Cisco has joined hands with the city of Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, to support the smart city initiatives there, says a blog post from Wim Elfrink, Cisco’s executive vice president for Industry Solutions and chief globalization officer.
The partnership helps develop Internet of Everything solutions that will help to digitally connect everything from lighting and parking to energy grids and citizens.
The vision of leaders in Copenhagen’s municipality and urban districts are bold, and their Smart City ambitions are infectious.
“I dare say that within a few years, the Smart City projects currently planned here will serve as global best practices for other cities to replicate in improving quality of life,” Elfrink says.
Copenhagen now joins the Internet of Everything digital revolution sparked by other inventive cities globally, such as Barcelona, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Songdo, Nice and newcomers such as Kansas City, which announced similar plans just last week, he said.
The smart city work has already begun on the Danish Outdoor Light Lab (DOLL) in Albertslund where nearly 40 competing outdoor light solutions converged onto one open network will provide enormous potential to cut costs and consumption while improving public safety.
In the Frederikssund district, just 25 miles from downtown Copenhagen, the greenfield City of Vinge has one of the greenest and most innovative master plans in Europe, setting the groundwork to be carbon neutral from the outset.
In the Copenhagen municipality itself, smart lighting, parking, water management, smart grids and more all to be converged onto one network, and powered by sensors everywhere, will improve sustainability, resiliency and overall livability, the blog said.
These initiatives are part of the city’s goal to become carbon neutral by 2025. These technology solutions will play a big role in their green objectives – green in terms of environmental benefits and green in terms of economic results.
“In 2020, we expect 50 billion things to be connected to the Internet, which will still be scratching the surface of what’s possible. Nonetheless, cities such as Copenhagen are leading the way in this rapidly growing digital revolution. Others who don’t follow their lead will be left behind,” Elfrink said.
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