New Health Care And Elderly Care Solutions - 2216 Words

4.6.1 Smart Living WHY SMART LIVING? †¢ â€Å"By 2030 12% of worldwide population will be +65 generation (from 7% in 2010). Hence, new health-care and elderly-care solutions are needed† [IBM Smarter City Program, 2010]; †¢ â€Å"A Smart City has to be safe; a smarter safety initiative allows to anticipate, rather just react, to problems† [Mulligan 2010]. CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS: †¢ I ncrease health-care and elderly-care services availability, increase citizens quality of life and satisfaction, (IBM Smarter Cities Program). IT CONTRIBUTION †¢ Usage of data that can predict where and when crimes will take place. â€Å"What is needed is a timely enough manner to make the difference† [IBM Smarter Cities Program; ]. Firemen: info can give insights into the†¦show more content†¦The communication platform enables quick response to emergency services. Videoconferencing technologies facilitate remote medical centre services to patients homes, for those who can not travel to hospitals [Washburn et al, 2010]. 4.6.2 Smart Environment To better face this topic, it will be divided in three parts: †¢ Smart Energy †¢ Smart Buildings †¢ Smart Water Management Smart Energy WHY SMART ENERGY? ï‚ § Cities consume 75% of world energy [BOMA 2006]; ï‚ § Through Smart Grids, globally could be reduced carbon emissions by 2.03 Gt CO2e (worth â‚ ¬ 79 billions) [Steinert 2011]; ï‚ § The world marketed energy consumption is projected to increase by 44% from 2006 to 2030 (and will increase by 73% from BRIC countries) [EIA: Energy Information Administration, US]. ï‚ § energy accounts for the largest portion of GHG emissions (29%) [McKinsey Smart 2020 Report]. ï‚ § CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS: Energy efficiency, integration of renewable sources; 57 IT CONTRIBUTION: â€Å"Energy generation and distribution use 1/3 of all primary energy. ICT could make electricity generation more efficient by 40% and its transportation and distribution by 10%† [Stancic, 2009]. †¢ Smart Grids: is an electrical grid that uses information and communications technology to gather and act on information, such as information about the behaviors of suppliers and consumers, in an automated fashion to improve the efficiency, reliability, economics,