S M A R T E N E R GY E C O N O M Y Smart cities are prime locations of innovation and opportunities through developing technologies. In a smart city, All citizens are active participants in the urban services mediated through technological developments and are knowledgeable of the services constituting the city. One of the most crucial elements that smart citizens need to understand is the use of energy within the city. By introducing a system where energy is transacted similar to the world’s monetary model, a clarity and transparency in the energy needs of the city can be achieved. By establishing an energy based economy within a city, along with its infrastructural changes , the implications and actions that follow will help citizens understand the energy needs of the city and facilitate in being efficient to the energy available. This transparency in such a system makes a community part of a smart city. In a smart energy economy, electric energy within the grid becomes the currency. Each individual within a city, has an opportunity to generate their own electricity through any energy sources (preferably, renewable since it is most efficient) which they can use to fulfill their utility needs The excess energy that is generated is harvested and used as energy currency which is used to pay off certain amenities within the city (Such as smart parking, public transportation fees, taxes, etc), thereby keeping the energy generated within the city grid. Citizens can also earn energy currency by conserved utilization of electricity below median. By establishing this energy currency, where electrical energy can be generated, harvested, transacted and utilized by every individual, a better SmartofGovernance and within a understanding the energy consumption city is obtained and become more efficient users o the Smart Education energy available.
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BY ESTABLISHING A TRANSPARENT SMART ENERGY ECONOMY THROUGH ENERGY BANKING SYSTEMS, CITIZENS ARE BETTER INFORMED TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS AND ENERGY EFFICIENT.
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