Smart City
What is a Smart City?
The standard definition of a smart city is a city where IT is the main attraction, but XnTREE believes that a smart city is a city that is ever evolving, similar to people where they go through many changes over time. At XnTREE, we believe that a smart city exists and is created to solve problems to accommodate the growing needs of people via ways of urban regeneration and innovation. Technology, governance, infrastructure, environment, inclusiveness, human behaviour and the city's characteristics all are crucial elements when a master plans for a smart city is created. But ultimately, “Human” or “People” are the most important factor that deliver a high happiness or satisfaction index for its city residents. We believe that human beings are the driving force to make cities sustainable and resilient.
5 major themes to cities' immediate needs
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Smart Energy
Applying technology that is a more efficient form of renewable energy
Smart Resource Management
Managing of Water and waste management systems in finding more efficient methods to keep it secure, economically efficient and to commercialize the concept of Circular Economy especially in developed countries.
Smart Mobility
Utilization of the most efficient and sustainable alternatives transportation mode such as electric bikes and buses to reduce carbon emissions and noise pollution.
Smart Public Services
Public security and infrastructure to enhance the standard of living for people.
Smart Living
Providing people the opportunity to benefit from new ways of living for a better and balanced life such as smart home automation systems (i.e. light, heating and energy usage appliance control and access control/security)
Smart city cases
There are 2 main models applied when creating master plans for smart cities; 1) private funding & 2) public funding. But XnTREE has introduced a 3rd model that has proven to be successful where it applies are “partnership” model called the PPPP(4Ps) model; People-oriented Public Private Partnership. Currently the UK, Japan and a few countries in the EU have adapted these models to see better and faster progress.
Germany - Friedrichshafen
The city has had a lot of development focused on connectivity and through a joint venture partnership with T-Mobile and Deutsche Telecom.They have built wired and wireless infrastructures.
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Abu Dhabi
Solar energy and other renewable energy sources with an imporoved Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems and Freigh rapid transit (FRT) through the introduction and use of automated electric
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UK - Glasgow
Glasgow was selected as the first pilot site for a future city project aimed at integrating urban infrastructure and improving quality of life through the establishment of a communications
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Spain - Barcelona
Since year 2000,Barcelona's Smart City has been conducting major projects in its old industrial complex in the southeastern part of the city.More than 180 million euros have been invested with smart grid,smart communication,district heating,smart waste treatment,etc being its major initiatives making the city one of the most desirable countries to live in the world.
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Singapore
Singapore has been an active participant in smart city development.The country has successfully applied virtual reality to urban management sectors such as construction,road,water,supply and drainage,traffic,etc.By implementing the whole country as a virtual reality on the 3D platform.
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South Korea
Water and sewage management solutions.Building of new facilities and residential areas to improve the quality of life.
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