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Making cities smarter has been the most important work project of several countries in recent years. From Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Dubai to Taipei, the main objective of building smart cities is to improve the lives of citizens and solve various problems caused by “urbanization” through technology: Traffic congestion, shortage of resources, environmental pollution, lack of available water, etc. Taiwan is known for its telecommunications industry and innovative energy. In this global wave of urban intelligence, it has not been left behind: autonomous buses, smart communities, smart buildings, smart citizen cards, etc. All counties and cities are striving to implement smart cities in all aspects of daily life, so that you and I on this beautiful island can enjoy the convenience that the smart city provides.
Problems caused by urbanization are solved through smart networks and technology
According to United Nations data, the rate of global “urbanization” is so fast that by 2025 there will be 34 cities with more than 10 million inhabitants. The energy consumed by cities represents two-thirds of the world, not to mention increasingly scarce or polluted water, air and other resources, all of which will affect the quality of life of urban residents.
To make the lives of citizens happier and happier, countries have invested a lot of resources to achieve “intelligence”. Let’s take the United States as an example. Over the next 20 years, all cities in the United States are expected to invest US $ 41 trillion (NT $ 1,230 trillion). The total budget of China’s central government in 2020 is 2.1 trillion yuan) to upgrade intelligent infrastructure such as the Internet of Things. Chicago is one of the busiest cities in the United States. The Internet of Things was created to monitor environmental quality earlier this year. In early September this year, the mayor of Chicago announced a heroic post requesting proposals from renewable energy manufacturers to the municipal government. The buildings owned by the city government will completely replace the use of 100% renewable energy, which is estimated to generate commercial energy opportunities of up to 200 million US dollars. Chicago hopes that through this smart renewable energy grid, not only will energy be saved and carbon reduced, but it will also save the city government a lot of electricity bills.
Chicago promotes the popularization of renewable energy, Dubai makes the vision of a smart city a reality for neighboring countries
Dubai’s ambition to promote smart cities is number one in the world. Dubai announced the “Dubai 10X” plan in 2017. One of its goals is “to lead other cities intelligently for at least ten years.” Subsequently, Dubai announced robotic police and unmanned aerial vehicles. Taxis are part of the smart city and have successfully taken over the international media. However, Dubai is not only fulfilling its own smart city needs, it is also expanding abroad. The Dubai-led Moro Hub aims to become a “digital service hub” in the Middle East and North Africa. In July of this year, the Moro Hub smart city “command and control center” was officially opened. Government agencies or private companies in neighboring countries, as long as there are Transformation needs such as IoT platforms, information security, big data analytics, etc., can be provided by Moro Hub.
2020 Taiwan Smart City Online Exhibition, Bigger Than Ever
Global cities are very active in promoting smart cities, and Taiwan, as a global technology hub, certainly does not allow these advanced cities to be beautiful. Liudu has his own unique tricks on the smart city app, which not only makes people feel like life is more comfortable and safer, but also wins international awards. In addition, the Smart City Exhibition organized by Taiwan attracts more representatives from cities from various countries to participate. At the opening ceremony of “Smart City Expo 2020” in Nangang in early September, Vice President Lai Qingde pointed out the trend of smart cities in the post-epidemic era. He said that the Wuhan pneumonia is a crisis and a turning point. The Smart City Expo is affected by the epidemic and will follow the trend this year. The entity went online, but therefore the exhibition period can be extended for up to half a year (July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020). At the same time, 43 international cities were invited to participate in the big event and 60 forums were held, which is even bigger than the previous one.
The Smart City 2020 online exhibition started with two major events in July and August. ICLEI (Local Government Sustainable Development Council), an international organization with more than 1,750 members from local governments around the world, cooperated with the Smart City Expo and held the ICLEI Taiwan Members Conference in July to discuss recovery green in the post-epidemic era. In August, the online version of the “Smart City Leaders Summit” hosted by the City of Taipei, Mayor Ke Wenzhe spoke with the leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, New Zealand and the United States about how to use the technology to rapidly restore city operations after the epidemic. , Exchange experience. In September, the highlight event of the “Sustainable Cities Forum” was organized by the city of Taoyuan, which has won several smart city awards, and invited international cities to share green economy transition policies and case studies from the perspective of urban administrators, as well as public-private cooperation in green matters. The importance of economic activity.
Three Smart Applications for Taiwan’s Cities of the Future: Transportation, Environmental Protection and Protection
At this stage, the achievements of various counties and cities in promoting smart cities can be summarized into the top three smart transportation, environmental protection and protection applications. The high efficiency and convenience of transportation applications have always been the leading indicators for evaluating smart cities in various countries, and Taiwan is no exception. Since May this year, the city of Taipei has used night hours to test autonomous unmanned buses in the Xinyi district, and public test rides will open in September. In addition to Taipei City, the government has also carried out unmanned vehicle road tests at Changbin Industrial Park, Kaohsiung Aihe, Tainan Shalun, Taoyuan Qingpu, New Bei Danhai and other places through the “Experimental Innovation Project of Unmanned Vehicle Technology “of the Ministry of Economy. For example, the unmanned experimental bus in the Changbin Industrial Zone connects tourist attractions such as the Lukang Tianhou Temple. In the second half of the year, the Ministry of Economy will also test unmanned vehicle power services at Taichung Shuinan, Taoyuan Airport and Hsinchu High-Speed Railway Station. It is expected that when the industrial chain matures in the future, it will be able to follow the example of foreign countries and expand into application areas such as automated logistics and distribution.
In terms of environmental protection applications, the Taoyuan City Government has cooperated with private companies to build air sensors in Guanyin Industrial Zone, which will be sent back to the cloud every 5 seconds; The results of the all-weather monitoring have helped the Taoyuan City Environmental Protection Bureau detect 11 businesses that steal waste gas. , Not only increased the audit efficiency by 6 times, but also recovered a total of 120 million yuan in air pollution fees. Furthermore, with the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Industrial Technology Research Institute, an innovative environmental Internet of Things has been established and artificial intelligence of artificial intelligence has been used to accurately analyze pollution hotspots. More than 8,300 air sensors have been installed throughout Taiwan, greatly improving the efficiency of air pollution law enforcement.
Emergency ambulance integrates cloud, Kaohsiung Fire Department becomes model
In terms of surveillance applications, the Pingtung County Government uses positioning technology to help dementia patients find their way home; The method consists of letting the insane elders use “Pinganfu D +” sensors that resemble the palace peace symbols and are equipped with Bluetooth communications. In addition, beacon detection devices were widely built around Xishi Village, Zhutian Township, which was the verification site, to solve the problem of missing elderly people with dementia. Another case is that of the Kaohsiung Fire Department. The “Kaohsiung City Emergency Ambulance Cloud Network” established by the Kaohsiung Fire Department has become a reference model for firefighting agencies in the whole country. As of 2016, we have successively integrated the “Reporting Application 119”, the “Mobile Dispatch System” and the “Emergency Management System 119”; In the next year (2019), disaster relief maps and reporting information will be included; specific performance improvements include rescue services. Shipping time has increased from 54.6 seconds to 31 seconds, greatly reducing the time people wait for ambulances. In addition, through the intelligent disaster relief system, real-time information about the disaster site can be returned to the commander, greatly improving the efficiency of disaster relief.
The efforts of Taiwan’s major counties and cities in smart cities have been recognized internationally. At the 2020 Asia Pacific Smart Cities Awards (SCAPA) organized by IDC, Taiwan also won four awards in one go, beating China and Singapore to become the largest Winner. The four award-winning counties and cities implemented smart city applications in education, citizen participation, disaster prevention and social services, including: “Cool Lesson Online School” of Taipei City and “Smart Community APP Citizen Participation” of the city of Taipei. Projects, Tainan City’s “Smart Flood Control Network Construction Project” and Kaohsiung City’s “Building Smart Community of Lohas and Sharing Photos”.
Last year, Taoyuan City also won the first global smart city award by the international organization ICF (Smart City Forum). Therefore, the ICF 2020 ICF Top7 International Smart Cities Forum moved to Taoyuan to promote smart cities to solve problems and also gain international reputation. Open successful examples of international exchanges.
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