We've heard the term "Smart Cities," but what exactly is a smart city? The Smart Cities Project defines a city as 'smart' when "Investments in human and social capital and traditional (transport) and modern (ICT) communication infrastructure, fuel, sustainable economic development, and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources, through participatory action and engagement." An online article at FORBES.com back in June 2014, went on to say that "Smart Cities are a 1.5 trillion dollar market opportunity."
Recently, ReNewable Now's podcast, the Business Side of Green, was very fortunate to have two extraordinary gentlemen from Schneider Electric join us as guests who share what the future may hold.
Gordon Falconer sits in Singapore; Jason Dodier in Washington
DC, fresh from his move from Paris. Yet, these two guests easily come together, and did so today with us, to push urban centers to their next level of smart technology and growth. Helped, certainly, by the power and influence of their company, Schneider Electric, both bring immense passion to their jobs and missions of smart growth.
Falconer is Schneider's most seasoned Smart City expert; an early pioneer who can trace his first efforts back 30 years around real estate development. Falconer has traveled the world. He is a former director for Cisco, another power house on urban innovation. His system of development, based on global data showing over 50% of today's population lives in cities, is premised on the 3 p's of good strategy for growth--policies, programs and projects that soon follow.
We know the world is riding a wave of urbanization, industrialization and digitization. That is a major confluence of economic waves. How do you best harness that power and energy to build smart cities? Are cites dumb today? Do they have the money for projects? What exactly do these changes mean to those of us living within their borders? Listen in as we explore these concepts.
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DC, fresh from his move from Paris. Yet, these two guests easily come together, and did so today with us, to push urban centers to their next level of smart technology and growth. Helped, certainly, by the power and influence of their company, Schneider Electric, both bring immense passion to their jobs and missions of smart growth. Falconer is Schneider's most seasoned Smart City expert; an early pioneer who can trace his first efforts back 30 years around real estate development. Falconer has traveled the world. He is a former director for Cisco, another power house on urban innovation. His system of development, based on global data showing over 50% of today's population lives in cities, is premised on the 3 p's of good strategy for growth--policies, programs and projects that soon follow.We know the world is riding a wave of urbanization, industrialization and digitization. That is a major confluence of economic waves. How do you best harness that power and energy to build smart cities? Are cites dumb today? Do they have the money for projects? What exactly do these changes mean to those of us living within their borders? Listen in as we explore these concepts.
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