Infrastructure services make a city "livable." These fundamental services, both necessities and comforts for citizens and businesses, include utilities such as water and energy, as well as transportation and environmental areas.
Energy and water
The smart grid uses digital sensors, advanced communication networks and sophisticated analytics to help utilities understand demand in near real time, more effectively manage supply and demand, and put greater control of energy usage into the hands of consumers. Visit IBM's Smart Grid (US) site and explore energy solutions for cities.
Flexible, efficient smart grid technology is being developed to create lower-cost, reliable electricity for the future.
In Denmark, the island of Bornholm held a pilot program that used wind energy to power electric vehicles.
Smarter water management creates a holistic view of water and wastewater across departments, silos and systems by aggregating, integrating and visualizing key data such as consumption, quality, flow and pressure. Visit the Smarter Water Management (US) site and explore water solutions for cities.
IBM Intelligent Water helps utilities improve service, manage assets, maximize productivity and reduce costs for customers.
In Phoenix, Arizona, a community with six golf courses conserves water with the help of IBM analytics.
Smarter water for smarter growth
Generating sustainable growth and development
Fixing the future
Smarter water management for the world’s most essential resource
Environmental
Sustainable cities embrace a new objective: optimize operations to minimize environmental impact and improve social outcomes in a manner that also maximizes performance. Visit Sustainability on a smarter planet (US) and explore environmental and sustainability solutions for cities.
Recology takes a smarter computing approach to waste collection, using an analytics-based strategy to save landfill space.
The Syracuse University data center—maybe the world’s greenest—will use 50 percent less energy after working with IBM.
Driving performance through sustainability
Strategy, synergy and significance
Sustainability: Strategies and tactics to achieve sustainability goals
Forward Thinker
Dave Bartlett
Vice President, Industry Solutions, IBM SWG Tivoli
Transportation
Into and around the city, people and goods are always moving. Intelligent transportation systems improve capacity, enhance travel experiences and make moving anything safer, more efficient and more secure. Traffic managers gain citywide visibility to help alleviate congestion and rapidly respond to incidents. Visit the Smarter Transportation (US) site and explore transportation solutions for cities.
In China, the City of Zhenjiang is using an Intelligent Operations Center to monitor and help transform its public transportation system.
A smarter mobility solution could mean less congested roads, better infrastructures and more pleasant commutes.
Intelligent Urban Transportation
Predicting, managing and integrating traffic operations in smarter cities
Forward Thinker
Dan Collins
Smarter Transportation, Customs, Ports and Border Mgt Solution Sales, East IMT, S&D Public Sector