist

need of the hour’.

Minis t e r

development of these cities as smart cities were discussed in detail at a meeting between the Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu and the visiting US Secretary of Commerce Ms.Penny Pritzker.

The discussions lasted about 45 minutes.

of three representatives each from central and respective state governments and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). Each city Task Force will discuss city specific features, project requirements and appropriate revenue models for enabling flow of INVESTMENTS etc., before suggesting action plans for developing them as smart cities.

In her response, Ms.Penny Pritzker said she was in agreement with Shri Naidu’s views and needful would be

smart city cooperation between

‘this meeting was in pursuance

the US and India. She also said

of the directive of President

that US companies would be told

Barack Obama to work on the

that ‘what is being talked about

economic dimension of strategic

India is real and they should

and commercial dialogue

seize the opportunities’.

and President Obama and the

Shri Venkaiah Naidu assured the US delegation that

Smt.Anita Agnihotri and other senior officials of both the ministries also participated in the discussions.

Prit zker

Secret ary of St ate will

Ms.Penny Pritzker said

between Prime Minister Modi

Ms.Penny

Shri Arun Kumar, Assistant

confident of making a success of

Aggarwal, Secretary(HUPA)

Visakhapatnam.

Pradesh Shri N.Chandrababu

them to be ‘go getters’ and was

Secretary(UD) Shri Shankar

Municipal Commissioner of

with Chief Minister of Andhra

Ms.Pritzker noted that she found

Alleviation Shri Babul Supriyo,

D r.P.N a r ay a n a

informed Shri Naidu that

Vasundhara Raje Scindia,

Housing & Urban Poverty

besides Secretary(UD) and

done. Referring to her meetings

Naidu and of Rajasthan Smt.

Minister of State for Urban Development and

Source: CISCO

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Barjor E. Mehta, Lead Urban Specialist Abhijit Ray, Sr. Urban Specialist UBW: What support is required to develop smart cities concept from central,

Key role of the state governments may be:

state and local government in terms of incentives and policy program?

WB: Each level (Center, State and Local) of government will be required to

1.

should aim at implementing the smart city concept in consultation with relevant stake-

concept and implement the same.

The role of the central government may be: 1.

2.

Identify and implement regula-

tory and institutional reforms/changes that may be required to implement the smart city concept in their cities, including further

3.

Monitor progress of cities in the

of what a smart city concept in the Indian

process of implementing smart city concept,

context may look like in consultation with

and reporting on the same.

state and city governments.

2.

4.

Facilitate cities explore and tap

Develop an appropriate financing

avenues to mobilize resources, including

package that states and cities can lever-

external (private sector, domestic sector,

age to translate the smart city concept into

multilateral agencies, etc.) sources.

reality at the ground level, which should be complemented by a set of key performance indicators that should work as incentives for states/cities.

3.

Develop an independent perfor-

mance monitoring and evaluation framework that helps it understand the performance of potential smart cities on the ground and undertake necessary policy and programmatic course corrections, as well as recognize performing states/cities.

4.

Ensure coordination between

other urban-centric central schemes both in terms of policy and programmatic harmonization and integrated reporting.

5.

Support strengthening of insti-

tutional capacities of existing - or setup new - national/regional resource institutions that can provide capacity and helpdesk support to potential smart cities while designing and implementing the smart cities concept.

5.

Provide feedback to central

government on what works and what doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

in the city.

5.

Set-up institutional linkages with

key stakeholders including associations of trade, commerce and industry, and involve the private and domestic sector in translating the smart city concept into reality.

UBW: What lessons can be drawn from other nations for smart city development?

WB: While there are multiple lessons to be drawn from other nations, three key lessons to learn from are: strong leadership, accountable governance, and smart linkages.

Smart cities require strong accountable leadership from elected local representatives but also the executive and other key stakeholders in the city who are able to develop

work.

a strong vision and approach on smart cities

Key role of the city government may be:

tutional changes. Governance is critical as

and able to execute it irrespective of insti-

1.

In active and continuous con-

sultation with local citizens, understand city characteristics, given local and historical context, to identify a vision and prepare an outline of what a smart city concept tailored for the city would entail.

cities need to resolve multiplicity of functions between various city and para-statal institutions including through regulatory changes, develop clear lines of responsibilities and be accountable on these, and create platforms that allow cities to interact with its citizens through a digital information framework.

Creating strong linkages between key stake-

Determine gaps to achieve its

holders including city government, resource

smart city vision including financial, admin-

institutions, the private sector, the civil soci-

istrative, institutional, regulatory and tech-

ety, industry associations, etc. is critical to

nical gaps, and identify means to overcome

ensure achievement of the smart city vision.

2.

these gaps clearly identifying roles for itself and state government.

3.

Ensure there is clear under-

standing and agreement between elected representatives and executive wing, and formulate win-win solutions.

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as implementation of the smart city concept

empowerment of such cities.

Develop the broad contours

Develop a set of key performance

ress on overcoming identified gaps as well

holders including city governments.

play multiple roles but these will need to be harmonized to develop a sound smart city

Identify potential cities that

4.

indicators that can be used to monitor prog-

UBW: How are smart cities for the poor too?

WB: The poor are key stakeholders of any city in India, and any smart city needs to respond to and be accountable to all its residents. A smart city will not only take into consideration what its poor population

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needs to help them overcome poverty but

become a smart city will develop their own

India holds enormous promise for existing

also ensure smart services are provided to

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; contours in context of the economic

cities to relook at themselves and recast

all its citizens equally, and in some cases

potential of the city and overcoming key

themselves to achieve their potential. Given

with a strong bias in favor of the poor. Indian

impediments to achieve this economic poten-

this, retrofitting of existing cities would be

cities have to play a key role in addressing

tial. Thus, smart cities in US/Europe may not

an important part of approach to achieving

poverty across the country. Smart cities must

directly translate into smart cities in India

the smart city vision in India. There are

provide new well-paying job and livelihood

although principles on which such smart

several international (e.g. Bilbao in Spain)

opportunities to become contributors in the

cities are based, and approaches take to

as well as Indian (e.g. Surat) cities that have

larger economic transformation process.

achieve a smart city, would remain relevant.

shown that existing cities can be effectively

UBW: Does a smart city in US/Europe mean the same thing in India?

UBW:How practical is the concept

transformed to benefit all their residents.

of retrofitting the exiting cities?

WB :Every city with an intention to

WB : The roll-out of smart cities in

Hierarchical Structure Of A Smart City

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Satish Jadhav Director IoT- Embedded Sales Group, Intel South Asia UBW: Smart city is now not a question of if, but a question of how & when.

What is your vision of a Smart City?

And your role in helping develop a city -­‐ Smart.

include:

SJ : A smart city is one that is a developed urban area that creates sustainable economic development, high quality of life and improving efficiency across four pillars: • Environmental: Urban planning, Energy, Building automation and having a strong Green initiative • Social: Safe, Healthy, inclusion of ICT & e-governance • Human: Inclusive society, better education, foster creativity • Economic: Improve Productivity, Connectivity, and Entrepreneurship Excelling in these key areas can be done so through strong human capital, social capital, and ICT infrastructure.

At Intel we have an array of solutions enabled with the backbone of IoT with emphasis on enabling complete end to end solution while keeping in mind connectivity, manageability & security as the most important drivers. Our approach has been enabling gateway solutions & integrating them with the backbone ICT infrastructure while adding intelligence & using the extracted data to arrive at meaningful decision making capability in a secure environment.

UBW: What are your plans & strategy to tap the Smart City Market in 2015?

SJ : For businesses, the opportunity offers to develop new services, enhance productivity and efficiency, improve realtime decision making, solve critical problems, and develop new consumer experiences.

However, many companies are struggling with fragmentation, interoperability and

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security challenges as these billions of new devices become connected and need to connect with billions more legacy systems already installed. Intel is building on its long and successful history in the embedded market by delivering platform level solutions with integrated, scalable hardware, software and services for intelligent devices and gateways, while also enabling end-to-end analytics to turn big data into actionable information. While IoT does appear to be the latest industry buzz word, Intel has a long history in the embedded market segment and strength in the datacenter that is enabling businesses and consumers to benefit from the emerging IoT. UBW: Intel has recently acquired Lantiq-­‐ major IoT player. What led you to such an acquisition & what are your future goals & development plans for the acquired firm?

SJ : Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lantiq, to expand our presence in the home gateway market and reinforces our commitment to the connected home. This will help us deliver enhanced broadband connectivity solutions for OEMs, service providers, and ultimately, consumers.

Our goal is to make everything smart and connected best with Intel.

Key pointers for the acquisition

• Smart gateways and intelligent access networks are important elements in Intel’s efforts to make everything smart and connected • This transaction would position Intel to further drive broadband network technologies that enhance connected experiences in the home.

• The acquisition is intended to expand on Intel’s success in the cable residential gateway market and broaden its offering to other gateway market segments, including DSL, Fiber, LTE, retail, and IoT smart routers.

We anticipate the growth of smart, connected devices in the home will drive demand for our broadband connectivity products and expands our presence in customer premise equipment.

By 2018, we expect more than 800 million broadband connected households worldwide. Intel has been a global leader in driving broadband into the home and to connected compute devices. The combination of our cable gateway business with Lantiq’s technology and talent can allow global service providers to introduce new home computing experiences and enable consumers to take advantage of a more smart and connected home. The combined team would have a comprehensive range of connectivity solutions and home cloud technologies for OEMs, service providers and companies innovating new applications for the home. Together with Intel’s IoT solutions, Intel® Security products and Intel-based client devices, Intel can deliver exciting new connected experiences for consumers.

UBW: You are a part of the San Jose’s Smart City initiative. What is Intel’s role in it & developments done so far?

SJ : Intel and the City of San José are working together on a project known as

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Smart Cities USA that will help the city drive economic growth, foster 25,000 clean-tech jobs, create environmental sustainability and enhance the quality of life for its residents.

The pilot program in San José is Intel’s first smart cities implementation in the United States and is intended to improve air and water quality, reduce noise pollution, and increase transportation efficiency.

The City of San José has installed a demonstration platform from Intel using Intel® Gateway Solutions for the Internet of Things with an Intel® Quark™ processor connected to an Intel Hadoop cluster.

Currently as it is still in its pilot phase, we can only disclose the details of the project implementation.

UBW: What ecosystem is required for the Smart City industry to take roots?

SJ :Many businesses embracing the Internet of Things (IoT) are struggling with fragmentation, interoperability and security challenges as billions of new devices become connected and need to interact with billions more existing systems already installed.

To accelerate the connection of new and existing systems, while also enabling end-toend analytics, Intel is delivering integrated, scalable hardware and software solutions and services for intelligent devices, systems and gateways.

In 2014, Intel announced availability of the Intel Gateway Solutions for Internet of Things (IoT), a family of integrated, prevalidated solutions based on the Intel Quark and the Intel Atom processor in addition to a Galileo-based development platform. The gateways offer scale beginning with Quark and Atom, and later extending to Core and Xeon. The Gateway solutions are available today from Intel and from the worldwide hardware ecosystem. Intelligent gateways collect sensor data at the network edge, then act as a filter to analyze and normalize the data for sharing through the network and into the cloud. Intel has developed a family of gateway solutions that enables connectivity between new and legacy devices by integrating technologies for networking, embedded control, enterprise-grade security, and manageability.

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and deploy intelligent gateways. The kits also maintain interoperability between new intelligent infrastructure and legacy systems, including sensors and datacenter servers.

The kits include pre-integrated and pre-validated hardware and software from Intel, McAfee, and Wind River, helping you reduce time-to-market and development costs.

Where we see security for the Internet of Things is that that it is secure, but that it is communicating it is secure.

The new models for the Internet of Things is not only how to secure that device but how we communicate that and communicate more richly with a variety of solutions. Intel developed and co-worked with eco-system to drive seamless connection across different platforms, devices, systems in a secured environment for enabling the vision of smart city The es t ablishment of O pen Interconnect Consortium (OIC) - The Open Interconnect Consortium, founded by Samsung and Intel with Broadcom, Atmel, Dell and Wind River plans to define device-todevice connectivity requirements to improve interoperability. The new consortium intends to deliver a standard specification, an open source implementation, and a certification program for IoT device connectivity.

Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) - Intel, along with AT&T, Cisco, GE and IBM announced the formation of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). The IIC is a newly formed not-for-profit group with an open membership that will take the lead in establishing interoperability across various industrial environments for a more connected world.

UBW: What are your target customers/ clients?

SJ : IoT will influence both consumer and business sections. From devices to data centers; hardware and software; security and services, it is about delivering products and technologies that embed intelligence into everyday objects to connect and share data and enable the connected world.

The IoT sectors we are very optimistic are Automotive: To meet consumer and industry demand for more intelligence and

connectivity in automotive applications, Intel is working to enable automotive manufacturers to bring new products and features to market faster. A key are will be in Fleet management and telematics which will provide customers with considerable and valuable data on assets, which can add significant value to optimizing R&D, investment decisions, manufacturing, and operations Industrial: Intel announced the Intel Industrial System Consolidation Series – the first pre-integrated, pre-validated embedded virtualization product that allows customers to merge and manage multiple discrete systems into a single machine. The new series enables industrial and automation design makers to reduce costs and deliver new products faster and more efficiently. IoT has a large role to play in helping Industrial asset management through the use of sensors, advanced analytics and intelligent decisioning, will profoundly transform the way field assets connect and communicate with the enterprise.

Retail and Digital Signage: The retail landscape is expected to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the past 50 years due largely to the explosion of the Internet of Things and Big Data. Intel has new technologies that are available in market today, helping retailers make better use of Big Data while providing more engaging and personalized experiences for consumers who make purchases at home or in-store.

UBW: What are the relevant government departments/ ministries involved in the Decision making process?

And what expectations do you have from the Central, State & Local governments in terms of incentives & policy programme?

SJ : •There is a lot of interest in IoT, with 1.2B people, where technology is finally beginning to scale right from the lowest rung of citizen denominator, you are going to have everyone, from villages to citizens connected, and they will need to be served by a platform that provides end to end solutions.

• There is a huge potential & necessity for smart cities in India and the government also senses this, by making it an important part of their external

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communication • The priorities might be different than the global one’s & may also vary from one state to other depending on what the needs/ requirements are • Public private partnership would be crucial • Infrastructure development with technology collaboration • Modernization of exis ting infrastructure would be crucial • An extensive need for capacity development at all levels A lot would depend on: • Systematic reforms with strong administrative support from state & central government • Facilitation / empowerment of urban local bodies (e.g. city municipalities) with resources and improving their capabilities & holding them accountable.

• Provide relief or incentivize urban local body for creating infrastructure that matters and is necessary for the public • E-governance implementation in all services provided by central & state government UBW: Smart City deals with connecting the unconnected. It lays an interesting opportunity. How do you plan to tap it?

SJ : The Internet of Things (IoT) is at the heart of a powerful technology revolution. Soon, we will begin seeing a flood of new products, services, and experiences.

Over the next few years, we can also expect to see shared data transform industries from healthcare to retail, accelerate scientific research, and change the way we live.

Yet there are still challenges ahead.

Currently, 85 percent of devices are not designed to connect to the Internet, and securing the billions of things and devices already connected—and the massive amounts of data they generate—is still a top-of-mind barrier to adoption for some industries and organizations.

Our five key IoT tenets.

S ecuri t y: Tightly integrated hardware and software security from the edge to the cloud, along with data protection and policy management, delivers trusted data to applications that deliver value I n t e r o p e r a b i l i t y : Mo d ula r, standardized technologies seamlessly communicate to one another, accelerating

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time to market and reducing the cost of deploying and maintaining IoT solutions Scalability: Industry-leading Intel solutions across the IoT infrastructure deliver scalable computing from edge to cloud Manageability: Device, security, and advanced data management provide end users with the capabilities to manage and deploy large-scale IoT systems Analytics: Delivering trusted data and the capability to run analytics near the sensors from the edge to the datacenter enables real-time insights and streamlining operations

collaboration with partners by building partnerships with various India-based ISVs across various business segments including BFSI, Manufacturing, Education, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare, etc.

UBW: What is the future of big data & data analytics?

SJ : From government engagements and others, we’ve learned that the civic tech movement is growing, as is its potential to change profoundly the way cities are “managed”. As and when smart cities are created and developed, it will power new tools for data-driven decision-making, civic engagement and more. These suggest the potential for civic tech to change more fundamentally the ways cities and their residents solve tough problems. However, the extent to which civic tech advances this transformative potential depends on the collective ability of cities, the citizens and government to seize this momentum.

SJ : The big data market is for real, but the question is how and when it will play out to be. From the demand perspective, India is going to be seeing data explosion.

For example, India is one of the top three countries for Facebook, which is one of the biggest sources of unstructured data. India is an important market for Intel globally not just because of the presence of the R&D centre in Bangalore but also because it’s a country with a huge potential for technology consumption.

Big Data will revolutionize industries and sectors which will be the frontier for competition. Businesses will compete based on how they leverage the data and information. Big Data is more than just data; it is an opportunity from the types of data and content that are analysed, to make businesses more competitive.

The SME segment is a budding and fast growing market for data analytics and we believe that we bring a lot of data on board that needs proper execution, storage and security which we are able to provide with our solutions.

The Education sector in India is another major target for the company.

Intel intends to collaborate with educational institutions to bring innovation of data analytics and research. We expect a quality of research and innovation in big data computing through our alliance with these institutes.

We are ready to foster the big data ecosystem in India through our broad

To add to this, Intel Capital’s recent $16 million (Rs 94 crore) funding in Bangalore-based big-data analytics startup Vizury is a testimony of our plan to grow our offerings and market in this area.

UBW: What are the consequences of a smart city to city life -­‐ both high & low income Citizens?

UBW: Rank top 5 areas of the world in order of their “Willingness & Readiness to become Smart” SJ : •Intelligent transportation system • Interactive retail solution with analytics integrated • Mobile healthcare platform • Factory automation • Sensor based environmental sensing platform and Energy management solution UBW: What examples can India draw from other nations for smart city development?

SJ : Smart city development differs from area to area, from geography to geography. Now one model can suit all. A Vishakhapatnam will be different from a Varanasi. Because towns and cities tend to vary on population, public transit, inflow of migrants, focus on sustainability, environment solutions, and perhaps most important, a culture more engaged in the journey towards more sustainable and smarter cities.

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Head- Future Cities Karuna Gopal UBW: Prime Minister’s ambitious 100 Smart Cities Vision is going to take shape early this year - Many are of the opinion that India doesn’t need smart cities at all ..

Cities in the last decade and India with its late mover advantage can capitalize on this corpus of knowledge!

India’s advantage can be seen from this exhibit …

KG :I am excited that we embarked on this smart journey at a juncture when the world economy is not so bright. Smart cities present the greatest opportunity for India – opportunity to infuse ‘Economic Vitality’ into the nation and also to create an ‘Equitable Society’.

Well, contrary to the popular perception that smart cities are all about technology they are actually about Livability, Sustainability and highest quality of life.

Let’s understand that Globally, smart cities were consequence of growing urbanization, Inadequate Infrastructure, growing economic competition, and growing Environmental Challenges. India is currently experiencing all of them. So the question of doubting their relevance in India’s context doesn’t arise especially when Indian cities have established themselves as formidable economic engines of growth.

Please remember when IMF Christine LaGarde visited India recently, she did say that India is the only ‘Bright Spot’ in a largely gloomy global economy – India with its Human Capital, Innovation and Entrepreneurship- All but are integral part of cities… So cities have to cherished and nurtured.

UBW: You keep saying that it is ‘A Perfect time to build SMART CITIES in India why do you say that ?

KG : I say that because India enjoys a ‘Late Mover Advantage’ today … cities around the world that entered the game almost 10 years ago went through iterations of learning. The Mayors then had no clue what Smart Cities were and had to rely on

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the advice of technology providers. These technology majors were basically creating a market for their products and services.

So mostly back then it was vendor driven.

Today there is clarity about what is a smart city and most city leaders today are aware of how they would like to shape their cities and not blindly buy everything sold to them.

India escaped this pain. Pain of investments and pain of learning...

Back then technologies were nascent and were not mature enough, the costs too were very high and technology vendors competed aggressively. But today see how dramatically different the landscape is! Technologies have matured substantially, their costs have come down drastically and the most beautiful part is vendors are collaborating instead of competing to give ‘wholesome solutions’ to the cities!

Apart from the above advantages, India is entering at a perfect time when Global Best Practices are available, Tested and proven Frameworks, Indices, Protocols are available for ready adoption. Innovative Financing Models are up for takes and PPP frameworks are much refined. In fact the world became a R&D laboratory for Smart

UBW: What are main things under the Smart Cities Mission of the Government?

KG :Our country wants to infuse ‘smartness’ into the four pillars of growth - Institutional, Physical, Social, Economic infrastructures. The Mission is about 3 important components – Green Field Development, Redevelopments and Retrofits.

We are trying to use a combination of sustainable urban planning with good design principles and technology solutions wherever necessary. New Green field cities will adhere to good design principles and use less technology but existing cities with crumbling infrastructure will have to resort to technology solutions.

Please understand that the citizen is at the very the ‘core’ of this Mission…

UBW: What is the Ministry doing now to achieve the stated goals?

KG : The Ministry at this time is nuancing the details of the mission. Working on programs to build and enhance technical competencies, creating the required Human Capital. The ministry is developing Smart

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City Standards, Indices and appropriate Protocols. There is a specific focus on forging Partnerships both local and global.

As you know there are many countries that are approaching India and offering to be a part of this smart city game. These have to be discussed, and MOUs have to be drafted and entered into. Currently such activities are on. The Ministry is also creating a corpus of ‘International Best Practices’ and is exploring ‘Innovative Funding’ models that may work on Indian terrain.

The most important thing the ministry is doing currently is to arrive at appropriate city level Reforms for embarking on this smart journey. The biggest challenge lies in City level reforms, building city competencies and developing Smart Procurement processes for engaging vendors. Reworking PPP frameworks is taxing and it is being done while the biggest focus is perhaps also on making ‘Doing Business in India’ easier…

The government is trying to Discover all pathways that lead to achieving the smart cities mission of the PM UBW: How will the Mission be navigated?

We hear there is going to be a challenge cities be chosen ? Yes the cities will be selected through City Challenge KG: There will be 3 phases of selection– City Challenge on the lines of ‘Mayors Challenge’ of Bloomberg Philanthropy, designed as a “competition for bold ideas from city leaders”. Phase-1 (20 cities to be selected in 2015) - Remaining should be provided with additional help and resources to prepare them for selection; Phase-2 (40 Cities in 2016), Phase-3 (40 Cities in 2017).

UBW: How will the cities be shortlisted?

KG:Here are the details:

Economic Criterion Cities accounting for 54% of Incremental GDP till 2025 - 69

Geographic Inclusivity All State Capitals (not included above) – 12 Tourist/ Religious – Heritage (not included

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above) – 8

France -Urban development projects

The Conditions Precedent…

in Himachal Pradesh. France is keen on developing Smart Cities having adequate infrastructure and facilities like proper water treatment, waste management, urban transport and street lighting in the state.

Municipal Reforms - Double Entry

Singapore - Delhi-Mumbai Industrial

Hill and Coastal Areas (not included above)4 Mid-sized Cities (not included above)- 7

Accounting System , Minimum 50% collection of Taxes and User , Charges, Creation of Municipal Cadre…

E-Governance- Electronic Delivery of Public Services, All Information in Public Domain- Zero Emissions: Solid & Liquid Waste; Master Plan based on Spatial Mapping/GIS..

UBW: Can you elaborate on selected Major Investment Plans in India This is the list I am aware of ….

USA - Anticipated $41 Billion Private investment pathways into India; partnership on clean water & solid waste management for 500 cities

Japan - $35 Billion –mix of Private & Public investment – DMIC - Japan is providing support of $4.5 billion in the first phase of these projects through lending by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

China - $20 Billion–A mix of Private & Public investment.

Corridor (DMIC), the Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor and the North-East.

Singapore could develop a virtual city or a ‘little Singapore’ somewhere along the corridor.

UBW: Are you hopeful about the success of this Mission ?

KG :Yes, I am more than hopeful ... The Mission is being planned in a comprehensive way. The Union Urban Ministry is not going to work in isolation, it will work closely with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Environment Ministry, the States and the respective cities. This mission is tied to Swacch Bharat, Digital India and Make in India programs and most importantly the concept of ‘Rurbanization’ is an integral part of this mission.

UBW: Can anything be more comprehensive than this ? – Both in Concept and Design ?

KG :I am very positive

(Karuna Gopal is an Internationally acclaimed Thought Leader, Keynote Speaker and Advisor Smart Cities).

Germany - EU 1 Billion on solar capacity for next ten years.

ADB - $2.5 Billion to establish 5 Industrial Zones for Andhra Pradesh; $63.3 m for North Karnataka Urban Sector Investment Program..

SPAIN - MoU would be signed between the two governments with focus on evolving a Master Plan for Smart Delhi. To develop a green field smart city in an area of about 20,000 hectares besides smart infrastructure development in two pockets of Delhi with an areas of 1,00,000 sq mt and 1,20,000 sq mt and redevelopment of identified areas, in which Spanish agencies could lend technical support.

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INT ERV I E W Unleashing Mobile Broadband to Build Sustainable Cities of Tomorrow Safder Nazir Regional Vice President Smart City & IoT at Huawei Technologies

UBW: Starting with Smart Cities as everybody today is talking about them, could you briefly explain your view of a Smart City?

we have been dedicating significant resource into expanding our ‘Smart City’ capabilities and expertise as we recognized an increased interest and demand for smart city initiatives.

SN: The world is undergoing a wave of mass urbanisation, bringing with it inevitable challenges that cities must look to resolve.

The ICT industry is also at the cusp of great technological and business advancements inspired by an increased mandate for Smart City initiatives across the Middle East.

Huawei’s breadth of solution portfolio, industry relationships and technology leadership in mobile and fixed broadband enables us to play a key role in helping driving smart city initiatives from concept to reality.

While the cities of today are at various stages of development, many are already heavily reliant on both fixed and wireless ICT networks. The cities of tomorrow, however, will be shaped by ubiquitous mobile broadband coverage that enables the seamless interconnection of systems, multiagency sharing of all relevant city data, and consistently high-quality service delivery to end users. This is what we call a Smart City.

It is about modernizing a city from its current state to a desired state that better facilitates daily life and business.

The key objective is to use ICT to enhance performance and wellbeing, to reduce costs and resource consumption and also to engage more effectively and actively with its citizens.

The first step is to set a vision for where that city wants to be and then develop a strategy of how to get there. At Huawei we believe that the foundation of any strong Smart City program is build on Fixed and Mobile Broadband Networks and the evolution of these networks must be a key consideration for a Smart City network design.

UBW : Why do you feel that Mobile Broadband Networks are at the heart of the Smart City?

SN : In a recent collaboration with IDC, we launched a joint White Paper research study which revealed that the current availability of 3G and the increasing deployment of 4G LTE create a sound

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In fact, we have already participated in over 60 Smart City projects in more than 20 countries worldwide and cooperate with over 1,100 technology providers and 800 services and system integration firms. foundation for enabling Smart Cities. Mobile technologies have matured rapidly in the last few years, and consumer acceptance has moved beyond tech-savvy early adopters.

As consumers realize the benefits of ubiquitous, fast and reliable mobile connectivity, cities will increasingly rely on mobile broadband as a key enabler of Smart City services in many areas; from government to transportation, utilities, healthcare, and education. While high-performance fixed networks form a foundation, mobile broadband holds promise for cities of the future to meet the growing need for omnipresent connectivity, high performance, resilience, and reliability with low latency.

Telecommunication operators are uniquely positioned to offer a full array of mobile broadband-based Smart City solutions. This is where we feel Huawei plays an important role and the fundamental reason we are showcasing our capabilities to help drive smart city innovation.

UBW: Please tell us about Huawei’s expertise in this aspect and your approach towards Smart Cities so far?

SN : As one of the leading global ICT vendors, Huawei has developed its expertise in designing and deploying mobile broadband networks across the world. In recent years

For example, in July 2014, the World Youth Olympic Games were held in in Nanjing, China. We worked with the organizers to run the whole infrastructure on a Huawei mobile broadband network. Athletes could travel from the athlete village to the stadium on time and the whole city was managed and coordinated. You could change traffic lights to allow smooth traffic flow as well as track the VIP’s that were moving around. This is the kind of solution which is enabled by mobile broadband and we are bringing this type of expertise in the region by engaging our R&D facilities.

To this end, we have also developed an extensive range of Mobile Broadband technology including 4G (LTE) across the world for nearly 40 telecom operators in Asia, the Middle East, North America, South America, Western Europe, Russia and Africa.

This includes the roll out of a 4G high-speed network on Mount Everest that now gives explorers access to 4G wireless coverage at 5,200 meters above sea level. Huawei is also currently a leading contributor to the development of 5G. Huawei has been an active contributor to LTE/LTE-A standard patents since 2010.

Specifically, 466 of our proposals submitted to LTE/LTE-A were granted as core standards, which have enabled us to rank first in the world and constitute nearly 25 percent of

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all proposals granted globally.

We consider ourselves pioneers in 5G innovation and began investing in 5G research as early as 2009. We have committed to invest US$600 million in the research and innovation of 5G technology by 2018. Without these initiatives the future of Smart Cities enabled with concepts such as driverless vehicles will be much more difficult to realize.

At GITEX 2014, we launched our regional Smart City Center of Excellence based in the GCC, bringing together our capabilities and focusing them on assisting the smart city initiatives of our customers.

UBW: Tell us about the Smart City Center of Excellence?

SN : Huawei’s ‘Center of Excellence’ (CoE) was developed to assist governing bodies and telecom operators to drive smart city initiatives from concept to reality. It will act as a knowledge hub for industry professionals to share best practices in Smart City development that will prove fundamental in improving the quality-of-life of citizens in the region.

With an unparalleled commitment to ICT research & development, an end-toend portfolio of technology solutions and experience in developing regional mobile broadband networks, Huawei is ideally placed to transform Middle East smart city initiatives with a more sustainable outcome.

Huawei’s Smart City Solutions include ubiquitous connectivity, information sharing and integration and cross sector collaboration. The urban infrastructure network universally connects a city’s user equipment and application terminals; the cloud-based urban data center stores, shares, and integrates the data and subsystems of the entire sector; the urban information sharing platform carries various smart applications, such as: • Smart Government • Safe City • Intelligent Transport • Smart Campus • Smart Education, and • Smart Hospital UBW: When we talk about Smart Cities and the timeline to go about it, do you think you already have the type of networks that could actually support the infrastructure to effectively make

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it smart. Do you think the networks are robust enough to handle all that data and traffic?

SN : It is important to think Smart City projects as a journey and it depends on what city leaders want to achieve – be it a more connected infrastructure with e-government citizen services or that nextlevel smart city experience that links to every facet of the city’s infrastructure.

If we look within the UAE we are very fortunate here that we have extensive high quality, high availability networks both on fixed and mobile broadband networks. The 4G coverage in the UAE is quite extensive but we are already working with operators to develop 5G networks.

Mobile internet, big data, cloud computing and smart devices are all playing a critical role in propelling the advancement of the ICT industry. 5G is not just the next generation of mobile technology, it is also a critical infrastructure for the future digital world. 5G will be super fast, will allow many more connections and have much lower latency. Under 5G, the speed difference between fixed end mobile connections will disappear. Additionally, the feeling of distance between people will disappear as well, realizing the “zero distance” benefits of the digital world. 5G will also become the enabler of many industrial applications of big data and cloud computing, and deepen the transformation of vertical industries.

Advanced wireless networks like 4 & 5G mobile broadband (MBB) make ubiquitous connectivity possible, while cloud computing makes data sharing and integration, data mining and analysis possible. Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) helps to make cross sector collaboration possible and increases urban management and emergency efficiency.

Development of faster 5G MBB networks will help offer solutions for city leaders to address current challenges such as public security issues, shortage of educational and medical resources, traffic congestion, high pollution costs, decreasing energy productivity efficiency and food security issues.

UBW: So when we look at the technology side of Smart Cities, Huawei is capable of handling every aspect apart from the network service?

SN:With the increasing convergence of Information Technology

(IT) and Communications Technology (CT), Huawei has put in place a threepronged strategy of “Cloud-Pipe-Device” to provide comprehensive solutions to telecommunications carriers, enterprises and customers.

In terms of our Smart City solutions and capabilities, we are certainly able to work with smart city leaders to ensure that their strategic objectives are completed, with relation to the technology. We are committed to providing government, enterprise and industry customers with innovative, leading, and differentiated ICT infrastructure products, solutions, and services.

At the core of Huawei’s ‘Smart City’ solutions lies its ‘Smart Government’, ‘Smart Industry’ and ‘Smart Life’ applications.

It integrates enterprise development and people’s lifestyle in a pervasive ICT based network by making full use of the communications network, cloud computing and information collaboration.

Smart City promotes stable urban development and optimal resource utilization, boosts urban intelligence coverage and increases operational efficiency, sustainability and citizen satisfaction.

Huawei can help in building cloud data centers for ICT convergence, jointly explore cloud service opportunities and service platforms with carriers. In addition, we will openly cooperate with others, aggregate content, applications, and developers worldwide, and work with carriers to provide services to consumers, enterprises, and home users.

UBW: Do you see the demand for Smart Cities extending beyond UAE in the Middle East and beyond?

SN : There is a great deal of interest across the region in developing Smart Cities.

There are a plenty of cities that are making plans for Smart City Programs and we are working with many of them.

An important part of this historical process is creating initiatives that build a better connected world. In the Middle East, this will require delivering on pillars such as ubiquitous broadband, agile innovation, and creating inspired experiences. As the public and private sector continue to invest in Smart City projects, ubiquitous mobile broadband infrastructure will be a key enabler—one that is able to address both a city’s current needs and its future requirements.

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Hugh McDermott

Vice President Devlopment In Asia Silver Spring UBW: You have been recognized as one of the leading providers of IoT platforms for critical infrastructure? What distinguishes your platform from others?

HM: I think our proven results in connecting multiple critical infrastructure applications for smart energy and smart cities on a single network platform is the very things that distinguishes us from others in the industry. We are the only provider of proven, multi-application and standardsbased, smart city network platform with over 20M+ devices networked across five continents. And we don’t just provide a proprietary network for one application or service. We want to make sure that cities and utilities that deploy a Silver Spring network get the miles out of it - one platform, many benefits. The versatility and flexibility of our standards-based IPv6 platform provides city managers and operators the option to start with any application as an entry point, and ensures that they will have the flexibility to add any range of smart city or smart energy applications as their needs evolve and change. We also take pride in the breadth of our 100+ partner ecosystem, ensuring that our customers always have a choice of, often local, vendors to work with.

UBW: Your company is working on smart city contracts (networked LEDs, smart traffic controls, other IoT Sensors).

What has been your experience in deploying these?

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Following a successful pre-pay program giving its customers the option to pay for electricity in advance and better monitor their electricity use, Horizon Power decided to deploy the country’s first voluntary AMI program.

and better manage aspects of their urban environments on behalf of their residents.

For instance, street lights can eat up as much as 40 percent of a city’s energy budget.

By installing networked, intelligent street lights, cities can save on operational and efficiency costs, while also deploying a network platform that can be used to connect additional city assets such as water metering, traffic controls to provide even greater value in the future.

Our experience in deploying smart city technology has gone beyond our initial expectations. For example, we’ve helped Miami, which often experiences severe weather including tropical storms and hurricanes achieve better power reliability and outage detection through the smart grid, and they are now using this same network platform to connect 75,000 street lights, the largest deployment of its kind in North America. Paris is another example of a city that is well on its way to reduce public lighting energy consumption by 30 percent by 2025 through smart street lighting and traffic controls.

UBW: Your company has been recently selected by Horizon Power – Western Australian utility – to pursue AMI. Can you brief us on that arrangement and how it can benefit its residents?

HM: As one of the most isolated and remote service territories in the world, Horizon was looking for an opportunity to reduce operating costs associated with customer service and manual meter reads for its 47,000 customers who are spread across 2.3 million square miles. Horizon Power saw how innovation could help them overcome some of its largest business challenges.

UBW: You have recently acquired Detectent, a leading data analytics solutions company. What led to the acquisition & what are your future goals and development plans for the acquired firm?

HM: Silver Spring acquired Detectent to add increased value to deployed AMI networks in the form of world-class analytics solutions to help utilities tackle such challenges as improved AMI, grid operations efficiency, energy theft, and customer engagement. Our acquisition of Detectent further bolsters our big data leadership, broadens Silver Spring’s software and SaaS solutions offerings and expands our total available market. Detectent’s leading analytics offerings expand the power of Silver Spring’s real-time big data platform – the SilverLink Sensor Network.

The SilverLink Sensor Network is the first network-based service that transforms how you can analyze your real-time smart grid big data to improve operations and increase customer engagement. With fully networked sensor devices, you can easily and quickly organize, program and use smart grid big data for a more agile and innovative organization. Delivering the most powerful analytics tools available, the SilverLink Sensor Network lets you create breakthrough business applications ten times faster at 1/10th the cost of existing solutions.

Additionally, we see a lot of opportunity for Detectent and Silver Spring to help utilities and cities in markets such as India and Brazil, where energy theft is a big challenge.

UBW: You are moving from being a smart meter vendor to also providing SaaS to deliver near real-time

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information, for example in your work at Consumers Energy. What is your company’s strategy for foraying into this segment and competitive advantages, which led you to winning such a contract?

HM: Our strategy for Consumers was to provide the customer with the best program to help meet their ambitious goals for customer engagement and energy efficiency by utilizing smart grid big data.

Again, our platform approach to smart city networks really provides us the competitive advantage in delivering the value and multiple benefits that customers like Consumers Energy are looking for.

Traditional IT applications and architectures are outdated as they rely on proprietary and siloed approaches, which fundamentally prevents them from meeting the needs of our on-demand, increasingly interconnected world. Our flexible Customer Engagement App Suite and SilverLink Sensor Network allows utilities to leverage our technology for Silver Spring and third party networks, unlocking greater choice, value, and innovation for their customers.

UBW: One of the biggest inhibitors for smart city development is funding.

Your company is seen to experiment with financing models to help municipalities. What kind of financing options to suggest to help attain optimum ROI? HM: Cities have become a focal point for how countries can achieve sustainable economic growth and India’s leaders are among the first in the world to not only recognize this fact, but have laid out an ambitious smart city vision and have begun their journey to realization. India’s investment in smart city initiatives twill fuel development, as well as build competitive advantage necessary to attract business investment and retain skilled workers. We see a significant market opportunity to help cities in India and around the world traverse these challenges.

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‘self-fund’ their smart city networks. Our Smart City Network-as-a-Service offering means Silver Spring will deploy, manage and operate smart city networks, such as intelligent streetlights, on behalf of cities, allowing them to avoid upfront capital equipment and deployment costs, and reduce operational and management expenditures and risks. Importantly for cities, this approach allows cities to leverage this same network platform for the deployment of additional smart city applications over time, lowering long-term costs and accelerating speed of deployment for new services.

Silver Spring’s smart city approach creates a virtuous circle for cities and communities. The compelling economics of Silver Spring’s NaaS offering enables cities to capture and reinvest operational and cost savings into additional smart city applications for their citizens. Our open, standards-based solutions coupled with the insight-rich data delivered across a smart city network creates a platform for entrepreneurs and software developers to bring additional innovations and value to the community, helping cities to further attract business investment, draw more skilled talent, and make themselves more economically competitive.

UBW: What are the benefits of networked LEDs? And what is the ROI, Payback period for LEDs versus networked LEDs?

future smart city services, such as smart waste management, traffic redirection in the case of emergencies, and acoustic detection.

• Glasgow is deploying adaptive street lighting, motion sensors, and traffic controls to monitor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic, which are programmed to automatically brighten and dim depending on ambient light levels as well as how many people are in a given area.

• Miami, prone to frequent lightning storms and occasional hurricanes, is achieving better power reliability and outage detection through its smart grid investments.

They are also networking 75,000 street lights, the largest deployment of its kind in North America.

• Paris, the City of Lights, aims to reduce its public lighting energy consumption by 30 percent by 2025 through smart street lighting and traffic controls. The network canopy established across the city will also allow Paris to deploy additional smart city services over time.

• Singapore has inst alled a nationwide canopy network to deliver an open energy market for its citizens so that they can choose their provider, and better manage their own savings and energy efficiency.

HM: Networked LEDs dramatically boosts the energy and maintenance savings over simple LEDs, reducing ROI in some cases by years. More importantly, deploying networked LEDs can serve as the foundation investment for a city to become smart by creating the backbone network that can be further leveraged to connect and manage other devices and services such as water meters, traffic controls, and health and safety devices. What we have seen is that there is no ‘one size fits all’ benefit model for a utility, municipalities or other network or street light operators which makes the flexibility of such a network platform so powerful and enable cities to tackle some of their biggest challenges on multiple levels.

For example: • Copenhagen is deploying a canopy network across the city to connect 20,000 street lights and establish a platform for

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Paresh Shah Global CEO Allied Digital UBW: Smart city is now not a question of if, but a question of how & when.

What is your vision of a Smart City? And your role in helping develop a city --‐ Smart.

PS: Smart City is one of the hottest buzzwords, especially in India today. There are plenty of meanings floating, right from various levels of government, real-estate builders, IT companies and general people.

A smart city is a digitally connected city, offering critical services to its people ensuring a sustainable economy and smarter, leaner governance.

A major interest is driven from the government side. The governments want to provide sustainable and growth oriented economic environment in their respective region, by provisioning top class infrastructure. A smart city brings operational efficiency and centralized control for the government as well as local authorities. It provisions real-time information combining intelligence, augments new services to its citizens, maintains order by proactively and reactively safeguarding public and is capable of improving its quality and scale over time.

Needy infrastructure services for citizens such as safety, utility, health, emergency, traffic, communication are controlled, actioned and brained by IT, the underlying foundation for smart city. Such projects are a need of the hour for India, as this uplifts our domestic economy, cuts redundant government spending, drives efficiency in all infrastructure sectors and make citizens more productive and prosperous.

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the same as e-governance. E-governance is more of digitizing certain services that acts like an ERP for the government. Smart governance take a leap ahead in creating an effective, intelligent, feedback driven and holistic governance with the use of sustainable operational technologies for constant vigilance and real-time action.

UBW: What is the future of big data &

data analytics?

Intelligence” that constantly influences the quality of services to the citizen. The underlying physical infrastructure that provides critical services is digitized by the layer of IT infrastructure.

A smart city is fully connected by primarily fiber or wireless technology. The information collection happens centrally at a data center and is primarily managed, viewed at a centralized command center. It is also an aggregation of multiple systems that exchange data among themselves. The key IT driving forces of “Social Media”, “Mobility”, “Cloud” and “Analytics” along with Internet of Things and Information Security have direct role in implementing a smart city. Thus system integrators, who have very strong IT infrastructure experience as well as sensor based technology expertise are the right companies for the Smart City.

Allied, being a strong infrastructure services and solutions provider over 30 years and a master systems integrator undoubtedly possesses the right experience, skills and project implementation agility to be best positioned to implement smart city projects.

It has been therefore awarded the first such project of a smart city initiative, the city of Pune by implementing critical services of citizen safety and traffic management. This project is now operational and providing great value for improving law and order of the city.

UBW: What is e - Governance/ Smart Governance?

PS: Smart Governance is not

PS: Today there are over 2 billion devices in the world, and this would rise to 15 billion by 2017 due to “internet Of things” as everything gets IP driven.. Devices will generate a lot of data. Every enterprise would require to analyze such humongous data to constantly fine-tune their business models and personalize the service offerings.

Hence Big data and data analytics has a major role to play.

UBW: What ecosystem is required for the Smart City industry to take roots?

PS: This is a very critical question.

Smart City project is a lot about integration, collaboration and communication so local infrastructure, existing systems and stakeholder support builds the ecosystem.

In terms of project effort. Since the projects are large and complex in size, finance is an important parameter which needs to be looked more on public private partnership perspective rather than just the system integrator taking the burden of the project finance. Government stakeholders, media and NGOs have a big role to play to not only develop citizen friendly integrated system but also support in resolving project challenges and feedback.

UBW: What are your target customers/ clients?

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Allied has a roadmap to drive enterprises and government into the digital enterprise space. It has implemented lot of operational technology projects related to physical security, high-end datacenters setup, smart hospitals, smart townships, theme park IT and now the smart city initiative of Pune.

For smart city perspective, every city or new township is among the target customers.

UBW: What are the relevant government departments/ ministries involved in the decision making process? And what expectations do you have from the Central, State & Local governments in terms of incentives & policy programme?

PS: The Central government can drive a country-wide initiative with some key objectives such as citizen safety, core communication and emergency management.

The central government also has plan to revamp major infrastructure such as transport corridor, and remote connectivity.

The state governments need to prioritize on their respective cities, critical and revenue generating services, plan budgets and create a public-private project and technology councils. The choice of technology selection is complex and need to be left to system integrators that promote the best-of-breed products from the product vendors. During implementation and operationalization, the ministries, local authorities and secretariats need to play a collaborative, decisive and optimistic role with the systems integrator.

Lastly, government should encourage “Make In India” initiative for promoting local electronic sensor products, local software and of course domestic company managed implementation.

UBW: Could you rank for us top 5 areas of the world in order of their “Willingness & Readiness to become Smart”?

- The US (New York, Chicago etc.)

- UK and Germany (London etc.)

- Dubai - India (Pune, Mumbai, others named….)

- China (Shanghai etc) UBW: How can ICT be used in increasing safety of a Smart City?

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city initiative, the entire city is networked with optic fiber. Every important corner of city is equipped with electronics that routes high definition video captured by multiple types of intelligent cameras from nearby poles. The videos from 100s and 1000s of cameras are collected at a centralized data center. Various video management, image anmalytics and integrating software are provisioned. From a central command center, through the access of these software, the entire city can be monitored through alerts and smart scenarios, established action procedures and supporting forensics. Today, with the growing safety concerns across thw world, this initiative is imperative, and every attempt made to implement safety and emergency management services for citizen safety is of immense value.

UBW: What are your plans & strategy to tap the Smart City Market in 2015?

PS: We are already in this as our large implementation in Pune as well as few smaller implementations. We also are playing consultative role now and so have the best credentials to tap both government and real-estate industry initiatives for the smart city.

UBW: What examples can we draw from other nations for smart city development?

PS: Very interesting question. Smart city involves technology that manages critical long term services. Scalability and Reliability are very important factors, which in turn depend on the existing available layout of the physical infrastructure such as electricity, drainage, city planning and of course a collaborative local authority and citizen support. Implementing such a project in existing old cities such as crowded, ductless and narrow streets with heavy rains is very challenging than other parts of the developed world. In all, implementing smart city projects in India gathers a different experience. However greenfield implementations in new townships, cities is much easier just as any city in advanced world. However, technology in India is equally state of the art than other parts of the world. For our implementations we have taken some knowledge guidance from London and Chicago city.

UBW: Smart city deals with connecting the unconnected. How does Allied

Digital plan to tap such a huge opportunity?

Allied Digital drives the core infrastructure offerings on which the “unconnected” sensors, mobility devices get connected on a private cloud platform of smart city and also the storage design on structured and unstructured data for analytics. Allied Digital thus has the right ingredient offering in the form of a flexible “ADiCube” to drive the unconnected to the connected world. Also, the important fact is Allied is a certified integrator for multiple smart city product vendors.

Smart City development requires a huge IT infrastructure in terms of cables, sensors, data centers, etc. What needs to be done for establishing such a huge infrastructure?

A centralized data center with preferred redundancy is imperative to hold this massive collection of information.

Allied digital sets up a secure private cloud connected to this data center. The key aspect of designing such infrastructure is the “smart brain” of efficient and cost-effective design of a smart city.

UBW: What are some good trade fairs/ expos & conferences in the industry?

PSA: There are plenty, some are government based fairs and expos, Realestate industry driven expos and Analyst (such as Gartner and Forrester) driven expos. Couple of Large OEMs also do some expos.

UBW: What is the role of Banks and Government financial institutions in such initiative?

PS: Banking and Reserve Bank of India policies will play extremely crucial role in facilitating smoother financing for such large infrastructure projects. First, these projects need to be truly classified as infrastructure based. Secondly, special provisions that create win-win situation for the public’s money, system integrator and the local authorities need to be made. Third, benchmarks on costing and timelines need to be made as experience implementing such projects is obtained by governments.

“Smart City” initiative is the need of hour, and important steps taken in finance and infrastructure planning will make a drastic difference to economy of the country.

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The Global Smart City Market Outlook—From Structure to Strategy Archana Devi Vidyasekar, Team Leader & Senior Research Analyst, Robin Varghese, Senior Research Analyst, Visionary Innovation Group, Frost & Sullivan

Cities, world over, are facing issues of congestion and pollution, while steep real estate prices and lack of access to affordable housing are leading to a sense of instability. Urban migration and the physical expansion of cities and metropolitan areas are adding immense pressure on energy resources, environment, infrastructure, sanitation, health, public funds, and other basic utilities. In developing and growing cities, governments are struggling to match the city infrastructure to accommodate the rapidly growing population. Therefore, it has become imperative that this issue of urbanization is tackled keeping in mind the futuristic trends that technology and society are veering towards. Longer time frames should be kept in mind such that buildings and infrastructure are adaptable, ecologically sensitive, and intelligent. Essentially, a solution to the problem of urbanization is the development of ‘Smart Cities’. However, there are multitudes of perceptions of what a smart city should be. There are many cities claiming to become smart cities, while most of their initiatives center on green concepts only. Again, there are cities launching city-wide initiatives to cover the area with high-optic broadband network with claims of becoming smarter. Although these are all aspects of being smart, they do not offer a coherent view of what exactly a smart city is.

There are many sustainable and green initiatives taking place across the globe but these cities cannot be categorized as smart cities as they often fail to leverage Information and Communications Technology (ICT). What makes a smart city differ from ‘Sustainable Cities’ or ‘Eco Cities’ is its emphasis on creating connections and systems, not only between millions of smart devices present in modern day cities, but also between businesses, public sector, knowledge institutions, and inhabitants of the city.

Frost & Sullivan has identified eight parameters that could provide a comprehensive view of the smart city. We define smart cities as those that are built on “Smart” and “Intelligent” solutions and technology that will lead to adoption of at least five out of the eight following smart parameters.

Let’s begin with the parameter where the smart city initiative should begin in the first place: Smart Governance- Smart governance

Exhibit 1: Smart City Diamond

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includes policies and digital services from the government that help and support the adoption of green and intelligent solutions through incentives, subsidies, or other promotions. This involvement of the government is crucial for the development of smart cities because an unwilling government can spoil the fate of any project. The other aspect that is crucial is Smart Technology which will connect the home, office, mobile phone, and car on a single wireless IT platform. Smart technology includes adoption of a smart grid system, smart home solution, a high-speed broadband connection, and roll-out of 4G or 5G technology. Leveraging this is of utmost importance to the core concept of a smart city. The third aspect that is but obviously important is the Smart Citizen. A smart citizen must possess interest in embracing smart and green solutions in daily activities. More citizen proactivity is expected in adopting smart concepts and smart products, including lifestyle choices. An indifferent citizen can completely dampen the smart city initiative.

The other smart city aspects are of significance in defining a smart city too. In todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age of dwindling resources and energy crisis, a city that functions on Smart Energy is futuristic to say the least. Smart energy uses digital technology through advanced meter infrastructure (AMI), distribution grid management, and high-voltage transmission systems, as well as for demand response for the intelligent and integrated transmission and distribution of power. Close on the heels of smart energy is Smart Mobility. Smart mobility enables intelligent mobility through the use of innovative and integrated technologies and solutions, such as low emission cars and multimodal transport systems. Emerging mobility concepts like car sharing and bike sharing will experience increasing traction as mobility integrators gain significance in the smart city ecosystem.

With increasing healthcare costs every year, and the growing importance of ICT, Smart Healthcare needs to be embraced. Smart healthcare is the use of e-health and m-health systems and intelligent and connected medical devices. It also involves implementation of policies that encourage health, wellness, and well-being for its citizens and health monitoring and diagnostics as opposed to treatment.

Smart Buildings that are green, energy efficient, and intelligent, with advanced automated infrastructure that controls and manages aspects such as lighting and temperature, security, and energy consumption independently or with minimal human intervention, are also important to ensuring a greener future. Lastly, Smart Infrastructure is required to effectively support all the above parameters. This includes intelligent and automated systems that manage, communicate with, and integrate into different types of intelligent infrastructure, such as energy grids, transportation networks, water and waste management systems, and telecommunications.

Global Smart Cities by 2025 In 2025, we will see around 26 global smart cities which will feature five of the eight aforementioned parameters. Around 50 percent of these smart cities will be from North America and Europe.

Exhibit 2: Global Smart Cities, 2025 Most of the pilot projects, innovation and leadership in the smart cities space are taking place in North America. The smart technology market in North America will grow by 40 percent by 2015 with nearly 35 smart technology projects already underway. The smart buildings market is said to peak in 2020 with North America likely to account for 30-35 percent in the next few years. Moreover, the US plans to be the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest real-world test-bed for smart vehicles.

Europe has the largest number of smart city project investments globally. Europe is expected to see a five-fold growth in the installed

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base of smart meters by 2017. Western Europe is expected to lead the smart building market by 2015 with a CAGR of 28.8 percent.

The Asian Tiger though is not far behind with China accounting for more than 50 percent of the global smart cities, generating US $320 Billion for China’s economy by 2015. Investments in Asian smart cities will grow from about US $55.6 Billion in 2013 to around US $260 Billion in 2020.

Smart City Business Models The construction of an ICT network will have four main models: BOO, BOT, BOM, and Open Network. r Build Own Operate: The smart city planner independently builds the city infrastructure and delivers smart city services.The operation and maintenance of services is fully under the planner’s control.

Example of Jubail, the KSA: Development and operation of the city is the responsibility of the Jubail Directorate and a consortium of governmental agencies. Local companies participating in this project will be employed by the state.

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Build Operate Transfer: The smart city planner appoints a trusted partner to build the city infrastructure and provide smart city services for a particular area within a time period. After completion, the operation is handed over to the smart city planner.

Example of Norcross, the USA: GE builds and operates a smart grid for a monthly fee and runs it through cloud computing from Atlanta. The city avoids costs and can allow GE to run until a profit allows takeover.

r Build Operate Manage: The smart city planner appoints a trusted partner to develop the city infrastructure and services.

The partner operates and manages the smart city services. The city planner has no further role. Most of the public-private partnerships are built on this model.

Example of Rio, Brazil: Citywide system built by IBM integrating data from 30 agencies. IBM manages the project through ` data collation and analysis. Local companies handle construction and telecommunications.

r Open Business Model: The city planner allows any qualified company or business organization to build city infrastructure and provide city services. The city planner however will impose some regulatory obligations.

Example of Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Selected pilot projects establish partnerships, agree to management, finance, and resources. The Government gives flexible regulatory status and shares data to inform of development.

Smart City Roles The growing need for complex and integrated city-wide solutions will drive and foster convergence in the smart city space. Companies will actively partner and converge with other players in the smart city eco-system to create and offer intelligent services. Convergence between pure-play product vendors, networking companies, and system integrators will create the smartest solutions in the market.

As cities evolve into clusters of smart communities, the importance of ICT players will increase as a fresh league of such companies begin to participate in areas such as smart energy, industrial automation, and building technology that were previously not envisioned by traditional leaders in these spaces. Similarly, utility providers will begin to compete with telecom providers while deploying an ICT network within a city.

The pace of smart city market development will depend on how quickly companies converge and tap into each other’s industry value chains. In addition to identifying best partners, the first mover advantage in offering integrated solutions to city governments will also become vital as cities look for centralized operation centers. Cloud-based smart city services, in this context, will become imperative.

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Exhibit 3: Types of Smart City Participants

Funding Mechanisms for Smart Cities Most services are financed by the central governments or cities themselves. However, the funding mechanism is primarily via: r Special Development Funds are specific funds that are set up for implementing and scaling up urban development/smart city initiatives E.g. European Commission’s “JESSICA” r Public-Private Partnerships are funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies E.g. Cisco-Songdo Partnership, South Korea r City Budgets where smart city projects are self-financed from public budgets in collaboration with central governments or state governments E.g. Seoul Smart City, South Korea r Private Investment whereby financing is done through commercial stakeholders, service providers, private investors, and venture capitalists. E.g. Amsterdam Smart City Platform in the Netherlands While public-private partnerships are the most preferred city project model, the inherent risk in long project durations and political instability, has paved way to new financial instruments for financing smart cities. Debt-equity model, savings sharing, and social impact bonds are all ways to attract inward investment.

Opportunities Ahead: The Smart City Market Smart devices act as the foundation of modern cities by being embedded in the infrastructure of the city as smart meters, sensors, cameras, etc. or are perennially moving around the city on buses, trains, or people on the streets. The effectiveness of these smart devices lies in their ability to collect, store, and provide data about the environment they are in. Therefore, they are in a position to feel the pulse of a city and analyze and provide information about the state of the city. The opportunity to use this information and create smart solutions in the city is almost unlimited.

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Exhibit 4: Smart City Market by Segments1 Global, 2020

Smart Transportation solutions will be in high demand in the next 15 years. Latin America, Middle East and Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe will be growing markets of 45.8 percent, 39.1 percent, and 31.4 percent respectively by 2025. E-services to citizens such as e-payments, e-exchange, e-sharing, etc. will empower citizens with real-time access to personal data and related services. More than 60 percent of citizens of smart cities will have full access to e-services in the next 10 years.

Smart cities will also create opportunities in power generation, storage, and distribution. Smart cities will also lead to the creation of a huge investment opportunity of US $2 Trillion in the global market for Smart Grid by 2030. Smart Energy is already in action in Amsterdam, with over 1,200 houses adopting the smart energy management system.

Further, smart cities will create a US $351.13 Billion opportunity in the smart transportation market by 2025. Opportunities lie in providing citywide traffic monitoring systems, electric vehicle charging infrastructure solutions, parking, tolling and congestion management, real time traveller information, integrated ticket and fare management solutions, traffic prediction tool and integrated traffic management solutions. Singapore’s Land Transportation Authority and IBM have already launched an innovative traffic prediction tool. At peak traffic hours, the system is said to have shown an above 90 percent accurate prediction result.

Smart cities in the future will deploy innovative digital service layers, analytics, and ubiquitous communication systems leading to connected homes, connected buildings, connected people, connected hospitals, connected vehicles, connected equipment, and connected offices.

The ICT enabled u-City project for smart cities in South Korea created a market value of US $58 Billion as of 2010. A location-based complaint application for smart phones called the ‘Seoul Smart Complaint Center’ has been developed by Seoul city.

Smart cities will demand a far more intelligent and integrated healthcare network system consisting of an electronic healthcare record, patient registering, portal messaging system, and health resources register. Such an integrated health information system has already been launched across Singapore. The Canadian healthcare industry too has ventured into this space via a joint venture with Samsung to develop a mobile app to connect doctors and surgeons.

Smart cities will employ smart environments or pervasive computing technology to provide services to end consumers. Smart environments are thus expected to play a critical role in overcoming the issues associated with urbanization by providing solutions towards sustainability, mobility, health, public safety, education, and energy distribution.

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networks, smart devices, and new business models.

Open innovation and open business models for smart cities should be encouraged to make information from public systems openly available and accessible to citizens and entrepreneurial businesses to foster innovation in new services. The Open Data platform in Chicago is a good example of one such model. A specific decision making entity or stakeholder group comprising government bureaucrats, transport and utility providers, key decision makers, thought-leaders, commercial enterprises, and universities should be established to create a vision and a roadmap for a smart city. In the UK, a minister for cities has been established.

A digital infrastructure should be developed to build a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IT infrastructure and its potential to contribute to the growing digital economy. This can done by building a free public Wi-Fi network or a faster broadband network like 5G (10Gbps speed), thus enabling new digital services for businesses, tourists, and energy projects. South Korea is looking at 5G infrastructure in a big way and is projected to be one of the first adopters (by 2020).

Local authorities and other public sector agencies should collaborate to share business applications, IT platforms, and data through shared IT platforms or cloud-based city platforms. A shared services cloud at the municipal level could be an example of this.

Social involvement should also be encouraged to make information from public systems openly available and accessible to citizens and entrepreneurial businesses to foster innovation in new services. Moreover, in the event of zero government funds for smart city initiatives due to other urgent requirements, cities can look at unconventional funding models such as savings-sharing which will offer more incentives to the private sector to invest more and take on the risk of financing these projects completely.

Cities must also identify the right partnership model for smart city implementation. The cities have to choose, depending on the nature of the solution, whether they must outsource management or operation or create special government vehicles to operate smart city solutions in-house.

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Draft Concept Note On Smart City Scheme (Summary): By MoUD India is on a path to rapid urbanisation. Urban areas provide the integration that the industrial & services need. 60% of India’s GDP is contributed by the urban population (which constitutes only 31% of the total population). And hence, the need to plan our urban areas comes up.

The Narendra Modi government has hence a vision of developing “one hundred smart cities”, as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernising the existing mid-sized cities.

A smart city can mean different things for different people. Smart City for its sustainability needs to offer economic activities and employment opportunities to a wide section of its residents, regardless of their level of education, skills or income levels. it is also important for a Smart City to provide a very high quality of life (comparable with any developed European City) i.e. good quality but affordable housing, cost efficient physical, social and institutional infrastructure such as adequate and quality water supply, sanitation, 24 x 7 electric supply, clean air, quality education, cost efficient health care, dependable security, entertainment, sports, robust and high speed interconnectivity, fast & efficient urban mobility etc.

Pillars Of A Smart City Following are the four pillars on which a smart city rests – the centre of attention for each being the citizen, ie, a Smart City works towards ensuring the best for its entire people, regardless of social status, age, income levels, gender, etc.

Institutional Infrastructure

Refers to activities related to governance, planning & management of city – to which a new dimension (of participation & inclusive governance by citizen) has been provided by the new technology (ICT)

Present Scenario – l Lacking of ownership feeling of the city by the people l Responsibilities for different services – fragmented across multiple institutions – leading to complexity in basic operations of a city l Governance by enforcement

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Proposals in Smart city –

l Involving citizens in decision-making processes. lMultiple systems required in management of city – working in close harmony with each other & hence in an integrated man ner rather than working in silos. lMunicipal offices fully automated – to deliver services in real time through IT based facilities. lMaking all information of city available in the public domain & ensuring public participation in governance through social media

Physical Infrastructure

Refers to cost efficiency & intelligence of a city’s infrastructure like urban mobility system, housing, water supply system, solid wastemanagement system, etc. which are all integrated through the use of technology.

Proposals in Smart City– Urban Mobility –

l Improvements in public transport – Metro Rail, BRT, LRT, Monorail, Trams, etc. l Improvements in infrastructure of other motor vehicles – ring roads, bypasses, underpasses, elevated roads, improvements inthe existing roadways l Improvements in infrastructure for walking, cycling & waterways

Reliable Utility Services l Electricity, telephone & ICT services – reliable, adequate & 24x7 l Minimum of 100Mbps of internet bandwidth & wide availability of WiFi l Services of Water Supply, Drainage, Solid Waste Management – of very high quality l Telephone services based on Direct-to-Home Fiber should be available

Water supply – l Adequate availability of piped water supply meeting benchmarks of quality, pressure, etc. l New methods esp. Smart Metering for reducing loss & energy consumption in water networks. l Having sensors installed in supply system measuring water consumption, water levels & flow rates on a real time basis l Hence, helping to identify & localize leaks – to optimize energy consumption in the network.

Sanitation – l 100% households to have a toilet so that no citizen needs to defecate in the open l Concept of Decentralized Sewage & solid waste management system to be introduced. l 100% recycling in sanitation systems – only treated water should get into water body like lake, pond, river, etc.

Solid Waste Management

l Segregation of recyclable and non-recyclable waste as well as wet and dry waste at the source so that there can be 100% recycling of solid waste l Appropriate technology should be adopted for treatment of waste at decentralized locations l Put in place an effective collection and disposal system l Encourage use of products based on recycling of solid waste especially – power, compost, building material (based on cy cling of debris & construction materials)

Storm Water Drainage –

lAdopt a storm water management approach – to preserve and maintain the natural hydrological cycle, groundwater re charge,natural drainage system, etc.

Electricity –

l Smart Metering at the household level and the establishment of a smart grid and its integration with the renewable sources to meet the demand such as solar and wind energy. l Focus on green buildings and green transport to reduce the need for electricity. l Achieving an integrated billing system for a variety of services such as electricity, water, gas, internet, house tax, etc. with a common customer care center and user friendly payment platform for online payments.

Internet & Telephone – l 100Mbps internet with 100% coverage of area by cell phone towers & a high level of penetration

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Urban Development – l Planned development & decongestion of CBDs (Central BusinessDistricts) l Review of building bylaws & provisions like parking space requirements and building heights etc. to meet the changing needs of the city l Revision of FARs since land in cities is at a premium & existing FARs does not permit development of high rises, which results in high cost of housing.

Social Infrastructure Relates to components developing the human & social capital to all including the disadvantageous & financially backward sections. Like -

Proposals in Smart City in relation toEducation – l Quality educational facilities l e-Education & digitization of content

Healthcare – l l l l

Creation of electronic health record for every resident & adoption of telemedicine in every neighborhood.

Increase penetration to Tier II & III cities Service delivery through telemedicine, high end tertiary care, community insurance schemes Develop Medi-city in every smart city with Minimum 50-100 Acres

Good entertainment & sports facilities

Economic Infrastructure It refers to the infrastructure necessary to attract investments & create employment opportunities

Financial Sustainability The services need to be financially sustainable so that there are no financial constraints to delivering quality services. However, in doing so, tariff structures adopted should be such that they are affordable for the poor and yet recovers costs at higher levels as use.

Establishing Incubators and Creations of Jobs Each city will house an incubator each and 1000 start-ups per incubator shall create at least 1000 jobs per year.

Following support from the government for a 5-year period needs to be provided in the form of: l Financial support for the host institution of the incubator for each start-up incubated at the rate of Rs 12,500 per month l Infrastructure development fund l Tax break and incentives for the incubators and incubated start-ups l Other support & incentives

Financial Hubs Financial hub will be of major importance as major financing mechanism has to be developed keeping the social and the physical infrastructure in mind.

Following are some existing financial instruments that cities may apply to attract private finance for urban green infrastructure: l PPPs in which the long-term risk is transferred to the private sector l Through an alternative instrument, tax increment financing, future tax revenues are used to attract private finance. l Development charges (impact fees) & value capture by real estate developers to connect their new development to existing infrastructure. l Loans, bonds, credit rating of ULBs and carbon finance

Instruments That Make Smart Cities Possible Energy Efficiency lTariff structures such that conservation has incentives lIntroduce Smart grid. Following are its characteristics wMonitor & Manage the transport of electricity from all generation sources wGrid rapidly detects, analyzes, responds & restores wThe grid mitigates and is resilient to physical/ cyber attacks 40 URBANA WORLD

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Demand Management By creating incentives for savings and disincentives for excessive consumption (by way of rate structure)

Improved access to information Regarding city specific data or measures being taken by municipal bodies or information relating to transport, for potential investors, etc. This could be through multiple channels – Internet, mobile apps, radio, TV, print media, etc.

Environmental Sustainability

lIncentives to industries to reduce their carbon emissions lAll documents made by cities like plans, policy, DPRs, etc. to be vetted by a professional agency like TERI for environmental sustainability

Use of ICT Citizen participation Smart Governance ULBs/ parastatal would need to make effective use of ICTs in public administration to connect and coordinate between various departments.

Identifying Smart Cities 100 Smart cities maybe chosen amongst the following: l One satellite city of each of the cities with a population of 4 million people or more (9 cities) l Most of the cities in the population range of 1 – 4 million people (about 35 out of 44 cities) l All State/UT Capitals, even if they have a population of less than one million (17 cities) l Cities of tourist, religious and economic importance not included in above (10 cities) l Cities in the 0.2 to 1.0 million population range (25 cities) In the process of deciding upon the list of Smart Cities, the state governments shall also be invited to share their views and

suggestions.

Conditions Precedent Selected cities will have to strive towards attaining specified benchmarks in a range of services like Transport, water, spatial planning, electricity, sewage, etc.

Also, they will need to undertake the following through a tripartite MoU between Central Govt., State Govt., and the Urban Local Body: l Master Plan (existing/ approved shortly) having validity of at least 10years l Digitized Spatial & GIS maps l Issue all clearances for projects in a collegiate manner using online processes and in a time bound manner l IT based platform for effective communication l Open data platforms regularly updated l All project first to be offered to Private sector (PPP etc) for implementation and O&M

Financing Smart Cities HPEC (High Power Expert Committee) has assessed an annual requirement of Rs.35,000 crores on Investment estimates in urban infrastructure covering services like water supply, sewage, sanitation & transport related infrastructure. However, it is expected that most of the infrastructure will be taken up either as complete private investment or through PPPs. The contributions from the Govt of India and States/ ULBs/ parastatal will be largely by way of Viability Gap Support (VGF).

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Also, investments of Rs 5000Cr maybe required as an initial investment to prepare Reference framework, City development plans, integrated ICT ecosystems and master plans to ensure successful implementation of the scheme.

Additional resources Central Government will explore for the municipal sector are – l Establishing a Fund, which would blend grant funds from Central Government, borrowings from multi-lateral and bi-later

al agencies and bonds subscribed by national and state level land development agencies. l PMDO (Prime Minister Debt Obligation), REITs, IDFs, Tax free municipal bonds, PPP, etc.

Operational Procedures Steps mandatorily required to be taken by the ULBs/parastatal:- l Citizen Reference Framework (CRF) - A structured document, which captures aspirations and expectation of residents/

citizens of the town/city.

Needs to be done by professional agency capturing local peoples needs & aspirations. l Smart City Development Plan (SCDP) – based on following – i. GIS Mapping ii. Spatial mapping iii.ICT Mapping iv.Master Plan v.Financial Requirement, source of funding

• Environmental Sustainability Plan (ESP) – Outlining the plan and actions for ensuring inter-alia adoption of energy efficient and green technologies and processes. ESPs are also proposed to be audited by some credible agencies like TERI. All the three above plans would be assisted by GoI so State Governments/ULBs/parastatal need not go through bidding processes at their individual levels.Once above is done, the ULBs/parastatal would be expected to get DPRs ready. Once DPRs have been duly approved, the ULBs/parastatal would be required to invite EOI bids and take a final decision. The bid management will be carried out through ULB level PMUs. Indicative roles of Central PMUs, ULB PMUs and that of Regional Hubs will be detailed out later.

Nature & Extent of Central Government Support Financial Support Innovative methods of raising revenues will have to be developed by the States and Cities. These efforts will be supplemented by the Central Government through the Ministry of Urban Development and other Ministries such as Health, Education, Power, Transport, IT, Communications, etc., by way of allocations specifically for the development of smart cities.

Policy Support & Legal Backing Existing legal frameworks and policies that regulate the urban sector need to be reviewed by the State and urban local bodies to see what changes, if any, are required. For example – The development Act, FAR norms, URDPFI guidelines, framework directing private investments, building bye laws and others

Capacity Building About 5% of the total central allocation need to be allocated for capacity building.

Developing 100 Smart Cities across the country will need a large number of professionally trained manpower and several decision support systems to be in place. Thus, there is a need for a large capacity building program that encompasses training, education, contextual research, knowledge exchange and a rich database. Hence, MoUD will take up a national program towards Capacity Building through (i) a Mother Institution which will be responsible for developing curriculum, standards, contacts and ensuring quality, (ii) Regional Institutions ( 5 to 8) which will ensure conduct of courses, adherence to standards, protocols etc. (iii) Training Institutions (about 50) which will be responsible for actual training and Capacity Building.

No new institution would be created, rather existing institutions would be suitably strengthened.

The areas of training/capacity building would primarily be Town Planning, Urban Mobility, Sanitation (Technology Processes & Management), Water Supply, Power Supply, Finance and Accounting (including PPPs), Municipal Taxation and Revenues, Environmental Sustainability, ICT, Public Participation etc.

Efforts will also be towards developing a professional cadre of urban managers in the civil services.

Approval Process Stage 1 would invite cities and States to submit an Integrated Smart City Development Plan, based on the Smart City Reference Framework. Thereafter, cities would be sanctioned an initial amount for preparation of professional and comprehensive project reports.

Stage 2 will require the development of Project Reports, which will be appraised by designated Project Management Units and finally approved by an empowered Committee.

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Conditions Precedent For Smart City Development 1. Commitment to Tripartite Agreement ULBs/parastatal and State Governments enter into Tripartite Agreements with the MoUD to confirm commitment to comply with Terms & Conditions listed herein.

2. Commitment to Enabling Mechanisms a. Establishment of PMU b. Convergence between Departments and collegiate decision-making c. Fulfilment of Reforms d. Adoption of Flexible/Mixed Land Use e. Promotion of Public Transport and NMT as citizen’s first choice using suitable incentives and disincentives for private vehicle ownership 3. Commitment to e-Governance a. Citizen’s Charter b. All public services available online 4. Financing Mechanisms a. Own Sources b. Grants and VGF c. Private Sector (PPP) 5. Notified Master Plan: a. If the ULB has notified a Master Plan, it should conduct a Review within 12 months

b. If the ULB does not have a Master Plan, it should prepare and notify the Plan within 18 months.

6. Commitment Sustainability

to

Financial

a. Non-diversion of funds for Smart City Development to any other use b. Credit rating by an agency approved/ empanelled by Government of India c. Willingness to avail of the Pooled Finance Mechanism d. Differential Tariffs for electricity and water supply based on levels ofconsumption e. ULB to have minimum 10% financial stake in each project, which may be used exclusively to cover O&M of assets a. Adoption of Land Pooling Policy notified by the State b. Flexible FAR norms 7. Commitment to Environmental Sustainability 8. Commitment to Robust Disaster Management Strategies Faced with threats of natural or human-made disasters, resilient smart cities have the capacity to resist, adapt and effectively recover from these effects. Urban resilience is closely linked to “dynamic notions of urban development and growth”. An

interdisciplinary approach to risk and disaster management, which involves different levels of State and civil society organisations, particularly those committed to this issue and those working on sustainable development and climate change, is required for a city to become resilient.

In recent years, unplanned, fast-paced urbanization and the destruction of local ecosystems have contributed to increasing risks of disasters in urban areas. The effects of climate change and the lack of political will on the part of many States to combat it have compounded this situation and have contributed to the increase in vulnerability of many regions across the globe.

In 2005, United Nations member States passed the Hyogo Framework for Action 20052015: The HFA seeks to significantly reduce the losses to lives, social, economic and environmental assets caused by disasters.

The HFA highlights five priorities: a) Ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation; b) Identify, assess and monitor disaster risks and enhance early warning; c) Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels; d) Reduce the underlying risk factors through landuse planning, environmental, social and economic measures; and, e) Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels”.

9. Commitment to Capacity Building

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Financial Architecture for Smart Cities (These are only suggestions for discussions and no final decision has been taken) It is suggested that cities which desire to participate in the smart city programme develop a financing plan along with their smart city development plan and detailed project reports. The financing plan developed for a city/urban agglomeration could factor resources from multiple government agencies and departments not restricted to the ambit of urban development schemes alone such as the textile ministry’s subventions for textile clusters, textile units in SEZs etc.

Credit ratings could also be used by city managements as a dynamic managerial tool for assessing current level of borrowing capacity, along with other performance parameters including economic base, service levels and recovery of user charges and sustainability of proposed investments.

As part of the City Development Plan, the city may develop an investment and financing strategy and identify projects which are amenable to innovative financing such as accessing the bond market or structuring projects as PPP interventions for leveraging additional resources from the private sector.

Other strategies for enhancing the resource pool available to cities include the following: r User charges for utilities to reflect O&M and capital investment costs r Land value based taxation: 1. Sale or leveraging the land available with the ULBs/parastatal 2. Betterment levy/ Higher FSI or FAR to take advantage of the increase in property prices on land serviced by new infrastructure such as roads, water etc. by imposing a surcharge on stamp duty on sales transaction, FSI, FAR, property taxes etc. r More accounting transparency (double entry, accrual based accounting, balance sheets) to capture unencumbered cash resources.

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the sector from both domestic and overseas investors.

As a first step for leveraging such resources for the municipal sector, the Central government may establish a Fund consultation with other ministries, multilateral, bilateral developing agencies and banks. This fund may blend grant funds from: r CSS (Central Government allocation), rBorrowings from multi-lateral and bi-lateral agencies and rBonds subscribed by national and state level land development agencies (e.g.HUDA, PUDA, DDA etc.).

The pooling of monies from commercial and non-commercial sources would allow for reduction in borrowing cost and lengthening of tenor. The fund may provide VGF as well as provide credit guarantees to municipal bonds and term-loans in order to leverage debt resources from the financial markets.

Other financing sources could include: • Pooled Municipal Debt Obligation (PMDO) facility: As per budget speech of the Finance Minister “This facility was set up in 2006 with the participation of several Banks to promote and finance infrastructure projects in Urban Area on shared risk basis.

Present corpus of the facility is Rs 5,000 Crore. The Government has a major focus of providing good infrastructure, including public transport, solid waste disposal, sewerage treatment and drinking water in the urban areas, in keeping with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision for urban areas it is proposed to enlarge it to Rs 50,000 crore with extension of the facility by five years to March 31, 2019”.

successfully used as instruments for pooling of investment in several countries. I intend to provide incentives for REITS which will have pass through for the purpose of taxation…….

These structures would reduce the pressure on the banking system while also making available fresh equity. I am confident these two instruments would attract long term finance from foreign and domestic sources including the NRIs” • Infrastructure debt funds (IDFs) which could be directed to invest in highly rated municipal bonds/green bonds by defining these as eligible investments. As IDFs are required to invest in post construction assets they could be used as a means to re-finance debt taken during the construction phase as well as additional monies for financing operations • Encourage issuance of tax-free municipal bonds by creditworthy local governments to bring down the cost of borrowing • Use PPPs where feasible in smart city projects to leverage private sector financing.

To encourage PPPs in the urban sector provision for incentives could be explored however, these need to be discussed with the relevant ministries of the Government of India and concerned departments in the Central/ State Governments.

• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS): As per budget speech of the Finance Minister“ REITS has been

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Smart Mobility: Unlocking the Door to Urban Comfort and Prosperity Charbel Aoun, Senior Vice-President - Smart Cities, Schneider Electric

An unprecedented scale of change is

surplus of capacity is created in the mobility

needed for cities to become more efficient,

infrastructure network. This dynamic ebb

attractive, inclusive and competitive.

and flow in the system is a major challenge

Initiating this change will require

for planning, and infrastructure and service

breakthroughs in how cities, businesses,

management.

citizens and academia think and work together.

An urgent challenge in the delivery of mobility infrastructure is the management

The transition will require a realignment

of peak demand. While many growing cities

of perspectives:

respond to increasing peak travel demand by building additional physical infrastructure

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by city governments as simple consumers of services, but as key stakeholders is how cities function.

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Technology can no longer be

enabler, a tool which allows citizens to “self serve” and improve their quality of life.

Businesses can no longer be

regarded as simple providers of tax revenues, but as partners that help the city to grow and prosper.

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sense (i.e., transportation from one part of the city to another) and in a connectivity sense (i.e., the ability to access and assess

viewed as a static asset, but as a dynamic

•

(e.g., roads, rails, bike paths), this is only

Citizens can no longer be considered

The notion of urban evolution

will be replaced by one of transformation, converting the city ecosystem from one of complexity and chaos to one of simplicity and environmental consciousness.

These are bold statements that are easy to articulate, but more complicated to implement. However, numerous initiatives are now underway that are beginning to execute on the vision of a better, more financially sound and environmentally friendly city.

A key enabler is the concept of urban mobility—the ability of citizens, stakeholders and goods to move quickly both in a physical

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relevant information quickly so that decisions can be made in a matter of seconds). Mobility incorporates the transport infrastructure and connected services that facilitate these interactions. Mobility is a necessity for the creation of jobs, and plays a key role in cultivating an attractive environment for

a partial solution. In some cases, the new capacity may, in fact, serve to increase the peak demand.

Technology solutions can help address this dilemma, especially when supported by wider policy measures that promote changes in travellers’ behavior (such as flexible or staggered working hours). The technologies and services that enable smarter mobility

residents and business.

rely on real time data to offer integrated

On the road to creating mobility infrastructure

journey planning or command and control

Mobility infrastructure is identified as

“Connected” Information services offer

the number one priority for cities seeking to attract investors. Stakeholders have made it clear that investments in infrastructure should address both immediate short term needs as well as long-term needs of 50 years or more. Technologies available today are sufficient to enable positive steps that can transform mobility infrastructure systems.

Mobility demand in cities is highly variable over time, leading to a continual disparity between the level of service supply and demand. During the day, peak travel demand is high. Every evening the demand to travel plummets and a huge

information services (such as real time facilities).

the following conveniences: •

Users can select travel options

based on personal preferences, such as cost or convenience.

•

Travellers can re-gain control over

their own journey time and make adaptive choices to avoid system failures.

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Overcrowding and congestion

can be avoided, which improves traveller comfort.

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Travellers can make productive use

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of journey time by accessing online services as they travel.

Mobile payment via smart phone is

Mobile phones, parking sensors,

emerging as the next generation of smart

congestion charging zones and smart card

payment and ticketing solution. Beijing, China

ticketing all yield valuable data about how

Information also helps service providers

has been using mobile payment since June

and when people are moving around the

to raise awareness about the range of

2013, enabling citizens to store payment

city, and how these patterns are affected

alternative travel modes available, thereby

cards on enabled smart phones. Travellers

by variables like traffic, weather or public

promoting lower carbon and more active

need only swipe their smart phones to make

events.

options to conscientious travellers.

a payment on the public mass transit systems, taxi and in many retails outlets in Beijing.

Mobile phone data is being used to

Examples of smart mobility Service providers contribapplications ute to mobility infrastrucReal time information across all transport ture development

improve transport modelling practice.

modes and services can be aggregated

time.

Mobile phone datasets provide anonymous information on usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; origin, destination, route and mode of transport, and journey

with city maps, pricing information, calorie

Where severe congestion inhibits traffic

counters and personal calendars to enable

flows along a road, command and control

With the right skills and software

instant evaluation of the best route from

centres distribute advice about alternative

capabilities, this massive anonymous data

point A to point B at any time of day.

routes to avoid backup of vehicles in the

bank can allow urban planners to understand

Such journey planning capability helps to

surrounding road network. Demand-

the detailed use characteristics of city

shave the peak demand for any transport

response strategies can also advise service

facilities and services and invest resources

mode through rational decision making by

providers to adjust the types of vehicle in use

accordingly. This allows predictive modelling

individuals. In addition, peer-to-peer ride

according to estimated or detected public

data to feed into future design.

sharing schemes based on social media

transit needs. This enables optimisation of

platforms are becoming more widespread.

fleet cost and emissions reduction variables, without affecting the perceived quality of

Smart payment and ticketing services

City government benefits and savings

service.

also contribute to the user experience

For city governments, smarter systems

and the convenience of sustainable travel

Demand and supply information is used

imply greater control over operations,

decisions. Smart ticketing offers benefits in

by operators to adjust the price of mobility

improved monitoring and targeting of

reduced queuing time for travellers and a

services at different times of the day or

maintenance investments, with consequent

more convenient way to hop from one mode

in different areas of the city. This creates

cost savings. In London it has been estimated

to another. Each time a card is swiped for

economic incentives to travel outside of peak

that real time mobile transport applications

payment anywhere in the city, new useful

hours or by alternative modes/routes where

could save end users ÂŁ15 to 58 million

data is generated about user demand.

possible, therefore helping to distribute the

in terms of time saved per year, due to

peak demand.

reductions in traffic congestion and improved

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functionality of transport systems.

Operational technologies generate the

about the location of cell phones, providing

of electricity needed by a vehicle to travel

information about the location of individuals

from A to B. Charge points can identify

and real time movements.

where electric vehicles are charging and where vehicles have booked to charge at

raw material required for smart solutions: Plat e

a future time, providing information about

communication of raw data from physical

Recognition (ANPR) technology has the

movements. Future demand projections can

infrastructure and services, and rapid

capability to read the number plates of

be informed by charging point bookings made

adjustment of infrastructure management

oncoming vehicles and, combined with closed

in advance.

to create additional capacity where it is

circuit television (CCTV), can be used to

needed.

calculate journey times between two points

the data. They allow real time collection and

Some smart mobility infrastructure

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Au tom atic

Num b er

for use in operational controls.

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

(GNSS) combine satellite information and

charges.

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to provide personalised mapping services to drivers,

systems are already using crowdsourcing techniques to capture real time travel data

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or to enforce speed limits and road user

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Cooperative vehicle systems use

on-board units and mobile communication

track freight vehicles and detect blockages along routes.

networks to allow vehicles to communicate Below are some examples of how these new technologies are being leveraged: •

with each other and with the surrounding

The data that feeds the infrastructure

infrastructure, providing data about location,

mobility system comes from the public and

time of use and service status.

the private sector. Citizens may also choose to allow their location data to be crowdsourced

Automatic Incident Detection Cycle monitors use transmitter

to provide alternative sources of passenger

provide real time information about incidents

devices fitted to bicycles together with

or traffic data. Public agencies, including

on the road.

roadside receivers to detect the presence

city government, are seeing the economic

of cyclists on the road.

value in making their data available at no

technologies survey transport networks to

•

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cost. Governments are encouraging private

Anonymous mobile data positioning

(floating vehicle) technologies, such as Bluetooth tracking, provide encrypted data

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Electric vehicle charge points

can record information about the amount

enterprise by making data available as a raw material for information services.

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The flow of data from key stakeholders Government and public agencies will not control all the relevant data, some raw data will be held by private organisations.

Business models around sharing of private data are nascent but important strides are being made.

infrastructure value chain works: Travellers (citizens and businesses)

contribute data through their use of city infrastructure, mobile technologies and information services. They also benefit from the use of these facilities by gaining improved access to city services, employment, friends and family.

•

Regional, national and international

organizations establish standardisation of procedures, data generation and interaction, to assure best practices, interoperability and productisation, aimed to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

•

across the city. The opportunity to create a reference architecture – such as the National

public sector agencies and their suppliers,

ITS Architecture already in place in North

which specify, install and operate digital

America – helps to simplify to integration

infrastructure, collect and analyse data, and

of various mobility-based projects.

use that data to inform service planning and

For example, a smart parking project

delivery.

implemented in one part of the city should have the ability to integrate with other smart Private businesses include those

parking projects in terms of payment and

that own and operate digital assets on their

access to information. Cities could consider

own property and gather data from those

introducing information brokers to collect

assets, as well as organisations that create

data from operational technologies as part

economic value from their activities in data

of this architecture.

processing, analytics and information service development, both international corporations and start-ups.

Implementing smart city solutions means that city government is no longer the top down driver of development in the city, but

City government has an important role

is one actor in an ecosystem. Some city

to play in kick-starting activity in their cities.

governments have established groups and

Three essential steps are:

roles to work directly with start ups and citizens to co-create services.

1.

Release data, in any format, in a

simple datastore.

With an appropriate combination of physical infrastructure, operational and

2.

Reflect city objectives in pricing

models for data.

information technologies, cities can be guided towards a more efficient level of operation over time. This transformation can

City governments set policy and

regulations around data collection and data sharing, invest in digital infrastructure, collect data from citizens and city activities, and use that data to inform urban planning,

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Transport operators include

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Consider how transport and urban

planners can use data analytics.

generate huge value for urban economies, while enabling behavioural change, securing more reliable service for citizens, and

Cities should also consider how data can be brought together to produce new

reducing the negative environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Can Modi’s ‘Smart Cities Strategy’ Drive India’s Economic Rebound?

Rajiv Biswas, Chief Asia Economist, IHS

The Modi government has announced a programme to build 100 smart cities, which could pump more than USD1 trillion into India’s urban infrastructure and boost the country’s long-term potential economic growth rate.

By 2025, India will overtake China to have the world’s largest population. By then, there will be 55 Indian cities with a population exceeding one million people. The Modi government’s first Budget in July responded to India’s demographic challenge by announcing a programme to build 100 smart cities, which could pump over USD1 trillion into India’s urban infrastructure and boost India’s long-term potential economic growth rate.

India’s urban infrastructure challenge

smart city/integrated township 50 kilometres south of Chennai for Japanese industrial firms such as carmakers and electronics firms to establish factories.

Over the next 15 years, India’s population is projected to increase by

In Kochi, the government of Kerala and Dubai Holding subsidiary,

around 200 million people. This significant increase, combined with

Dubai Tecom Investments, are developing SmartCity Kochi.

continued rural to urban migration, will put tremendous pressure on the country’s urban infrastructure to cope with this rapid growth.

Although until now India has lagged far behind other Asian industrial economies, such as China and South Korea, in developing smart

However, the Modi government has made a visionary decision

cities, these new projects are already creating initial momentum

to build 100 smart cities, which was announced in its first Budget

for smart city infrastructure development in India. The projects are

in July 2014. This is the first comprehensive effort by an Indian

also attracting leading global technology partners, such as Siemens,

government to upgrade India’s urban infrastructure across the

Cisco Systems, Microsoft, ABB, NEC, Toshiba and IBM, as well as

country.

India’s own IT giants, such as Infosys, TCS and Wipro.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gained a fearsome reputation during his tenure as chief minister in the state of Gujarat for achieving

Transforming India’s competitive landscape

considerable infrastructure development. One smart city planned during that time that is already under construction is Gujarat

Modi’s vision to develop 100 Indian smart cities has the potential

International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), which is designed to be an

to transform India’s global competitiveness within a decade. One

international financial services and technology hub.

of the major hurdles to the country’s economic competitiveness compared to its East Asian competitors has been the appalling

Another Gujarat smart city project for an advanced industrial city

state of its infrastructure.

is Dholera Special Industrial Region, located in the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Around USD90 billion of investment is

For example, although India has roughly a similar size of population

projected for the DMIC megaproject, a joint Indo-Japanese project

to China, its installed electricity generating capacity is only one-

with a 26% equity stake from the Japanese Bank for International

fifth that of China.

Co-operation in the DMIC Development Corporation. However Dholera is not the only smart city planned for the DMIC, with a

The development of Indian smart cities, with modern, highly efficient

total of seven smart cities planned for the region.

infrastructure for electricity, transport and IT, will create a new competitive landscape for the sub-continent that will be much more

Other smart city projects are also in progress, with Singapore’s

attractive for foreign direct investment by global multinationals.

Ascendas India Development Trust, together with Japan’s Mizuho Corporate Bank and JGC Corporation, having signed a memorandum

The globally renowned strategist and futurist Kenichi Ohmae has

of understanding with the government of Tamil Nadu to build a

argued that global competition will increasingly be between regions

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rather than nation states.

sector operations in India by multinationals.

Fourth, as new smart cities are completed and attract new business

“On the global economic map, the lines that now matter are those defining what may be called ‘region states’”

investment and jobs, it will create tremendous internal pressure on laggard states that do not have smart city projects to play catch up. This should help to accelerate

Kenichi Ohmae, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 72, Number 2, 1993.

the state and local government approval processes among the laggard states for the development of both greenfield smart cities,

Indeed, not only has global competition become increasingly

as well as upgrading infrastructure in existing cities.

fierce among key regional hubs worldwide, but it is also becoming increasingly intense among global cities.

The estimated total investment for the DMIC project (USD90 International cities are increasingly competing for globally footloose,

billion) and the GIFT smart city (USD10 billion) together amount

high value-added industries based on efficient infrastructure,

to USD100 billion, so the total investment

connectivity, and recognition as ‘liveable’ cities.

associated with the development of 100 smart cities in India could

To compete with other major cities worldwide as a hub for

be far in excess of USD1 trillion. A significant

multinational manufacturing and service industries, India will

share of this investment is likely to be from foreign government and

need to have smart cities that are global leaders.

private sector investment inflows.

With total FDI into India amounting to USD28 billion in 2013 for

This has been well understood by Modi while he was chief minister

all sectors, the impact of the accelerated development

of Gujarat, and he now aims to roll-out that strategy across India.

of Indian smart cities in combination with the

The Potential Economic Impact On India

commencement of the Indian REITs market could provide a very substantial increase to average annual Indian FDI inflows over the medium-term as smart cities move past the planning phase and

The potential economic impact effects of such a large programme of

funds begin to flow in for

smart cities development in India could act as a significant catalyst

the development phase.

for economic development through a number of drivers.

First, many of India’s planned smart cities are being developed as

Summary

greenfield sites, and this will drive significant new infrastructure

The smart cities strategy announced by Modi in his first Budget

spending that could provide a significant boost to economic growth

could result in a transformational change in the competitive

over the next decade.

landscape of urban India and trigger a substantial improvement in the competitiveness of the country’s infrastructure.

With significant foreign capital already flowing into the country’s

This could provide a significant boost to economic growth over the

existing smart cities projects, the smart cities programme could

medium term, as well as catalysing substantially higher FDI inflows.

trigger a substantial increase in foreign

Such large-scale infrastructure and

direct investment (FDI) inflows for real estate development trusts

urban development not only boost the outlook for construction

(REITs).

sector growth but would also have positive transmission effects to

Second, the Modi government announced significant tax changes

the manufacturing industry.

for REITs and infrastructure trusts in its first Budget that will accelerate the development of the REITs

Modi’s track record of infrastructure development while he served

market and allow large-scale foreign portfolio capital inflows into

as chief minister of Gujarat demonstrates his commitment to

Indian smart city projects. This will support the construction industry

implementing such infrastructure projects

and the related manufacturing supply chain for key manufacturing

and attracting foreign investment. If his BJP-led government can

inputs such as steel and cement.

successfully roll out the smart cities programme across India, it could significantly improve its potential growth rate, boost the

Third, apart from the foreign capital inflows associated with

country’s international competitiveness and generate millions of

the property development related to smart cities, the increased

new jobs over the next decade.

competitiveness of smart cities compared

Rajiv Biswas is the Asia-Pacific Chief Economist for IHS Economics.

to other business hubs should also help to boost long-term foreign capital inflows into the establishment of industrial and service

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SMART CITIES Sanjive K. Sharma,Vice President Tractebel Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

Economic development triggers urbanization and the trend shows that people have been shifting from rural areas to urban areas in search of employment and quality of life. When we talk about inclusive urban growth, we should aim at quality of life and economy growth together.

TRENDS

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Demographic growth à urbanization (over 10 trillion $ additional annual investments in cities by 2025 (McKinsey) Climate change Diminishing resources High energy cost

è Real demand for infrastructure that meets with the new sustainable vision of society

This shift increases the load on urban infrastructure and the need to improve urban infrastructure and create the new one arises.

Quality of life depends upon various factors like Fast & clean transport, clean water, good sewerage and sanitation system, proper solid waste management , un-interrupted power supply, storm water drainage, telephone and internet connectivity, healthcare facilities, education facilities and recreational facilities etc. All this comes through urban infrastructure. When it is made smarter, the city is turned as “Smart City”.

In shaping a existing city or in creating a new smart city various decision makers and stakeholders are involved:

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Decision makers & Key stakeholders All stakeholders need to find together a better balance between natural and built environments through smarter, sustainable development.

Meaning of smart and sustainable infrastructure?

The infrastructure which is efficient (takes lesser time), consumes lesser energy, environment friendly and gives healthy and comfortable life to its citizens is called Smart infrastructure. If this infrastructure communicates with it’s citizens it is indeed highly useful for planning and taking right decisions.

Shaping & creating the living environment of tomorrow should be done through smart & sustainable solutions A solution is smart due to intelligence in design & use, monitoring and control A solution is sustainable if its design is based on the 3 pillars of sustainability • Social • Environment • Economy

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ECONOMIC ISSUES

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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Mobility Water Nature Waste Energy

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Municipal buildings Public lighting Electricity production Heat/Cold network Social housing

URBAN DEVELOPMENT For sustainable cities

1.To reduce ecological footprints 2.To boost economic activity 3.To improve the quality of life

Citizen employment Business opportunity for company Competitiveness Budget Innovation & research

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SOCIAL ISSUES

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Purchasing power Health Security Education Infrastructure (Schools, nurseries, …)

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DESIGNING OF SMART & SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Designing of smart & sustainable infrastructure requires combination and integration of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ expertise and covers following components: m Governance m Environment - water - waste m Transport & Mobility m Energy m Buildings m IT & communication

To design such a infrastructure it needs modeling and simulation of various components of the city to take a right decision, some of the commonly used simulations are as below:

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Let us take the case of Intelligent transport system to understand the designing of various components of smart city. It is structured under 3 heads– architecture, specifications and applications:

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Architecture

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Functional architecture

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Organizational architecture

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Communication architecture

Specifications

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Technical

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Quality requirements

Applications

o Traffic monitoring o Traffic management o Traffic information

This mechanism involves feed-back from various sources, it’s processing and then a proper traffic control.

In a smart city such feed-back and control also needs to be done on other components of the city. See below the “CITY DASHBOARD” which gives information about all aspects of the city to it’s operators and citizens so that they accordingly manage themselves.

Smart city is a vast subject which should cover many aspects of the city where we can bring in smartness, sometimes it is a integrated approach covering all components but if the concept of smartness can be applied to any one aspect of the city, it improves the life of it’s citizens and we should be ready for such a change.

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HP Vision for Future Cities HP’s vision for Future Cities is one that is a self-sustaining ecosystem that allows efficient and effective utilization and management of resources like energy and water. HP’s vision focuses around a citizen and community centric approach that calls for open and collaborative systems allowing transparency and public access to data. Eventually, leading to: citizen empowerment, effective e-governance and economic growth. HP will be focusing on: Health, Education, Citizen Services, e-governance, Security, Transportation and Utilities Infrastructure.

Governments around the world partner with HP to radically transform what they do and how they operate, to shift from an output-based paradigm to a citizen-centric government focused on results and public value.

Citizen-centric governments put their customers—citizens and businesses—at the focal point of all key decisions, from budgeting to service design to channel for service delivery.

The Six areas of Focus for a Future City External research as well as our experience in working with cities indicate that cities must address six areas that are very closely interrelated. These six components of a Future City form a tightly integrated whole, and all six must be considered when designing the next generation of services.

Each segment has a profound implication on the others (for example, a city that has a very high crime rate would find it hard to attract new businesses), and therefore, addressing one without considering the impacts on or of the others leads to less than optimal outcomes.

The six areas a city must focus on are as follows:

A livable city that enhances the quality of life. Underlying elements include public safety, affordable housing, clean and green environment, requisite infrastructure (safe food and water), culture and recreation (creative arts, museums, sports facilities, etc.).

New-economy ready. The ability of the city to attract new jobs and retain businesses.

Ease of starting businesses. The necessary infrastructure (business parks and incubators, investment firms and financial services, etc.,), the talent pool to attract and retain businesses.

A connected city. In today’s hyper-connected and global world, no city can thrive without being a part of the regional, national, and global fabric—both physically and over communications networks for the movement of people, goods, and information. In addition to the physical links and multimodal transportation networks to link the city to others, the city must

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also have a very efficient and effective internal network.

Superior government services: Residents and visitors to the city must have access to high quality government services: education, healthcare, social services, etc. Leading cities are efficiently managed and are very proactive in engaging with the citizens in designing and delivering services. Public value—with its four pillars of efficiency, quality, equity, and trust— becomes a key factor in decision-making.

Agility and resilience. We live in very turbulent times, and each city must be prepared to handle and bounce back from the unexpected.

These shocks can range from economic downturns to terrorism to public health crises. Most cities are creating capabilities and the needed redundant capacity to create resilience. In addition, agility—the speed with which a city responds to new opportunities or challenges— is becoming a very important factor.

Collaborative innovation. Cities are very complex social systems, and a multitude of players need to participate in a continuous cycle of innovation. Collaboration and co-creation is critical for success. An environment needs to be created and sustained that brings together many stakeholders which include, among others, multiple levels of governments— city, state, and central; businesses, both large and small; players in the not-for-profit sector; social entrepreneurs; and citizens, both individuals and advocacy groups. Each entity has something of value to contribute to the ongoing evolution of the city, perhaps an idea, a solution, or even resources where the value of the whole far exceeds the sum of the parts.

In this journey toward Future Cities, we find that they typically face two challenges. The first is in developing a holistic and integrated vision of the future. We believe that our six-segment model provides a valuable framework to develop and articulate the vision, understand the interlinkages so that adequate measures (such as policy, process, technology, and resource prioritization) may be taken to drive the most effective outcomes. The second is in executing the vision where the discussion inevitably centers around three fundamental areas: Where does one begin, what sequence should be followed, and how can technology be a “force multiplier” of scarce resources? It is here that the New Style of IT becomes the critical enabler in the execution of the vision. Most, if not all, cities face an environment where resources (budget, talent, and time) are tight. City managers need to strike a balance between a range of alternate objectives: r

Resource allocation: Keeping the current operations going as well as investing in the future.

r Investment in infrastructure: Upgrading existing investments to extend their life

and maximize their value and/or build new infrastructures.

r Services: Deliver new services to underserved segments and/or improve

the quality of services that are already being delivered, making the tough choices between new services as shifting

or shutting down some others.

City administrators need to make a range of difficult decisions. Executing the vision requires reducing costs so that savings can be reinvested. At the same time, a very detailed view of thecitizen and business needs to be developed so that informed and insight-driven decisions can be made about focus and priorities in resource allocation. New channels need to be exploited to deliver services that are more convenient, cost effective, and aligned with citizen expectations. Platforms need to be created for collaboration, co-creation, and innovation.

Innovations are being driven by citizen expectations as well as resource challenges.

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What does your City mean to you? r A Safe City r Healthy People r Educated & Skilled Constituents r A Livable Connected City r An Enterprising City

The Technology Components The four pillars of the New Style of IT—Big Data, cloud, mobility, and security—are fundamental in the design of a Future City Framework

Key Outcomes The Key outcomes of a Future City ICT plan are r Improving the citizen experience through portals, mobile applications and “one-stop” r access to government services; r Transforming services and service delivery of individual departments to improve efficiency and effectiveness; r Addressing back office processes to increase efficiency and reduce costs; r Developing new business models, including usage-based consumption and public/private partnerships to shift from

Capex to Opex, gain financial flexibility and drive innovation through a broad ecosystem.

Future City Solutions HP has designed innovative solutions especially for the Indian Cities around 1. Healthcare 2. Education 3. Skill Development 4. City Safety & Surveillance 5. E-Governance 6. Emergency Response 7. Traffic, Parking & Resources Metering 8. Mobility platforms & Mobile Apps for

New Economy Businesses and many more

All these innovations allow governments to be much more efficient, agile, and resilient, and help them improve quality of life, drive economic growth, and create sustainable communities to be ready for an ever-changing future.

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Orchestrating Infrastructure For Sustainable Smart Cities Jorge Núñez Ferrer, Associate Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies

This article is extracted from the Executive Summary of the latest IEC White Paper of the same name . This document was prepared by the Smart Cities project team, in the IEC Market Strategy Board with a major contribution from the project partner, the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) . The white paper is an authoritative reference on the what, who and how of smart city development. It calls for a wider collaboration between all stakeholders involved and explains the importance of systems integration, the need to change the ways cities are managed, as well as the key role of standards and the need to increase the joint collaboration of standardization bodies. This work will ultimately lead to more integrated, efficient, cheaper, and environmentally friendly solutions.

Managing an unprecedented growth in urban areas Cities are facing unprecedented challenges. The pace of urbanization is increasing exponentially. Every day, urban areas grow by almost 150000 people, either due to migration or births. Between 2011 and 2050, the world’s urban population is projected to rise by 72% (i.e. from 3.6 billion to 6.3 billion) and the population share in urban areas from 52% in 2011 to 67% in 2050. In addition, due to climate change and other environmental pressures, cities are increasingly required to become “smart” and take substantial measures to meet stringent targets imposed by commitments and legal obligations.

Furthermore, the increased mobility of our societies has created intense competition between cities to attract skilled residents, companies and organizations. To promote a thriving culture, cities must achieve economic, social, and environmental

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sustainability. This will only be made possible by improving a city’s efficiency, and this requires the integration of infrastructure and services. While the availability of smart solutions for cities has risen rapidly, the transformations will require radical changes in the way cities are run today.

Thus developing smart cities is not only just a process whereby technology providers offer technical solutions and city authorities procure them. Building up smart cities also requires the development of the right environment for smart solutions to be effectively adopted and used.

Cities need to provide citizens with the capacity to develop their economic potential, and attract business and capital. With the global financial crisis, the economic sustainability of cities has taken centre stage. The crisis has unearthed considerable weaknesses in the financial models and planning strategies of public authorities in the provision of services and in their infrastructure investments. Their financial sustainability now depends also on new financial models, as well as more efficient and better-integrated services and infrastructures.

Social and environmental sustainability The development of a smart city requires participation, input, ideas and expertise from a wide range of stakeholders.

Public governance is naturally critical, but participation from the private sector and citizens of the community are equally important. It also requires a proper balance of interests to achieve the objectives of both the city and the community at large.

Needs of cities differ strongly but... the main three pillars of development remain the same There is no single trend, solution or specific approach for smart cities. Regional trends illustrate that there are divergent urban growth patterns among major regions with different levels of economic development. Still, significant disparities in the level of urbanization can also be observed across different countries within the same region. Nevertheless, all cities aiming to develop into smart cities have to be built on three sustainability pillars:

A city’s attractiveness for people, business and capital is closely related to the quality of life (QoL), business opportunities and security and stability, which are guaranteed by social inclusiveness.

Cities face a number of environmental sustainability challenges, generated by the city itself or caused by weather or geological events. To reduce the impact of the city on the environment resource it is important to promote the efficient and intelligent deployment of technology and to integrate infrastructures. This process can also be developed in such a manner as to increase the resilience of the city to environmental shocks.

These three pillars have one common denominator, namely the need to achieve more and better with less, i.e. efficiency.

Efficiency must also be achieved in a manner that brings benefits and opportunities to citizens, making the city more dynamic and participatory.

Economic sustainability

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Smart technology solutions are an economic opportunity, not only a cost Rather than being an expense, smart technology integration can create considerable opportunities for added value in any city. Technology integration helps cities to improve efficiency, enhance their economic potential, reduce costs, open the door to new business and services, and improve the living conditions of its citizens. A key condition for value creation through integration is the compatibility of technologies; which is best achieved through common and consensus-based standards that ensure interoperability.

Presently, however, smart city projects concentrate mainly on vertical integration within existing independent infrastructure and services silos, e.g. energy, transport, water or health. A truly “smart” city requires horizontal integration as well as creating a system of systems capable of achieving considerable increases in efficiency and generating new opportunities for the city and its citizens.

New approaches are necessary to design, implement and finance smart city solutions Cities are faced with a complex challenge, as the traditional processes of planning, procuring and financing are not adequate for their needs. Smart cities can only exist if fundamental reforms are undertaken.

ideas from a wide range of stakeholders within the city. This means that city planning needs to allow for bottom-up processes of modernization. The figure below presents the stakeholders.

Giving to each of these groups a true stake in smart city development is important to achieve the necessary consensus for the changes. Their concerns need to be carefully considered and acknowledged, and ultimately the direction and next steps have to be collectively approved. In the absence of proper consultation, the authorities will sooner or later face considerable additional obstacles to make their vision a reality.

Without integration rising to the level of a system of systems there cannot be smart cities

The transformation of a city into a smart form presents its stakeholders a wide range of challenges, including benefits and consequences when such a transformation is undertaken. A promising approach to support city planners, but also standards developing organizations (SDOs), is to model a city as a collection of activity domains in an integrated virtual organization (the city), where various groups of stakeholders (local governments, public and private corporations, academia, healthcare institutions, cultural associations, religious congregations and financial firms) participate in operating and sustaining the city as a whole. Modelling the interrelations

allows identifying pain points, gaps and overlaps in standardization and clarifying the technical needs for integration.

While the technologies to develop smart cities are mostly already readily available and improving, their deployment is hampered by technical, social and administrative challenges. Horizontal integration of infrastructures through technology is essential to reap the benefits of innovation and the potential and necessary efficiency.

Thus, interoperability is essential; without it, city planning is marred by unexpected inefficiencies leading to suboptimal outcomes and higher costs. The planning requirements for city authorities are very complex, as there are thousands of organizations and companies working in parallel to bring on the tools, systems and products that offer potentially affordable/ sustainable solutions.

To ensure that smart integrated systems are put in place in practice, internationally agreed standards that include technical specifications and classifications in order to support interoperability (i.e. devices and systems working together) are sine qua non. These include technical specifications and classifications in order to support interoperability. These are metrics against which benefits can be assessed as well as best practice documents that detail controls.

Stakeholders are key drivers to smart city solutions A smart city cannot be imposed by decree, as the city is shaped by a large number of individual decisions and social and technological changes cannot be fully accounted for. With the present advances in telecommunications, information and communication technologies (ICT) and affordable energy efficiency and energy production tools are changing the relationship between citizens and city services. Citizens are increasingly becoming providers of city services and not only users. A good plan requires the participation, input and

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Horizontal as well as vertical integration is key to creating value and interoperability Elec tric grids, ga s / heat / water distribution systems, public and private transportation systems, and commercial buildings/hospitals/homes play a key role in shaping a city’s liveability and sustainability.

To increase their performance and efficiency, these critical city systems need to be integrated.

technologies can interact seamlessly.

Continued best practice sharing and development of common standards to ensure that data can flow freely between systems is essential, while maintaining the need to protect confidentiality and individual privacy.

Common terminology and procedures have to be developed in order to also ensure that organizations and businesses can efficiently communicate and collaborate, which can also be guaranteed through standards.

interdependence of technologies brought by the digital revolution in progress.

The multiplicity of technologies within a city now demands a top-down approach to standardization. This requires new coordination approaches between SDOs in which all the parts of the city are jointly considered by the several technical committees involved by the different organizations. This methodology is essential, as systems level standards will enable the implementation and interoperability of smart city solutions.

The successful development of a smart city will require the combining of a bottomup systems approach with a top-down service development and a data-centric approach. Technology integration includes vertical integration from sensors, to low cost communication, real time analysis and control, and horizontal integration of historically isolated systems up to citizen based services. Combined, this creates a system of systems.

Today’s smart city projects are mainly focusing on improving the integration of historical verticals, i.e. parts of existing utilities, improving e.g. energy efficiency, or reducing water leakage. The next step is horizontal integration. Data from the different sectors can be combined to better manage the city and reduce risks.

Interoperability is the key to manage systems of systems and to open markets to competitive solutions Interoperability is key to manage systems of systems and to open markets to competitive solutions. While we are today experiencing the internet of things (IoT) revolution (driven by the appearance of smart devices, such as wireless sensors, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and IP-enabled devices), different producers are generating technologies using their own communication specifications and data protocols.

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Sectorial bodies need to increase collaboration and the right standards are the essential to enable this collaboration The large efficiency gains from integration and interoperability can, however, only be realized if city departments and other stakeholders collaborate effectively and agree to share information. Smart services and infrastructures cannot develop without proper collaboration. The lack of exchange of fundamental data on customers, infrastructures and operations is one of the most important barriers highlighted by stakeholders.

The glue that allows infrastructures to link and operate efficiently is standards.

Standards are necessary to ensure interoperability of technologies and the transfer of best practices. But standards are not yet adapted to the level of technology integration we are requiring today. Standard bodies need to find ways of diluting the traditional sectoral approach of their work further, to reflect the growing

In addition, there is a need to better communicate standards to non-specialists.

With integration, a larger number of stakeholders need to understand and work with those, for example city managers and other service operators within the city.

Standards are facilitators for city planners who need to incorporate them in planning and procurement. Thus, a precondition for the considerable investment in, and successful deployment of, smart city solutions is a substantial worldwide agreement on the ‘what and how’, decided for and with the key stakeholders. Smart cities stakeholders need to recognize that standardization efforts will involve the development, promotion, and deployment of standards series and conformity assessment schemes that enable the implementation of smart city solutions.

Without the necessary standards as foundation, cities will not be able to reap the benefits that systems integration can provide. It will hamper the ability of city stakeholders to efficiently manage the urbanization process and to turn the costs and challenges into new value and opportunities.

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Redeeming the future of our cities through GIS

By Agendra Kumar, President, Esri India

India is at the cusp of its next economic renaissance. Recovery is on the cards and as the rest of the world moves back towards economic stability, India too will be drawn into the positive spiral. The environment within India, in fact, is already being marked by cautious optimism.

Government has outlined its key priorities to boost the Indian economy with a major focus on infrastructure development. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared his vision of the 21st century India—a country with world-class infrastructure that will draw global organizations to ‘Make in India’!

Clearly, providing excellent infrastructure— modern, clean and sustainable cities; a cutting-edge railway network; new age ports; good roads, 24x7 electricity and water is a top priority for the government. And it all needs to begin with India’s cities—the hubs of all economic action.

Today, majorly metros and Tier I cities are the hubs driving major economic activities. Owing to urbanization and the growing population, these hubs are already under significant ‘resource’ pressure. While this is a challenge for the country, it is also a tremendous opportunity for building tier 2 and 3 cities and townships and strengthening ‘infrastructure’ in the semi-urban and rural landscape. Already several Indian cities including Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Vishakapatnam, Surat, Pune, Ludhiana, have emerged on the country’s map as emerging destinations for doing business.

This trend has to build up and India must ensure that it nurtures cities that are not only planned for today, but futureproofed against tomorrow’s vagaries. The second class of cities have to be equipped to fight environmental degradation and be sustainable. They must be able to provide proper water supply, sanitation, and storm water harvesting, be able to treat and dispose

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waste, manage solid and hazardous wastes, and supply safe food, water and housing to citizens. Already, several Indian and global companies are gravitating towards the next rung of Indian cities to leverage their cost-effective infrastructure—office space, power, transportation, etc.—access talent and their higher quality of life.

This trend is helping take some of the pressure off the country’s tier 1 cities and building the foundation for inclusive growth. Government already is taking steps in this direction with its announcement of developing 100 smart cities in India – which includes not only developing green field projects but also developing existing cities to make them smart (also referred as brown field projects).

Envisioning a Smart City – Building a strong technological foundation While the government’s intent is clearly in the right direction, driving such a large scale initiative is quite challenging. Developing an entire new city or upgrading existing cities to be smart is a very complex process both from time and scale perspective. For instance, building a new city could take anywhere between 20-30 years. In addition, it involves multitude of participants working together in the smart city ecosystem. The ecosystem includes several aspects such as smart planning, transparency in governance, smart energy, smart infrastructure, smart buildings and smart service delivery mechanisms.

For any process of such a complexity, weather green field or brown field, common guiding vision and iterative planning and execution are highly imperative. An equally important aspect is deployment of a common technology platform, since the beginning, which is capable of integrating all aspects of smart city ecosystem and

various stakeholders of city development and planning. Also, this platform should breakdown existing silos enabling cross department data / information / services sharing, and collaboration.

Location is a common denominator in every aspect of smart city and hence a location platform i.e. a GIS based platform technology has to form this backbone since the very beginning including for ICT planning and deployment. A centralized information system based on GIS provides an IT framework which integrates every aspect of a smart city – starting from conceptualization, planning, and development to maintenance.

While GIS can be used in many areas of a Smart City, some areas where the benefits of unique capabilities of GIS can be quickly leveraged are: • Smart & Sustainable Urban Planning • Smart Utilities •

Smart Transportation

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Smart Public Works

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Citizen Engagement

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Safe and Secure cities

Smart & Sustainable Urban Planning: Designing our Living Spaces GIS can be used by planners as a platform – to help them reach their goal of creating livable “smart” communities and improving the overall quality of life while protecting environment and promoting economic development. GIS can provide the necessary planning platform for visualization, modeling, analysis and collaboration.

City planners can use GIS technology to generate digital cities that actually exist, or will be developed – essentially allowing them to visualise the future. GIS can produce a ‘real life’ depiction of how a city would look before and after urban developments,

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such as light rail infrastructure or higher residential buildings. The technology can also show the impacts of these developments on a range of areas including carbon footprints and water usage. Numerous scenarios can be modelled to see what would happen if certain development paths were taken or not taken – which helps to refine decision-making and choose the most successful path forward.

In addition, GIS can be integrated with most design tools, including Computer Aided Design (CAD), Building Information Modeling (BIM) bringing greater analytic and costestimation capabilities in infrastructure planning & design process.

Multi-modal transportation, Intelligent traffic and transportation management systems that use analytics to provide efficient solutions to ease commuting are key is an efficient smart city. GIS supports the endto-end Transportation Infrastructure Life Cycle. With GIS, information from planning process can be brought into the design process and easily carried over into other areas such as as-built drawings, operations, and maintenance. Gains in both employee productivity and transportation system performance are made possible by the unique

are making it easy for the public to deliver real-time comments online or via mobile devices, which is a stark contrast to the timeconsuming processes of calling or visiting city office. Adding citizens to vast network of sensors, cameras, smart meters and other data-collection systems gives government a more detailed understanding of a community.

Inputs can be automatically fed into a GIS to help agencies improve processes and analyses.

GIS-based online applications can help the public easily connect with the

GIS can help increase city’s sustainability by reducing energy and water use, finding better waste disposal, and decreasing a building’s carbon footprint. By managing information both inside and outside buildings down to the asset level, GIS can help in for example differentiating the environmental impact of development, planning and evaluating neighborhood patterns and design, estimate the “walkability” for LEED-ND projects based data on streets, pedestrian routes, bicycle routes, transit accessibility, building entrances, and a variety of other factors.

Smart Utilities GIS can help ensure meet current and future utility demands of a city – water, waste disposal, electricity, gas etc. GIS helps Utilities to manage and map the location of millions of miles of overhead and underground circuits. Within GIS, utility’s assets can be linked directly to customer information system, allowing proactively monitoring of work orders and outages.

GIS also enables utilities to identify vulnerabilities that cause outages, weigh asset investments, and better understand customer satisfaction. With GIS, you can model routes and determine rights-of-way that respect the land and landowners. Utilities can also manage assets and vegetation while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Specialized utility-related information systems like SCADA, MIS, AMI, MIS, WMS and CIS can provide data and work with a GIS.

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ability of GIS to integrate with a wide variety of technologies.

Smart Public Works Public works makes sure that a city is running smoothly. Increasing number of departments related to public works internationally now rely on GIS platform to integrate their dissimilar systems because of its ability to provide a common, geo-enabled view of their entire city organization.

The resultant synergy supports a dynamic system that allows the PWDs to function smoothly across its full range of responsibilities including roadways inventories, facilities maintenance, water system optimization, solid waste disposal, fleet management and infrastructure construction and maintenance.

Citizen Engagement Smart cities recognize citizens as important data sources. As such, these cities

government and in turn help government better understand the citizenry it serves.

Web and mobile apps can allow government organizations to receive immediate feedback from citizens including reports of incidents, suggestions and general comments. A person walking through a park can pull out a smartphone and provide a realtime report on problems or ideas for improvement. Casting a wider net for citizen input, these apps help government know what’s happening on the ground in a community so it can try to improve the services.

Safe and Secure Cities A beacon of hope during disasters GIS also comes in handy while dealing with emergency situations, while preparing for and mitigating emergencies. When disasters strike, we can visualize critical vulnerabilities and damage consequences.

As rebuilding begins, GIS aids local, state and federal agencies with technology that

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supports collaboration between multiple organizations. Data captured with mobile GIS provides the ability to add updates from remote locations for more efficient incident management. It also supplies rapid damage assessment and more accurate recovery operations.

The immense benefits of GIS were visible durin the Odisha floods where the government authorities used high-tech to assess the damage, locate and save those who were trapped and reach vital food supplies and medicines to where they were required in a timely fashion.

Even the 2004 Tsunami which claimed tens of thousands of lives along the coastlines in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Southern India and even the east coast of Africa, saw active use of GIS, particularly during the aftermath, when it helped to determine the extent of the impact of the tidal wave.

neighbourhoods’!

Shining examples in India At a time when big Indian cities are competing to attract investments, issues like quality of infrastructure, energy efficient services and environmental conditions, besides economic viability, have been gaining importance. Urban planning authorities and agencies in the country are adopting GIS technology in all fields of infrastructure, energy and the environment. Today, GIS has the potential to allow planners to keep pace with development.

In an interesting development, based on new urbanism principles, Lavasa, a township is being developed spreading over 10,000 rolling acres in the state of

and Engineering, has been integrated into a single GIS system (Esri ArcInfo ArcGIS Advanced 10.2.1) that presents us specialised processes for the analysis of spatial problems and questions along with various analytical tools helping in developing spatial relationships in data, data modelling, data analysis and data storage. GIFT City GIS System gives a holistic view of an upcoming GIFT City as a Smart City.

In GIFT city, GIS has been used in benchmarking of master plan, 3D visualization for urban skyline, geometric network of power utility and landscape management. GIS is being used in real time monitoring of developmental issues related to distortion and deviation while executing various utility services. Also, CCTV live

A shield against crime GIS can also help in building safer cities by keeping a check over crime rates. It has been the catalyst for several innovations in crime control and prevention. While GIS has been actively used for information and intelligence gathering and mapping, the software provides a platform for considering many variables affecting crime simultaneously.

The traditional process of crime data mapping was earlier limited to charting the location and time of a crime. With GIS technology, law enforcement can now plot crime, both in terms of time and place. This allows investigators to better analyze the data and determine patterns of criminal behavior within the city. The city of Minneapolis, USA, for instance, has combined data sets with locations of liquor stores, public libraries, public parks, and bus route locations to better identify patterns of gun-related crimes, including robberies, shootings, gun- theft and illegal possession.

Similarly, in the city of Arlington, Texas, the police have successfully mapped building code violations along with the locations of residential break-ins to better anticipate new burglary hotspots. The resulting maps demonstrated a high correlation between dilapidated structures and break-ins, and are now being used to designate ‘fragile-

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Maharashtra. The township is master planned with the objective of striking a balance between cosmopolitan architecture and environmentally friendly surroundings.

Almost 90 minutes from Pune and four hours from Mumbai, the township is an attractive holiday location for urbanites. The master plan for the township has won two awards— the Award for Excellence 2005, given by the Congress for New Urbanism (USA) and the American Society of Landscape Architects Award, 2005.

One of the salient features of Lavasa is the use of GIS technology at the earliest possible stages of design, planning, and construction. These investments in IT were done to provide a highly efficient city administration and e-governance for citizens.

Another example is Gujarat International Finance Tech city (GIFT) in Gujarat. In GIFT city, spatial and other information related to Urban Planning, Infrastructure Planning, Transport Planning, Architecture

feed to the GIS software helps in security surveillance by providing a secure work place to our various stakeholders.

Conclusion In a vast country like India, with significant demographic diversity, GIS promises immense opportunity. The largest consumer of GIS applications is the Indian government. Various state governments have numerous e-governance initiatives which could use a helping hand from GIS. The unmatched benefits provided by GIS applications in planning, research and development and deployment are changing the way policy makers make decisions.

Overall, GIS has the power to transform cities, and through them, the lives of ordinary people. It can help build smarter, connected and new age cities that are more sustainable and citizen-centric.

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GOVERNING SMART CITIES Vikas Aggarwal Akshya Singhal Mala Gautam Building and transforming cities is a complex and integrated program that includes considerable planning, precision-like execution and operations. Development of a green-field smart city comprises of 3 strategic aspects i.e. smart planning, smart execution, and smart maintenance. Component of smart assessment is also critical while developing brown-field projects.

The smart city initiatives need to be planned and guided under the aegis of an institutional framework and governance structure.

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Governance: an imperative for planning and execution: Governance is a key enabler in development of smart city. It can link and synchronize various smart city initiatives under one umbrella and move for the implementation based on city priorities. In the existing governance in India, it is the responsibility of the Government to provide services to citizens ranging from ensuring power supply, water management and traffic management etc. Governance structures will need to evolve along with the cities to ensure that the technology is harnessed in an efficient manner to provide services to citizens, as the smart city concept develops.

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roadmap, and detailed project plans ► Relevant NGOs ► PPP stakeholders ► on Technocrats and The development of smart city is dependent smart governance. moted. It gives option to citizens to make their view heard before leaders industry The potential of smart city can only be actualized if the from right set of any decision is taken by government bodies. It is proposed that human capabilities and sufficient authority to be able to manage government bodies need to bring in online citizen portal and mobile the complex ecosystem are in place. Smart governance provides applications wherein views of citizens can be invited on any issue structure elaborated earlier has to to keep e-Participation (participation a The stablegovernance and result-oriented outlook, ensuring accountability concerning the city at large and can improvefrom accessibility and accitizens) to its to ICT supported participation of citizens in the process of local government forcore. results.e-Participation Smart governancerefers also encourages ceptability of smart city concept. administration, service decision making and policy making bywould government bodies.

It gives cooperation and linking among delivery, local and city governance, citizens These initiatives not only help governance sharing vital and other stakeholders promote It integrates andis projects but also bodies. involve citizens option to citizenstoto makepublic theirparticipation. view heard before anydecisions decision takenwith by citizens, government It is ain propublic, private, and other organizations so that the city can function viding inputs on formulating new projects, and in policy initiatives. highly complex process given the scale and level of participation by citizens. Government bodies need efficiently and effectively as one unit. to bring in online citizen portal and mobile applications wherein views of citizens can be invited on any Some of the key benefits of improved governance are presented issue concerning the city at large.

Considering the growth of Indian population and increase in below: cities area, it is envisaged is that India’s largest grow rEnhanced relationship citizen When participation atthe a citizen level,cities thenwill stringent rules of the system arebetween to be government defined byand the even bigger that many countries.

To manage these cities, a stringent rReduce duplication of effort governance body. It requires a goal-oriented approach to reach a conclusion in e-Participation. The government at each level viz. central, statecan andbe cityconsidered is rReduce through infrastructure sharing decision mechanism reached through e-Participation to becost more practical and implementable. required. It will be prudent to constitute Governance Body and rIncreased innovations Web-based and mobile-based access to e-participation application can improve accessibility and Technology Control Group at the center, high level Governance and acceptability of the concept in smart cities.

Implementation Board at state level and city council at city level. The The robust governance structure will make success of these table provides an illustrative governance structure for the future: initiatives less individual anddata more process Top–down approach will promote transparency, wherein government willdependent share the relatedand tostructure dependent. initiatives and projects with citizens; government could also set up facilities such as mobileRole of citizens in the above mentioned government councils governance to share commercial and social updates. cannot be negated and concept of e-Participation should be pro-

Bottom-up approach focuses on involving citizens in taking inputs on formulating new projects, and policy initiatives. Under this approach “citizen-based performance review” of government employees is also promoted. This brings in more accountability in the governance model.

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Palava – A Smart City For A Better Tomorrow Shaishav Dharia, Development Director, Palava

Urban governance is the sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, plan and manage the common affairs of the city. Indian cities face major challenges in almost all the aspects of urban governance which hampers quality of life, increasing number of slums, unplanned construction and traffic congestions which are becoming a common theme across all the major Indian cities.

In the next 20 years, India’s largest cities will be contributing with more wealth and productivity than some of the countries today. Governance of cities in India needs to be readied to face this explosive leap.

Very few cities in India have metropolitan authorities that can face this rapid change.

This may lead to slow decision making and low accountability. Also in terms of cogovernance most importantly citizens do not have enough forums or spaces to report and track issues. This makes urban governance the key cause for the low quality of living standards in India’s cities.

Almost all the growing megacities across the globe are facing similar challenges.

However, the difference lies in the innovative and transparent urban governance models that some of the other cities have successfully implemented. Palava’s co-governance and operations model highlights how the urban issues can be tackled and can be planned for by adoption of modern technology and processes. Corporatization of urban governance and service delivery systems and application of state of the art operational standards can help us achieve highest standards of living in our cities. Meticulous planning and stringent management of each aspect of a city’s requirements can be achieved in a cost effective manner.

Transparent governance and innovative feedback mechanisms will encourage increased participation of citizens in running their city. Only then can our cities become oasis of economic growth in a balanced, secure and sustainable manner.

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that will have representatives from amongst the citizens of the city along with experts in city management and will be responsible for everything from ensuring 24x7 power and water to the formulation of city policies

At Lodha Group we believe that Palava may serve as a demonstrable case study to some of the country’s urban growth pangs.

Lying across over 4500 acres, Palava is one of the largest private “planned city” initiatives in the world and is located at the epicentre of the economic triangle of Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan. Benchmarked against global standards, the city is planned with the objective of bringing together the best lifestyle elements from around the world all at one place and aspires to be among the 50 most liveable cities in the world by 2025. It is a city with meticulous planning, which is being built for the 21st century and beyond.

To make the lives of its citizens efficient and improve their quality of living, Palava has tied up with IBM to build a single window service platform for citizens to interact with the city administration and manage various services offered by the city: •Smart Governance: Using mobile and social technology, smart & participative governance enables the citizens to communicate with city officials, avail amenities & services, report on issues, receive feedback from city officials etc.

Centralized monitoring and analytics in the areas of security is taken very seriously at Palava; 911 Emergency is already live at Palava City, with real time monitoring and ensuring safety & security of the citizens.

Palava City is run by a City Council (PCMA)

•Smart Infrastructure: Cities need to make significant investments in partnering with tested technologies to ensure that infrastructure is built for decades and at low costs. This will help reduce wastage of water, usage of energy and ensure 24x7 availability of power. Palava already boasts of smart water & energy meters as well as substation monitoring. Another aspect is smart street lighting that monitors and controls all aspects of street lighting, including dimming centrally and functionalities such as Traffic monitoring, CCTV, Signage, Wi-Fi and Alarms •Smart Technology: It is important that a smart city offers centralised monitoring and control for effective waste management system, water management system, power infrastructure, safety and security, surveillance etc. to enhance its citizens’ wellbeing. Palava first collaborated with IBM to design and implement roadmap for smarter city solution. IBM now implements and manages all the smart solutions like a single window service platform, centralized city operations for public safety and emergency management and a central command and control centre •Smart connectivity: : Palava’s e-portal helps its citizens to connect with each other and help authorities to guarantee smooth & effective functioning of all processes and include citizens in the everyday running of the city. The portal is now available on mobile phones as the My Palava mobile app – Palava on the go •Smart Mobility: Palava will have an intelligent transportation system, which is integrated and monitored to control traffic flow paths. It has already ensured the safety

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and competent operation of bus services, waste disposal trucks and emergency response vehicles through an efficient fleet management system Our Palava experience indicates a mid-sized Greenfield smart city requires Rs ~30,000 Cr over 15 years. While Rs 7060 Cr.2 has been provided for smart city development in 2014, the overall requirement for 100 cities is much higher & will need

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participation from private players. Financial systems will need to gear up to provide INR 3,000-5,000 Cr funding per city per year as long term (10+ year) loans while private players will need to engage in outcome based models which can lay foundation for efficacy of the smarter solutions they provide as well as prove that these solutions work in an Indian urban environment with its own unique challenges.

India is in dire need of cities that

can accommodate the increasing urban population. With the various initiatives in place and with the commitment to achieve its vision of being among the top 50 most liveable cities in the world, Palava can truly help answer some burning issues of growing urbanisation and become a template for future smart cities to follow. Smart cities must be inclusive, and see the various smart solutions, not as cost, but as an investment.

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Benefits of Clamp-on Ultrasonic Thermal Energy in HVAC Applications Sanjeev Chakraborty Fuji Electric India Pvt. Ltd. (sanjeev-chakraborty@fein.fujielectric.com)

Introduction:

or to apply second channel as a dual path for convoluted pipe configurations.

Fuji Electric is focused on innovating energy technology by providing products & solutions in the domain of electrical, instrumentation and automation.

5.Built-in datalogger in portable unit, makes it easy to time-stamp all data and download for billing, efficiency and operational analysis.

Fuji’s philosophy is to satisfy its customers to the best of its ability by providing them with creative and competitive solutions and services that live up to and even excel their expectations. Using cutting edge manufacturing technologies and knowing the needs of the HVAC market, Fuji has developed the best measurement solution for Thermal Energy Calculation of cooling and heating media using non-contact clampon ultrasonic principle with innumerous options of interfacing to intelligent building management system (iBMS).

Every company has the need to find a way to verify the efficiency of energy generating equipment and optimize the energy load and usage. Fuji clamp-on energy meter can perform the task without interrupting the customer’s existing operations. Fuji’s clampon ultrasonic flow-meter is the perfect choice for installations with constantly changing flow rates commonly found in the HVAC industry.

Since the implementation of variable speed pumps used to distribute chilled water in air conditioning systems, conventional flow technologies have difficulties in handling low load periods and low flow. Our clampon technology, accurately measures the flow of any application, regardless of velocity. It helps to improve building energy

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6.No moving parts and very little maintenance

Usage: 1.To perform flow survey and energy audits in retrofit as well as new projects.

2.For large pipes and on multiple channels to save cost. efficiency by heating, cooling ventilation and air conditioning installations by precisely measuring the energy flow.

3.Wide turn down ratio and capability of measuring down to zero flow.

Benefits:

4.For continuous energy monitoring as true energy flow-meters without the energy calculator requirements.

1.Clamp-on thermal energy meter (BTU) avoids the performance and reliability challenges posed by conventional intrusive thermal energy flow-meters,

5.Unique diagnostic functions are required like bi-directional flow, detect aeration in liquid, change in liquid properties, detection of empty pipe or wall build-up, leaking valves etc.

2.High accuracy, bi- directional Rangeability, and high sensitivity improve the energy efficiency of most HVAC applications with no pressure drop.

3.Flexible product offerings, available in both portable with industry leading 12 hour battery life and fixed versions. Fixed version has single / dual channel versions.

4.Using the dual channel function in the advanced model, the meter can be configured to measure two different pipes,

6.Available with or without energy calculation function.

7.Measure all kinds of liquids on all sizes of pipes of all types of pipe materials.

8.Typical HVAC applications include sub-metering of chilled water, how water, condenser water, potable water, Glycol, Thermal storage, River or lake water, Lake source cooling, chemical feed, etc.

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Smart City Command Center for Mahindra World City

Mahindra World City (MWC) Mahindra Lifespace, a Mahindra Group Company, pioneered the concept of integrated cities like Mahindra World City, which are designed to create a balance between Life, Living and Livelihood.

Planned as a single point destination for domestic and global companies, Mahindra World Cities include Special Economic Zones and Domestic Tariff Areas. Mahindra World Cities are operational at Chennai, Tamil Nadu (LEED Certified) and Jaipur, Rajasthan (selected as one of 16 projects worldwide by the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI)). (Source: http://www.mahindraworldcity.com/)

Objective of creating Smart City at MWC, Jaipur Tech Mahindra through its parent M&M is engaged in the practice of sustainable urbanization, through the creation of modern homes and workplaces, thriving economic nodes and community spaces resulting in future ready holistic ecosystems. Tech Mahindra has incorporated smart solutions and demo command center at Mahindra World City Jaipur, to showcase the combined strength of group’s capability in core trunk infra planning and development of the ICT layer.

In addition to the planned infrastructure, a city needs and ICT layer to support a happy and comfortable living. Mahindra group uses the NMACS technology stack as the foundation of the ICT layer for enabling Smart City initiatives. NMACS stands for Networks, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, Security, Social Computing and Sensors – the 7 technology forces that M&M believe are keys to any Smart City initiative.

The unique differentiator which Mahindra Group brings on the table, which is not being offered by any typical ICT company, is the capability of delivering end to end value chain starting from infrastructure to engineering services to platform to applications. The command center at MWC, Jaipur would be a ‘demo’ command center; however, a full-fledged command center (sample as shown below) would be deployed at City’s Mayor or Municipal Commissioner’s or at Police headquarters as per department’s requirements.

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The Command Center at MWC, Jaipur The Smart City Demo Command Center at Jaipur is a centralized command center from where the respective facilities can be monitored & controlled. The current lists of SMART Solutions are in the areas of Parking Management, Garbage Management, Building Energy Management, Streetlight Management, and Security Management & Sites Surveillance.

Smart City Demo Command Center

Command Center Portal, adaptive across devices (Mobile, TAB, Laptop)

Smart City Solutions In MWC, Jaipur, in IT-SEZ area, almost 50% street lights are being controlled through command center. The main solution features are    

Geo-location of lights on dashboard, Time based configuration for Cut and Restore Alternate Lighting Options (R/Y/B) Configuring the Luminosity level (for LED lights)

The business benefits are:  Reduced burn time: With Cut/ Restore scheduling capabilities, street light operations can easily be modified to coincide with changing sunrise/sunset times  Saving in Energy: Out of 258 lights, 128 lights can be monitored and controlled using command center. Based on certain assumptions like: o In Summers: Sunrise around 6am and Sunset at 7 pm and o In Winters: Sunrise around 6.30 am and Sunset at 5.50 pm; o With the option of Full Lighting (in peak times from 6 pm to 11 pm) and Alternate Lighting (in off peak times from midnight to 5 am) each day o Following this, energy saving is possible up-to 20 to 30%

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Long Lifetimes: Light lamps last 2 to 3 times longer, hence requiring replacement less often, which reduces hardware and installation costs Real time inventory management & prediction Reduction in Carbon Emission: 25 to 30% carbon emission can be achieved (assuming a street lamp of 200W, 10 hrs of operation, 1kWh releases 620g of CO2 per year, 40 Lights in alternate operations, 128 in full operations)

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In Building energy management solution (BEMS), control and monitoring of Indoor Lights, DG fuel status, Water level status (of Water tank) is being done. Some of the main solution features are:  Proximity based control at Command Center  Selective Lighting @Command Center, Cafeteria  Trending on MD (Maximum Demand)  Real time monitoring of DG Status  Monitoring of its Fuel tank and its Usage  Temperature of the DG Room  Real Time alerts on the level of Water Tanks Smart BEMS The business benefits are:  Reduced burn time: With Cut/ Restore scheduling capabilities, Indoor lights operations can easily be modified to coincide with Off Peak-On Peak times, Holidays etc  Saving in Energy: Cafeteria is broadly divided in 4 Zones (mainly 4 meters for 4 kitchen areas in Electric panel room). It can be monitored and controlled using command center. Based on certain assumptions like: o On Peak time: 6 pm to 10 pm o Off Peak time: 11 pm to 4 am o With the option of Full Lighting in peak times and selective lighting in off peak times each day  Following this, energy saving is possible upto 15 to 25%

Smart BEMS (Level and Temperature Monitoring)

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Temperature

Fuel Pilferage: Due to continuous monitoring of fuel level and DG status, any sudden change in fuel level when DG has not been used, gives alert on the dashboard, enabling the team to prevent pilferage of fuel.

Reduction in Carbon Emission: 50 to 60% carbon emission can be achieved (assuming a CFL lamp of 14W, 10 hrs of operation, 1kWh releases 620g of CO2 per year, 300 lights in full operation, 175 in selective switiching)

Smart Parking The benefits of Smart parking solution is:  Detect the arrival and departure of Vehicles  Providing accurate information on available parking space  Guiding the driver to the free parking space – which saves time and fuel - significant reduction of kilometers driven and hours needed for finding parking – as a result reduces atmospheric pollution and congestion  It also results in reduction of CO2 emission in tune of 5 to 15%

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The features of the solution are:  Level sensors are ruggedized to be fitted on the Bins  Map location view of all Bins  Battery operated sensors with a decent battery life  Alerts to the corresponding authorities for timely cleaning  Color of Bins on dashboard depicting the status. (R,A,G) The benefits of the Smart Garbage management are:  To detect the level of garbage inside the Bin  To communicate with the local command center  Timely Information to the operator about the status of Bins  Unified view of installed Bins across the Campus Smart Garbage Management

The main features of the solution are:  Real time alerts on faults, leakage and abnormal consumption  BI providing reporting and actionable analytics  Preventive maintenance scheduling  MD (Max Demand) trending of MWCJ Site office  Real time monitoring of PF (Power factor) and Frequency  Alerts on Power Losses (basis PF); Power Supply condition (basis Frequency The benefits are:  Optimize energy consumption by selective phase Switching  Possibility of providing prepaid metering

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Ease of operation for the O&M team Reduced manpower due to system automation Analytics on Smart AMI actually helped the Ops team to identify that Y phase is overly loaded and the load is not distributed evenly across R and B lines Real time values of PF factor (ideally it should near to 0.9) and Frequency (ideally it should be near to 50Hz) indicates the circuitry efficiency;

Intelligent Cameras would be deployed at the entrance gate which would continuously record the movements (persons, vehicles) at the gate and a continuous feed would be given to command center for real time monitoring.

The key benefit is: Key areas of strategic importance are continuously being monitored under high end IP Cameras and feeds can be seen using a mobile device anywhere in the world Smart Security and Surveillance

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Smart Cities: Drawing Inspiration From Europe Co-authored & Contact: Ms. Ananya Roy (Communications Executive, EBTC) – roy@ebtc.eu; Mr. Vittalkumar A. Dhage (Energy Sector Specialist, EBTC) – dhage@ebtc.eu

Experts predict that the worlds’ urban population will double by 2050 – which means we are adding the equivalent of seven New Delhi cities to the planet every single year. As we continue to flock to cities, it is imperative that cities become more liveable, sustainable, smart and efficient. Focusing on the optimum use of space and resources, the

mobility solutions such as smart cycling plans, integrated multi-modal transport and smart traffic flow systems. Building technologies including Net-Zero solutions (zero energy, waste and water) are common, as well as smart governance initiatives such as open service platforms, single access points for government services, and local

specific goals and initiatives in areas such as energy production and consumption, mobility and City administration. The plan aims to reduce the city’s CO2 level from around 2.5 million tonnes to less than 1.2 million tonnes in less than two decades. The plan is holistic and in 2011, 44 initiatives were launched in areas such as integrating climate into

‘Smart City’ trend is gathering momentum.

This agenda is largely driven by the diffusion of innovative technologies and solutions.

integrated sustainability initiatives. A few examples of initiatives from across Europe are illustrated below.

Urban models with smarter approaches to planning and management, which are able to leapfrog and transform India’s cities, are critically needed. Giving impetus to this, smart cities have started to become a serious buzzword in India ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined his ambitious vision for creating 100 smart cities. However, for smart systems to truly work for complex urban scenarios – the right mix of technologies, service delivery innovation could be a deal maker or breaker. While India is on the path to create smart cities, the country has the opportunity to learn from Europe’s long history of urban initiatives and experiences.

Amsterdam Smart City (ASC)

energy supply; greener transport Initiatives; energy efficient buildings; a Copenhageners and climate initiative; urban development initiatives, and adapting to future climate initiatives.

European Smart City initiatives Europe 2020 is the EU’s strategy for boosting growth and jobs across the region to create a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. Amongst other targets, Europe 2020 incorporates a commitment to promote the development of smart cities throughout Europe and to invest in the necessary ICT infrastructure and human and social capital development.

Some general short to medium term solutions implemented in Europe include

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Launched in 2009, the ASC innovation platform stands out as a collaborative effort between the cities inhabitants, businesses, and government. This is a formal channel through which projects can be catalysed, funded and implemented. The project follows a 50:50 public-private model and since 2009, ASC has grown to comprise of more than 100 partners engaged in more than 72 projects.

In one of many projects, the ‘City-zen’ project consists of several innovative solutions demonstrated in the field of smart grid, heat networks and sustainable housing in actual urban districts. Proving the real value of solutions makes scaling up and replicating possible in the city and possibly other countries.

Copenhagen Carbon Neutral by 2025 With a long history of addressing environmental and sustainability issues, the Danish capital is rapidly heading towards a zero carbon future. By 2025 it intends to be the first capital in the world to become carbon neutral.

The CPH Climate Plan 2025 outlines

To achieve their target, Copenhagen is undertaking a range of actions such as energy efficiency in new buildings. Today, more than 97% of all Copenhageners have district heating. Successes are also seen in public transport with a vast public transportation system, and nearly 40% of Copenhagers riding bicycles.

The municipality has launched two flagship urban development projects to create ‘carbon neutral neighbourhoods’ comprised of low energy buildings, sustainable energy networks and environmentally friendly transport. In one such project in the district of Amager Faelled, it is expected that 300,000 square metres of residential and commercial buildings will be built. Prior to this, a thorough analysis will decipher if the infrastructure will be able to successfully operate on a carbon neutral basis.

Brussels ‘Environment Tuesdays’ In an endeavour to discuss issues faced by the public, every month on a Tuesday, the alderman for the environment and the cities ‘eco-advice’ unit organises an information evening followed by a debate concerning

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varied environmental issues. Topics are as diverse as urban noise, green bonuses offered by the city, sustainable food consumption and renewable energy.

London’s innovative initiatives The UK capital is well recognised for its many well planned sustainability programmes. The UK capital is already well recognised for its sustainability innovations.

London offers a glimpse of how a smart Capital could work in the future. For instance with initiatives in transport such as the congestion charge, the Oystercard, and London’s cycle highways coupled with the cycle hire scheme.

A highly citizen powered approach to smart cities, the RE:NEW programme is a pan-London home retrofitting scheme to promote energy efficiency in homes to reduce fuel bills, tackle fuel poverty, and reduce the environmental impact of heating.

The programme has completed the trial and demonstration stages to effectively show a reduction in energy bills and CO2 emissions.

The London Array is a planned 1000MW offshore wind turbine project in the Thames estuary. When completed, it will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world, and aims to contribute as much as 10% to the UK’s renewable energy targets.

Highlights from other EU countries qBarcelona was the first in Europe to introduce a solar thermal ordinance making it compulsory to use solar to generate 60% of hot water requirements in residential and commercial buildings. The city launched the live EV project to promote the adoption of EV’s and charging infrastructure.

qBerlins ‘Solar Energy Promotion Campaign’ led to Europe’s largest photovoltaic system on a residential building. Berlin is also a leader in European buildings with residential buildings using just 556.9 MJ of energy per square metre (compared to an index average of 909 MJ). q Helsinki houses the world’s largest heat pump which uses heat from wastewater and seawater. This plant is projected to cut CO2 emissions by 80% compared to alternative forms of production.

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qIn Madrid, the €14 million ECOBARRIO (Eco neighbourhood ) project aims to revitalise run-down neighbourhoods. This will include a thermoelectric plant using biogas from urban waste treatment, and buildings that capture solar power amongst other initiatives.

q Aéroports de Paris’s intra-company car sharing network can save around 4000 tonnes of CO2 emissions if a mere 5% of employees use the network regularly. qStockholm’s buildings are exemplary of building standards and incentives. It is also a leader in transport with 68% of the city’s workers commuting via foot or bicycle.

A further 25% use public transport. qDublin’s ‘bike to work’ scheme allows employers to divert up to €1000 in wages on behalf of employees to purchase of a bicycle.

This money is not taxed, leading up to a 47% saving on the price for the employee. qTallinn is fitting buses with electronic equipment to alert traffic lights to their approach and give them speedier passage through intersections. q Ljubljana introduced a ‘lottery’ in 2008 to encourage recycling whereby a household or office recycling bin is randomly selected to win money if it contains the correct type of waste.

Basic good practices identified in Europe Intrinsic to many of Europe’s successes have been:

q Inspiring, proactive leaders with a dedicated office for smart cities that communicates, develops relationships and ensures that activities are implemented.

q Targeting low-hanging fruit first for quick results. qCollaboration that is inclusive of civil society, business, the private and non-profit sectors, knowledge institutions and so on.

User centric and bottom-up initiatives empower citizens to create much needed support for the success of any initiative.

and deploy solutions effectively.

qSharing knowledge and best practices through networks and living labs. Examples include the smart cities innovation network; Apollon living labs network; Eurocities; European smart cities network, and Digital cities network.

Bright opportunities for collaboration With India investing heavily in smart cities, and Europe’s long history of sustainable and smart city experiences to date, it is a win-win situation for knowledge sharing and technology transfer. Bringing European and Indian businesses, researchers, policy makers, innovators and entrepreneurs together is made simpler with one-stop-shop portals such as the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) with its’ strong network of partners, many of whom have smart and sustainable city verticals.

EBTC is a unique platform to share, lead and represent EU-India collaborations in the ‘Smart Cities’ domain. The platform attracts government officials, investors, industry leaders and experts from around European cities to discuss and exchange ideas, information, project reports, etc. on opportunities and future requirements for developing smart cities in India. EBTC is supporting the ‘Smart Cities India 2015’ exhibition and conference and will be bringing a delegation from Europe to India in order to explore areas of mutual interest.

B2Match portal to connect EU and Indian smart city stakeholders EBTC is the Enterprise Europe Network India nodal point and is organising an EEN Brokerage Event during Smart Cities India 2015. A dedicated B2Match portal ( https://www.b2match.eu/smartcitiesindia2015 ) will enable European and Indian stakeholders to register and to set up B2B meetings with e.g. Indian city managers, companies, clusters and solution providers seeking European collaborations. This event will be co-organised by EBTC and another EEN Partner, Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de région Paris Île de France.

qInformation and data transparency. qLocal coordination to identify, adapt

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Huawei Listed As Key Smart City Vendor In Navigant Research Leadership Report Huawei—a global ICT solutions provider— has recently been listed as one the world’s leading smart city technology vendors as part of a global study by Navigant Research. The report cites that Huawei’s smart city strategy and execution were key areas of strength that makes Huawei a strong Contender in the smart city market.

In a bid to highlight the key players in the market, Navigant Research developed an assessment that offers an evaluation of vendors that have the capacity to support cities across a range of operational and infrastructural issues. The report also assessed vendors who were able to deliver on large-scale projects spanning multiple city requirements.

The Navigant Research report, published as of Q4 2014, outlined the position of 16 of the world’s most prominent smart city vendors and where they place in the market. The report maintains the growing importance of benchmarking vendors as city service providers go in search of technology providers who can help them deliver on their smart city vision.

Dr. Eric Woods, Research Director, Navigant Research said: “Huawei’s appearance on the Smart City Suppliers Leaderboard reflects both its core role delivering communications and IT infrastructures for smart city initiatives and the growing ambitions of suppliers in this market.”

“The research is a reflection of the competition in the market as vendors are becoming much more serious about developing Smarty City initiatives. Governments and city leaders are looking to deepen their vendor relationships to plan for larger scale programs and deployments. We look forward to seeing the maturity of Smart Cities develop, where they can leverage the integration of technology into a strategic approach to sustainability, citizen well-being, and economic development.”

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The vendor eco-system for smart city developments continues to expand at an increasing rate, which has created a complex and dynamic market, especially in the Middle East. The smart city technology market is characterized by a diverse range of vendors spanning across a variety of sectors, which makes a comparison of their strengths and capabilities a challenging exercise.

Huawei was identified as a strong Contender on the Navigant Research Smart City Leaderboard by meeting a series of criteria that showed its ability to: deliver smart infrastructure IT and communications solutions, support cities across multiple operational and vertical sector infrastructure issues and use its global network in order to work with cities in multiple regions.

According to Navigant Research estimates, the global smart city technology market is expected to be worth more than $27.5 billion annually by 2023, compared to $8.8 billion in 2014. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during that period of 13.5%. Cumulative global investment in smart city technologies over the decade is expected to reach $174.4 billion.

The concept of the smart city covers a wide range of communities and governance models spanning from megacity regions to small towns and from historic urban centers to greenfield developments. Similarly, an incredible diversity of customers, suppliers, technologies, and requirements fall under the smart city banner.

Commenting on the announcement, Safder Nazir, Regional Vice President of Smart Cities & IoT at Huawei, Middle East said: “It is encouraging to see that the industry is recognizing our Smart City capabilities a strong contender in this market. Following the announcement of Huawei’s Smart City ‘Center of Excellence’ in 2014, Huawei is in a position to provide the right expertise to transform regional smart city initiatives

from concept to reality.”

A key player in supporting the development of the region’s smart city initiatives, Huawei believes that the future of smart cities lies in Mobile Broadband-based services.

The global ICT solutions provider recently launched a white paper in collaboration with IDC highlighting the enablement of smart cities with Mobile Broadband. The white paper follows another recent IDC report unveiling figures that government spending in the Middle East and Africa is set to top $8.27 billion, an 11.4 percent increase as more regional governments expand their mobile government, online services and mobile broadband networks .

Huawei has been working on a range of Smart City initiatives across the globe including the deployment of an extensive range of Mobile Broadband technology such as 4G (LTE) for nearly 40 telecom operators in Asia, the Middle East, North America, Western Europe, Russia and Africa. Huawei’s value proposition for Smart Cities lies in its expertise in end-to-end network planning and the development of cuttingedge technologies. These include mobile broadband infrastructure and communication technology to niche industry applications and data center innovations.

The company has participated in over 60 Smart City projects in more than 20 countries worldwide and cooperates with over 1,100 technology providers and 800 services and system integration firms.

Its recent acquisition of Neul in September 2014 reflects Huawei’s ambition to be at the leading edge of innovative communications solutions for cities. Neul is a specialist IoT communications provider based in the United Kingdom that has been focusing on smart city applications.

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Trends & Predictions CJ Boguszewski, Global Commercial Director Smart Cities and Street Lights, Silver Spring Networks

term, their environmental, public health, and safety benefits are improving sustainability for cities.

Trends in 2014 1)The Internet of Things drove business outcomes.

We’ve all heard in 2014 that the IoT is the result of evolution that is bringing us Big Data, IT & OT convergence, and a common “standard” framework to interact at each layer of the stack. Beyond this, IoT wasn’t just the buzzword of 2014, but was used to drive change in the form of three different business models: 1) cost reduction and a shifting of capex to opex; 2) new revenue streams – either through reducing time to revenue or offering “things”-as-a-Service; and 3) outpacing competition. In short, the IoT promise is enormous and it’s dwarfing other trends in technology. What will be most interesting is how these ‘things’ diverge as the trend evolves. More on that later.

2)Standards helped the IoT grow.

Most of the standardization needed for the IoT is already in place and evolving.

Cost effectiveness, reliability, broad device coverage, security / identity schemes, extensibility, scalability into the tens of millions of devices and more, highperformance, and open standards along the lines of IPv6 to the endpoint on low-to-no opex comms network, leveraging CoAP over UDP and using DTLS as a kind of SSL were all in evidence.

3)Speed and velocity of IoT is regional.

While global, the Internet of Things rollout does have regional differences.

We’ve seen different paces of adoption and emphasis on certain applications depending on geography. For example, in Europe large municipal governments like Paris, Copenhagen, and others are making investments in smart city technologies to drive urban sustainability, greenhouse gas reductions, and attract more business talent. In Asia, we are seeing large scale investments and expect to see a “leap frog” 76 URBANA WORLD

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Predictions in 2015 1)The IoT will begin to subset into specific categories.

effect akin to the mobile telecommunications revolution.

4)Not all networks are created equal.

The ubiquitous global connectivity of billions of devices and people is the single most transformative technology trend of our lifetimes. But not all networks are created equal: the requirements for massive-scale, outdoor, scalable and secure M2M networks differ greatly from those for consumer or business infrastructure. That is why proven technology that has already been in the field at-scale is necessary for the IoT. Pure cellular technology is great for the phone in your pocket but not to handle your city’s next infrastructure upgrade. True, horizontal platforms that have been proven out in other massive-scale networks, such as smart grids, will likely define the success of critical infrastructure in the IoT. 5)Anchor applications made big steps in laying foundation for future smart cities.

In Europe and the US, the street lighting asset is being most rapidly adopted in cities, while helping cut the cost of implementing subsequent smart city applications at a fraction of stand-alone project costs. Cities including Copenhagen, Glasgow, Miami and Paris are just a few of the global cities that view installing street lights as the on-ramp to the IoT in the long-term. In the short-

The distinction between categories of IoT will grow, with three main categories forming: 1) Wearables/consumer IoT (things like Apple iWatch, FitBits, Google Glass); 2) Enterprise IoT (connecting business systems, customer support, logistics, asset tracking systems); and 3) Critical Infrastructure (energy networks, water systems, smart city networks, street light networks, transportation systems, Environment and disaster monitoring, public safety, mining, airports and building management). We saw this happen in the evolution of the Internet when e-commerce and social categories first started to branch off in to the everexpanding web that exists today.

2)Regional differences will remain on driving technology initiatives forward. I n South America, higher energy input costs and power reliability issues have driven specialized grid applications forward. In Western Europe in particular, we will see many regions driving forward initiatives to meet sustainability goals. Other markets will use technology as a catalyst for modernization initiatives and to trigger economic growth.

In Asia, increased rural electrification, grid modernization, and rapid urbanization are creating strong interest in smart grid and smart city infrastructure investments.

Urban centers that are prioritizing efficiency, environmental, health and safety initiatives will in turn benefit economically in the form of job creation and attracting talent.

3)The next wave of the IoT build-out will harness distributed intelligence and real-time data streams.

With edge sensors plummeting in cost

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while skyrocketing in processing, storage, and networking capabilities, the ability to analyze data in real-time will help optimize assets in the IoT, such as aging infrastructure in cities. Take our focus in critical infrastructure as an example: big data is instrumental to the success of smart cities, and being able to analyze the data in real-time to provide reliable insights to both the operations of the city and its citizens is essential. Being able to capture data streams from thousands of sensors in an environment and then aggregate and analyze for a constant flow of information as events occur will begin to shape our cities of the future. Algorithms will determine when trash cans need to be emptied, where parking spots are available in city centers, how to direct traffic flows and emergency

vehicles during car accidents, and when to illuminate bike and pedestrian pathways using adaptive street lights.

4)Platform will determine ‘Winners’ in the IoT space.

Networks that have already been proven out at scale would seem to be the obvious choice in connecting the tens of billions of devices that will come with the IoT. Beyond this, leveraging an open, standards-based, distributed intelligence platform on which third-party developers can leverage device data to bring new applications to market will ensure the latest innovation is available at our fingertips.

5)Utili ties w ill become mor e influential in the critical infrastructure IoT space.

Utilities deliver vital services to large numbers of people across vast geographic areas and will begin to leverage the grid to deliver a broader platform of services, from integrating more renewable sources to ensuring better grid reliability through distribution automation. But the breadth of their service won’t end there. By leveraging their experience using advanced technology to deliver safe, reliable and secure energy, utilities can also partner with cities to modernize their infrastructure. In doing so, they will also establish a platform for economic growth, and empower the communities which they serve through smart city technology such as intelligent street lights, traffic controls, parking meters, environmental and disaster sensors, electric vehicle chargers, among others.

Relationships Between Smart Cities And IT

Source: Hitachi

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