Glasgow secures £24 million for the development of smart city initiatives
Glasgow Wins £24 Million 'Future Cities Demonstrator' Project Funding
Glasgow has been awarded the Technology Strategy Board's 'Future Cities Demonstrator' project, beating 30 other candidates including London, Peterborough, and Bristol. The project aims to improve the city's real-time operations with a city dashboard and a management system that views the city as an integrated whole.
The 'Future Cities Demonstrator' project is a pilot scheme to develop smart city technologies. IBM's Integrated Operations Centre for city management is being considered for use in Glasgow's project. This centre was originally developed for the city of Rio.
The companies cooperating with Glasgow on the project include IBM, which has previously worked on smart city initiatives in the Scottish city. One such project involved using sensors to analyze heat dissipation in council housing and redirecting exhaust from a nearby industrial estate.
The demonstrator will include projects using open and real-time data to improve public services such as travel, healthcare, and housing. The projects will promote healthy living, deliver advanced street lighting to address community safety and perception of crime, and enhance building energy efficiency to provide affordable warmth.
The potential benefits of connected cities include improved quality of life, more efficient physical systems, real-time information, and reduced energy consumption from smart buildings. However, the creation of connected cities may require people to become more comfortable with sharing data on their location, habits, and preferences.
Tim Kay, KPMG's technology start-up lead, believes the project could provide an opportunity for up and coming UK technology companies working in the connected cities market. The TSB has not specified whether the Integrated Operations Centre for city management will be purchased by Glasgow for the project.
The connected cities market, which includes the 'Future Cities Demonstrator' project, is estimated to be worth $35 billion in the coming years. The TSB awarded the project to Glasgow due to its strong, local authority-led project proposal in partnership with their business and academic communities.
In 2011, Glasgow was selected as one of 24 cities by IBM to receive a $400,000 "Smart City" grant. The infrastructure cost of creating connected cities is not specified in the article.
The 'Future Cities Demonstrator' project in Glasgow is not the first time IBM has worked on smart city projects. The project is expected to contribute significantly to the development of smart city technologies in the UK.
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