SMART CITIES HIGHLIGHTS
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In developed countries, the pace of adoption of new technologies is often slowed down by aging existing infrastructure that was not designed to accommodate them. Meanwhile, in developing countries, large-scale capital investments may not always be readily available despite the opportunity for “leap-frogging” with new technologies. In both cases, it is necessary to break the barriers between existing functional, information, and data silos within conventional utility systems.
In Malaysia, Melaka is one of the pioneer states in the country to debut smart grid technology with an aim to spearhead its high-tech city concept. There is an increasing number of active consumers or prosumers with energy management requirements beyond simply high reliability at a low cost. Such prosumers are often selecting clean and local sources of energy and wish to actively participate in the management and control of their energy consumption. We need to better understand what we can expect from the smarter, cleaner energy future. How We Get Energy: From providing consumers with easier access to solar to the development of microgrids, this fact sheet covers the more flexible, sustainable ways that consumers will receive energy in the coming years. How We Use Energy: This includes new ways that consumers will manage and use of energy in their daily lives, highlighting smart thermostats and smart appliances to innovations in smart cities technology and EV charging infrastructure. How We Pay for Energy: Focusing on innovations from companies in the smart energy space, it focuses on the new ways that consumers are monitoring and paying for the energy they use.
Other countries such as in Amsterdam, homes have smart energy meters to encourage reduced energy consumption while Beijing reduced airborne pollutants by around 20 percent via tracking the pollution sources and regulating activities accordingly. Schenectady in New York is upgrading its street lights to LED technology, which can be adjusted or dimmed based on real-time data.
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