Abstract
One of the main challenges in smart city models is consumer behaviour, namely guiding the efforts to promote optimal use of energy in the dynamics of the developing cities, through lower energy consumption without impact on the comfort level. This relates to all energy vectors and can be done through different means. The uptake stage of smart metering and information and communication technologies (ICT) varies in different countries, creating the need for tailored innovative approaches in motivating behavioural change. This paper presents the work carried out within the joint research project ITCity (an ICT platform for sustainable energy ecosystem in smart cities) between the European Union and Latin American Countries. Cooperation of energy researchers and experts in ICT and application developers facilitates adoption of a multipurpose interdisciplinary approach. This work aims at providing the smart city and energy research and innovation community broader understanding of factors influencing adoption of energy efficiency technologies. Different ways of guiding optimal energy use are addressed elaborating on the building blocks for a smart city which consider load patterns based on high resolution, high reporting rate measurements, extensive consumer surveys, available communication solution analysis and end-user interaction with the ICT tool based on gamification principles.
Highlights
The work presented in this paper describes a collaborative research project on an information and communication technologies (ICT)
Inspired by one of the first examples of gamification usage, i.e., the toy Tamagotchi, and modern approaches [43,44,45], we proposed a tool based on a game to collect data that support improvements of the consumption behaviour of users and the prediction of energy demand
Simulation of communication solutions aims at determining the necessary infrastructure that minimizes the investment costs for wireless sensor networks (SM) of Internet of Things (IoT)-M2M in an energy dimension of smart cities
Summary
The development of cities increasingly in tune with technological modernity and aiming to improve the quality of life of their inhabitants is a central issue of national and local public policies of demographic settlements. Strategic principles cities adopt in efforts to become smarter are very dependent on the local context [1]. It is necessary to know how countries are creating and implementing a regulatory framework and establishing promotion policies and how cities are using available infrastructures, mainly smart meters and information communications technologies (ICTs), to involve their inhabitants in related initiatives. While technology plays an important role, smart city development is not limited to harnessing technological base, it is rather about using technology to make better decisions and improve the quality of life [2]. The methodology used to implement the work presented here includes elaborating on the following building blocks:
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