ABB has commissioned a high-performance wireless broadband network for the historic city of Venice, Italy. The wi-fi solution comprises a network of fixed and mobile nodes that can handle more than 200 gigabytes of data and 40,000 subscribers a day. It is equipped with 200 discretely positioned wireless mesh routers, that have been supplied by Tropos Networks, a company acquired by ABB in 2011, which now forms a part of ABB's comprehensive communications offering.
In the interview below, George Karayannis, VP of U.S. Smart City Solutions for Council Associate Partner Schneider Electric, discusses technologies that help make cities smarter, more efficient, sustainable, resilient and more livable and how they empower citizens' daily choices about energy consumption.
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With analytics technology from Council Global Partner IBM, the Durham, N.C., Police Department reduced the amount of violent crime in a two square mile region of the city by more than 50 percent during a four-year span from 2007-2011. Based on historical data, they created an intelligent database, where they could access and visualize data that established relationships across people, places and other entities. Armed with that information, they could be smarter in how they allocated their resources.
In the video presentation below, Executive Chairman John Estey of Council Global Partner S&C Electric discusses the economic impact of power outages. He compares the economic impact of an outage that occurs on a "old grid" with that of an outage on a self-healing smart grid. You'll see how this approach provides a new framework for considering the economic value provided by self-healing power grids.
Polish transit authorities wanted to enhance rider convenience and speed of entry, improve operational efficiency and control and promote greater use of the mass transit system.
The Birmingham, UK Smart City Commission -- a body created by the city council which includes leading figures from the business, academic and public sectors -- developed a Smart City Roadmap detailing over 35 actions that aim to influence the city’s approach to creating a sustainable and better future for its citizens.
In a typical year, over 35 million passengers and 96 thousand tons of cargo pass through the Barcelona El Prat Airport. AENA is responsible for airport operations, and its smart airport solution boasts a dynamic, intelligent infrastructure. The control environment handles over 1,000,000 signals and includes control of all escalators, elevators and passenger moving walkways; power management; air conditioning; and fire safety systems.
There is no other organization like the Smart Cities Council, as you'll learn in this video that provides an overview of the Council's work with public officials around the world to make their cities more livable, workable and sustainable. You'll also meet the leading global smart technologies companies who serve as Council partners and learn how you too can become involved.
In this briefing for SCC members, Council Associate Partner ABB highlighted its deep portfolio of intelligent solutions that are at the heart of a city's critical infrastructure -- solutions relied upon for everything from the supply of power, water and heat, to the automation of factories and the buildings we live and work in.