Business & Industry
Smart Cities 2021
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A city needs to be secure to be smart
Security is just one of several challenges faced today by smart cities. However, if a smart city is not inherently secure, the whole project can collapse with devastating consequences. When bringing existing infrastructure together with new lead edge technologies, there are likely to be some unexpected vulnerabilities in people, processes and the technologies. Good security...
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How smart city tech can create smart places
By taking a holistic approach to smart technology, cities can do more with less, in a sustainable way. How can the Internet of Things (IoT) benefit cities? Emerging network solutions are making it feasible to have vast numbers of sensors in the urban environment — on bus stops, street lamps and so forth — collecting...
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Smart homes, a smarter future
A focus on the sustainability of businesses and cities cannot distract us from domestic consumption. Residential housing is set to become the biggest consumer of electricity globally. EV charging, the electrification of heat and increased occupancy as more people work from home will see consumers’ electricity consumption dramatically increase over the next 10 years. Efficient...
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A new industrial strategy for sustainability
In pushing for greater efficiency and sustainability in cities, we forget the operations that act as its foundation, from water to food production. Industrial processes usually exist on the edge of our large urban centres, but they are no less crucial to the running of a city or the health of the economy. With supply...
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Unleashing a smarter digital grid
Renewable fuel sources currently account for 30% of the UK’s electricity generation. By 2050, it will be 85%. However, there will also be a significant increase in demand. Power consumption in the UK is expected to grow 40% by 2050, with e-mobility and residential heating accelerating the trend. How can electric utilities satisfy spiralling demand,...
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Bringing cities back smarter and more sustainably
The climate timebomb is ticking. To meet the challenge, our cities must become carbon neutral by the end of the decade. The UK Government has put in place ambitious sustainability targets which require immediate action in order to meet the deadline. Cities across the UK are playing their part. London and Glasgow, as part of...
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How British ingenuity is building our 5G cities
The 5G Testbeds and Trials programme is pioneering new ways to harness cutting-edge new technology in urban areas. Making the most of 5G is central to the Government’s levelling up agenda. The £200 million 5G Testbeds and Trials programme has over a thousand organisations collaborating across more than 30 major projects. 5G lessons for the...
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How air quality monitoring is improving the health of our cities
Air quality sensors and bespoke modelling are playing an increasingly important role in the way traffic flows around our cities. Urban areas will be healthier as a result. Unless we can actually see pollution belching out of chimneys or hanging as smog over cities, most of us don’t give a second thought to the quality...
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Combining 5G and other technologies to create a powerful force
Smart tech such as 5G-led converged solutions are able to help local authorities address key challenges. But while the technology is there, using it requires a new way of thinking. This is an exciting, game-changing time to be in tech. One of the things enabling the game to change is the 5G network. For most...
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No turning back: smart technologies have transformed our lives and cities
COVID-19 showed us the many benefits of smart technologies. Were we ready to let the genie out of the bottle? Thirteen years ago, IBM coined the term smart cities. That same year Apple unveiled its App Store. Both ideas promised to change our lives. Yet for much of the world, it took a global pandemic...