Two smart grids installed at thecamp and in the high-speed railway station will test a solution in which car batteries feed electricity into the grid and the electricity consumer also becomes a producer. Are you familiar with V2G? In the Vehicle To Grid system, the electric car doesn’t just consume energy but can also supply […]
Cities often come up against the issue of standards when they want to develop services. But solutions do exist that link the old and the new within a continuous improvement process. As part of its drive to achieve smart city status, the city of Bordeaux invited tenders to connect the infrastructure in one of its […]
New local-level energy generation and consumption practices give the building and its end users an active role in a dialogue with the neighbourhood and the city. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The African proverb could serve as a watchword for the decision-makers involved in the building energy transition. Building a […]
Data is not the Holy Grail of the city of tomorrow but it can be a valuable tool for designing a smarty city on a human scale. It’s this belief that led American NGO Data Driven Detroit (D3) to launch an innovative open-data project in Detroit, an industrial city that has lost its shine. D3 […]
Smart building development can only take place if it is based on frank, long-term cooperation between all of the players in the property ecosystem. Sensors, data analysis tools, real-time management platforms… everything is in place for the smart building revolution. Well almost everything. Although, from a purely technical point of view, there is no longer […]
A technological solution for managing traffic developed by Citeos, which gives priority to high-quality buses operating on a new line, is designed to convert locals from private cars to public transport. At the end of 2018, Rouen’s residents were introduced to “intelligent” buses on the new T4 line, which rival trams in terms of performance […]
Omexom (VINCI Energies) won an ambitious Energy Performance Contract covering the entire territory of Canberra, the capital of Australia. After one year of operation, first results are in. With its population of 425,000, Canberra is the smallest and most densely populated of Australia’s 10 territories. It is also the one with the country’s most ambitious smart […]
The disclosures of personal data gathered by Facebook have focused attention on privacy. But the data control issue goes well beyond privacy and credit card protection; it’s people’s safety as a whole that is at stake when data generated by cars loaded with sensors and connected objects can be accessed by hackers. Based on a […]
The digitalisation of electrical infrastructure calls for new skills. Big data expertise is at the heart of this transformation. According to the International Energy Agency’s Digitalization and Energy 2017 report, digital tools will enable electricity suppliers to improve their productivity and reduce their costs. Digital technologies can make electricity grids smarter and reduce operating and […]