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SMART CITIES ON THE RISE - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE IOT ERA

Examples of Smart City concepts have been implemented in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Stockholm, for example. Also, the city of San Leandro, California is in the midst of a Smart City transformation. San Leandro is an industrial and residential community of 90,000 in the San Francisco Bay Area and is moving forward in its smart transformation. It is among the very first cities in the United States to deploy a citywide IoT network, which is based on Paradox Engineering’s PE Smart Urban Network platform.

First application enabled by the 6LoWPAN network was Smart Lighting: 4,800-plus street lights were converted to LED smart bulbs and connected to the IoT infrastructure. They currently backhaul on approximately 35 strategically placed Wi-Fi access points which, in turn, connect to the city’s fiber-optic network at designated traffic signal intersections. A Control Management System (CMS) allows city staff to monitor data generated by single nodes and control every light, set policies for when the lights turn off and on, and manage proactive maintenance. Over the life of the project (15 years) San Leandro officials expect to save more than $8 million in energy costs, which more than pays for the price tag of the entire project.

However, the story does not end there. Numerous concepts in the fields of mobility, health and public safety are in the development phase and will contribute to a city‘s efficiency and appeal. An IoT network, like San Leandro’s, can effectively transform a city into a technology platform. In summer 2017, students from Harvey Mudd College (including a San Leandro High School graduate) interned with Pilot City to develop a Smart Waste Monitoring pilot solution for street trash cans that connected to the urban platform.

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