Roles of Standards in the Connected Communities and Smart Cities

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Definition of Smart Cities

What are Smart Cities

Why Connected Communities and Smart Cities?

Making a City Smart

Standards Make Cities Smarter

The role of standards in making Cities Smarter

Examples of ISO Standards on Smart Cities

Recommendations and Way forward

Definition of Smart Cities?

“A smart sustainable city is an innovative city thatuses information and communicationtechnologies (ICTs) and other means to improvequality of life, efficiency of urban operation andservices, and competitiveness, while ensuring thatit meets the needs of present and futuregenerations with respect to economic, social,environmental as well as cultural aspects”.

What are smart cities…..

Smart Cities rely onintegrated andinterconnected systemsto effectively providebetter services andincrease quality of life ofcitizens, ensuring equalopportunities to all andprotecting theenvironment.

Why Connected Communities and Smart Cities?

The desire to offer quality of life to citizens

through the provision of adequate fresh water;

general access to cleaner energy, access to

services; the ability to travel efficiently from

one point to another; a sense of safety and

security

Address exponential growth of urbanization

By 2050, 70% of the world’s population is

expected to live in some kind of urban areas and

connected communities.

The challenge will be to supply these

populations with basic resources like safe food,

clean water and sufficient energy, while also

ensuring overall economic, social and

environmental sustainability.

Modern day cities and communities are deprived of vital elements like quality of life and socio-economic development which can be delivered by the smart cities.

Smart cities and connected communities are an endeavour to make cities more efficient, sustainable and liveable

There is a need to redesign the cities and communities and migrate them

Developing and Building Connected Communities and Smart Cities

• adequate clean water supply,

• assured electricity supply,

• sanitation, including solid waste management,

• efficient urban and community mobility and public transport,

• affordable housing, especially for the poor,

• robust IT connectivity and digitalization,

• good governance, especially e-Governance and citizen participation

Features of Connected Communities and Smart Cities

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Smart Energy Management Smart Grids Smart Meters Energy Efficiency/Green Building Green Energy

Smart Transportation Smart Transport Management Intelligent Trafic Management Smart trafic lights Trafic monitoring Smart Parking

Smart data & e-Government Massive amounts of data

collected & analyzed Public Information e-Service Delivery Intelligent Video Surveillance

Waste Management Recycling Waste Collection Waste Water Treatment

Water Management Smart Meters & Management Water Quality Monitoring Leakage detection

Smart Cities Initiatives being Adopted

No Electricity and Water! = No Smart City!.

First step to a Smart City: reliable access to electricity and clean water

Not every Smart City is built up from the scratch.(They gradually

evolve and become smarter).

Building a Smart City is highly complex

Every city faces its own challenges

Every city requires its own mix of solutions

Standards: = One common denominator that greatly simplifies

this task

Therefore:

No standards, No smart cities

Standards make Cities Smarter

The Role of Standards

Standards facilitate the integration of structures from

different suppliers

• Interconnection in cities (both physically and virtually)

can only be achieved by standardized interfaces using

the same harmonized technical rules that are

exemplified in Standards.

• The use of International Standards also facilitates the

long-term maintenance and repair of city infrastructure.

Spare parts can be bought from anywhere in the world at

more competitive prices.

Standards = Many Solutions —

• Companies use Standards to build the electrical and

electronic components, devices or systems which

support smooth and integrated Smart City development.

• Standards facilitate the development of tailor-made

solutions that are adapted to a given city.

The role of standards in making cities smarter

• Smart Transportation eg air transport:

The computers, printers and ticket readers at check-in; baggage tagging (RFID), conveyor belts, lighting, announcement systems, security and access control, scanners and biometric readers, escalators and elevators, luggage dispatch, airfield lighting, communication and radio equipment, flight surveillance instrumentation, and more are all covered by international standards

Smart cities & some ISO technical committees;

TC 59/SC 17 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering

works

TC 163 Thermal performance and energy use in the built

environment

TC 205 Building environment design

TC 242 Energy management

TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities

TC 268/SC 1 Smart community infrastructures

JTC 1 Study Group on Smart Cities

Examples of ISO Standard on Smart Cities;

ISO 37100: Sustainable Cities and Communities

ISO 37100 : Sustainable cities and communities –Vocabulary

This standard defines terms relating to sustainabledevelopment in communities, smart communityinfrastructure and related subjects.

The standard was developed to standardize terminologies relating to sustainable cities and smartness as a response to differing interpretations of smart city terms.

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Examples of ISO Standard on Smart Cities;

ISO 37101:2016, Sustainable development in communities -Management system for sustainable development - Requirements with guidance for use

The standard establishes requirements for a managementsystem for sustainable development in communities,including cities, using a holistic approach, with a view toensuring consistency with the sustainable developmentpolicy of communities. The intended outcomes of amanagement system for sustainable development incommunities include managing sustainability andfostering smartness and resilience in communities.

Examples of ISO Standard on Smart Cities;

ISO 37120, Sustainable development & resilience of communities -Indicators for city services & quality of life

This standard defines and establishes methodologies for aset of indicators to steer and measure the performance ofcity services and quality of life. The standards is applicableto any city, municipality or local government thatundertakes to measure its performance in a comparableand verifiable manner, irrespective of size and location.

Examples of ISO Standard on Smart Cities

ISO/TR 37150:2014, Smart community infrastructures - Review of existing activities relevant to metrics

The standard provides a review of existing activities relevantto metrics for smart community infrastructures. In ISO/TR37150:2014, the concept of smartness is addressed in termsof performance relevant to technologically implementablesolutions. The standard addresses community infrastructuressuch as energy, water, transportation, waste and informationand communications technology (ICT).

Examples of ISO Standard on Smart Cities;

ISO/TS 37151:2015, Smart community infrastructures - Principles and requirements for performance metrics

This standard gives principles and specifies requirements forthe definition, identification, optimization, andharmonization of community infrastructure performancemetrics, and gives recommendations for analysis, includingsmartness, interoperability, synergy, resilience, safety, andsecurity of community infrastructures.

ISO/TR 37152:2016, Smart community infrastructures -- Common framework for development and operation

This standard outlines the basic concept of a commonframework for the development and operation of smartcommunity infrastructures. The framework describes theplanning, development, operation and maintenancemethodology to facilitate the harmonization of eachinfrastructure as a part of a smart community and ensuresthat the interactions between multiple infrastructures arewell orchestrated.

Examples of ISO Standard on Smart Cities;

Examples of ISO Standard on Smart Cities;

ISO 37101:2016, Sustainable development in communities -Management system for sustainable development - Requirements with guidance for use

The standard establishes requirements for a managementsystem for sustainable development in communities,including cities, using a holistic approach, with a view toensuring consistency with the sustainable developmentpolicy of communities. The intended outcomes of amanagement system for sustainable development incommunities include managing sustainability and fosteringsmartness and resilience in communities.

Credit: BSI, PD 8100:2015

Levels of Smart City Standards;

Strategic: Identify Smart City standards to provide guidance on the processof developing a clear and effective overall Smart City strategy.

Process: Standards in this category are focused on procuring and managingSmart City projects.

Technical: covers technical specifications that are needed to implementSmart City products and services so that they meet the overall objectives.

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Level 3

Localisation and Implementation of Smart City Standards

Countries need to understand the International Standards

Local Standard Organisations should provide a repository of all the standards and be part of the cities migration to Smart Cities

Countries should have clear policies, visions, strategies and resources to implement smart cities and connected communities

Recommendations and Way forward Smart Cities and Connected Communities are no longer the wave of the

future. They are here now and growing quickly and lets our difference whenwe go back home by lobbying and contributing to the processes.

Going smart would not be easy given the lack of critical infrastructure in thecountries and the non availability of reliable power supply, clean water andmodern standardised buildings and homes/houses.

The Cities are growing fast and efforts must be made to ensure that they takeadvantage of available smart technologies to provide infrastructures andservices needed for the cities to function effectively.

The development of smart cities and connected communities requires theinput of all stakeholders; government, private sector organizations and thecitizenry.

Most importantly , realising that standards make cities smarter, we mustembrace standards to make our cites and communities are smarter

We must all join hands to make a reality in our region .

Lets make our countries provide better the best places for people to live,where businesses can prosper, people are part of the economy, they caninnovate and we have sustainable economies

Thank you for providing this opportunityallowing me to share my thoughts aboutSmart Cities and Connected Communities

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