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Big Data, Open Data & Telepathy
Technologies for vibrant, sustainable communities
Dr Rick Robinson FBCS CITP, FRSA, AoU
Executive Architect, IBM Smarter Cities
Open Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect
rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com @dr_rick http://theurbantechnologist/com/
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http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.51444/-0.13387

Photo of Shades Records from http://www.thrashhits.com/2008/07/in-memoriam-of-shades/
Photo of Celtic Frost poster by Ryan Snyder http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryansnyder/6054663084/

Dublin’s transport systems
Water usage in Dublin

Smarter property management: US General Services Administration
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 Presidential target of 30%
reduction in energy use
 81 buildings / 47 millon sq ft
integrated nationally
 85,000 sensors polled every 5
minutes
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Issue
identified
Saving
Thermostat
failure
AHU running with 100%
open cooling valve, 24x7
Cooling Setpoint Out of
Range
$26k
Cooling
setpoint out
of range
Changed setpoint from 69
to 73 degrees
$4.6k
FAHU
Cooling and
Heating
Cycling
AHU was cycling between
heating and cooling to
maintain space temp since
smarter buildings system
came online
$16k
AHU Outside
Damper
Stuck Open
Bird stuck in damper; BMS
indicated it was closed $15k

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“Massive / Small” and smart digital urbanism
Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/
Photo of pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UK
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/
Photo of Masshouse Circus, Birmingham, before its redevelopment, by Birmingham City Council
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Planning-
Management%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092740947&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FWrapper
Kelvin Campbell’s “Massive / Small”
http://engagingcities.com/post/5012064472/massive-small-the-operating-system-for-smart-urbanism

http://www.insuranceclaims.co.uk/news/freaky-car-crashes/
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/17/birmingham-stops-muslim-surveillance-scheme
Packages from Amazon delivered to Google’s San Francisco office.
Photo bymoppet65535
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9880707@N02/

Getting to Grips with Touch by Steve Paine
https://www.flickr.com/photos/umpcportal/8294098216/in/photolist-dCVqro-5M2Tff-95VuYr-4HfNDa-62wuSf-62sdu4-62seaB-62sdBp-817iiR

Smarter cities “as if people mattered”
http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2013/05/inspiring-social-sustainability-one-village-at-a-time.html
http://www.syngentafoundation.org/index.cfm?pageID=562
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/sport/rugby-trytracker/10630406/ibm-big-data-analytics-dublin.html
Coders taking part in “Smart Hack” at Birmingham Science Park Aston in 2012 by
Sebastian Lenton: https://twitter.com/sebastianlenton

Montpellier: citizens as the authors and sensors of a Smarter City
Paving
Stone
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/06/27/montpellier-france-invites-citizens-author-smart-city
http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2013/454e42662t01.html © 2014 IBM Corporation

The city council which governs &
provides public services?
Transportation
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Administration
Environment
Culture
Economy
Planning and
Management
Communities
Social
Services
Public Safety
Energy
Infrastructure
The energy, utility & infrastructure
companies who build, manage &
support the urban environment?
The urban lifestyle
that we enjoy?
The shops & farmers who feed
us?
The businesses who employ
us, & the property
developers who house us?
Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/
The transport systems
that move us?
Who will build a Smarter City?

Local Government
• Drivers: finance, demographics, inequality
• Barriers: financing autonomy, capacity
Transportation
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Administration
Environment
Culture
Economy
Planning and
Management
Communities
Social
Services
Public Safety
Energy
Infrastructure
Infrastructure & utilities
• Drivers: resilience, outcomes-based
procurement criteria
• Barriers: national nature of ESCO licenses
Culture
• Limiting factor:
consumer adoption
Food & consumer goods
• Driver: sustainability as a business driver
• Barrier: local transport models
Business & property
• Drivers: sustainability as a
business driver, consumer demand
• Barriers: public / private
understanding of risk / reward,
planning policy
Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/
Transport
• Barrier: cross-modal
business models
Market drivers and barriers

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Thankyou
Dr Rick Robinson FBCS CITP, FRSA, AoU
Executive Architect, IBM Smarter Cities
Open Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect
rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com @dr_rick http://theurbantechnologist/com/
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