Smart Districts & Cities
What is a smart district?
What makes a district smart, which services it shares across buildings and who usually owns them.
Smart Districts & Cities
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Smart Districts & Cities
How can buildings share data across a district?
How buildings share data with a district through an information contract, a suitable technical pattern and a written agreement.
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What is the difference between a smart building, smart district and smart city?
How buildings, districts and cities differ in scope, decision makers, data and funding, and how the three levels connect.
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How can a smart district coordinate energy, mobility and utilities?
How a district can coordinate energy, mobility and utility systems through visible dependencies and agreed decision rights.
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How can smaller cities implement smart technology on a limited budget?
How smaller towns and cities can get value from smart technology by fixing foundations first and adding targeted devices later.
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How do you create a smart city strategy?
A five-step method for a smart city strategy: evidence, outcomes, shared foundations, funded operation and an accountable roadmap.
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How do you develop a smart district masterplan?
The workstreams and deliverables of a smart district masterplan, and which decisions to fix early or keep open.
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Which KPIs measure the success of a smart city?
How to choose smart city KPIs that measure outcomes, with trustworthy definitions and a sensible use of U4SSC and ISO 37120/37122.
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What digital infrastructure does a mixed-use development need?
The ducts, risers, rooms, landlord systems and demarcation rules a mixed-use scheme needs, and what to fix at each design stage.
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What is a city digital twin and what can it be used for?
What a city digital twin is made of, what it can be used for and how to keep observed, modelled and proposed information apart.
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What is a smart city and how does it work?
How a smart city works layer by layer, from physical infrastructure to governance, and why service outcomes come first.
Smart Districts & Cities
What is a smart district?
What makes a district smart, which services it shares across buildings and who usually owns them.
Smart Districts & Cities
Who owns and manages the data in a smart district?
How rights, roles and access to district data are allocated among owners, occupiers, operators and suppliers.
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