Smart City Projects in Malaysia – The need for standards
By Mohamed Shajahan Bin Mohamed Iqbal Malaysia Smart City Alliance, MIGHT
Smart cities would require a new standard which would encompass water, electricity, telecommunications, and computer technology, internet of things, cloud services, private data protection and cyber security.
The most important person in the city is the ci�zen or the consumer or user of the applica�on of the smart ci�es’ solu�on. Standards provide a protec�on of quality of products or services which are benchmarked to interna�onal standards or professional bodies specialized in the industry. At the same �me the public welfare is guarded if non-compliance can endanger public safety and health. Ci�zens would require the standards to ensure that the products or service protect their surrounding environment, provide reliable and valid informa�on on a �mely basis. Standards for smart ci�es will provide a basis for any required legisla�on for controlling quality via technical minimum or maximum requirements as required by the respec�ve industry benchmarks. In this regard especially, IT enabler in the digital infrastructure which is led by the Interna�onal Telecommunica�on Union ITU-T e.g., United The objec�ve is to improve the quality of lives of the ci�es’ ci�zens. The digital technologies will be used to improve the sustainability, make it more eco-friendly -greener, more livable and provide a good environment for the economy to thrive with long term sustainability and lower carbon footprint. This is a�ained by strategies that enhance socio economic, ecological, logis�c, integrated transport and digitally connected ci�zen with broadband high-speed Although different ci�es may have different levels of threshold or guidelines, but the methodology and the standards are uniform for the benchmarking. This is important for each city to monitor its progress in rela�on to na�onal and interna�onal benchmarks. This also facilitates to understand the gaps if the KPI’s are not achieves as predicted by each project area. Further standards provide ma�ers regarding smart ci�es industrial products to be efficiently deployed due to standardiza�on and compliance. This includes all terminology and symbol standards are uniform which can be easily understood by the implementor, designer, contractor and finally the ci�zen to recognize the parameters that are being focused and targeted as KPI’s. Uniform product standards will also ensure that products deployed between adjacent jurisdic�on of councils have similar designs and standard quality of product to ensure delivery of products under smart ci�es which require good aesthe�c designs, eco-friendly and reduce carbon footprint. Uniform standards also provide economies of scale in purchase on cost of construc�on through interchangeability of components, materials, and code of prac�ce.
for Smart Sustainable Ci�es (U4SSC) and the Ins�tute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The respec�ve bodies govern all the products and services in the IT and Telecommunica�ons industry. Smart ci�es standards merge ITU and Stakeholders requirements. ICT infrastructure providers, the ci�zens, property developers, consultant engineers, Architects, contractors, town planners, city planners, mayors, chief ministers of states, university professors, research organiza�ons. Media. Poli�cians and policy makers, Financial ins�tu�ons, and Banks. “how will the developed standards get absorbed in each stage of smart cities planning?” connec�vity and super gigabit digital e-commerce infrastructure for businesses. Standards ensure compa�bility, interchangeability, and interoperability to benefit of the ci�zens and consumers. Standards reflect the requirement at na�onal and interna�onal levels. This is important when key performance indicators globally are benchmarked to other ci�es. Importantly, tes�ng standards complying to the relevant ITU, IEEE, IEC, CIDB and MCMC should be clearly iden�fied by the various stakeholders to ensure that compliance will be met. The compliance verifica�on should be done at different levels by the various of stakeholders through the different levels of planning, design, implementa�on, commissioning, and delivering smart ci�es services and products. Standards also facilitate communica�ons and use of the standards by the different ci�es to organize ci�zen-centric solu�ons which are reliable and able tomeet the KPIs under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) under the United Na�ons. Local SMEs and entrepreneurs can create economic growth by using and customizing solu�ons to create products and services according to the established Malaysian standards which would give them an advantage over overseas vendors who are addressing issues in their respec�ve countries. These standards also can be used as non-tariff measures to help import subs�tu�on and to promote Malaysian companies to export their products
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