Altair Case Studies Altair SmartCore™ Delivers Data Driven Ecosystem to Make Pozuelo Del Alarcón a Smart City

	Altair SmartCore™ Delivers Data Driven Ecosystem to Make Pozuelo Del Alarcón a Smart City Altair

Altair SmartCore™ Delivers Data Driven Ecosystem to Make Pozuelo Del Alarcón a Smart City

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms Sensors - Humidity Sensors
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities Telecommunications
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Smart Irrigation Smart Parking
Services	System Integration Testing & Certification
Challenge	The citizens of Pozuelo de Alarcón in Spain were seeking a cleaner, more efficient city. They aimed to protect the environment, decrease energy consumption, reduce CO2 emissions, and control expenses. The city faced challenges in financing and managing modern and efficient infrastructures. There was a need to improve the urban environment and the overall quality of life of the citizens, while keeping in mind environmental impact and sustainability. The city council of Pozuelo de Alarcón decided to set specific goals to become a Smart City. These goals included detecting and eliminating any excesses in water and electricity consumption, and controlling expenses. The overarching objective was the enhancement of the quality and performance of urban services to citizens’ lives through sustainability, community and growth. Read More
About Customer	Pozuelo de Alarcón is a city in Spain that aimed to become a Smart City. The city council and its citizens were seeking a cleaner, more efficient city with a focus on protecting the environment, decreasing energy consumption, reducing CO2 emissions, and controlling expenses. They faced challenges in financing and managing modern and efficient infrastructures and aimed to improve the urban environment and the overall quality of life of the citizens. The city council set specific goals to detect and eliminate any excesses in water and electricity consumption, and control expenses. The overarching objective was to enhance the quality and performance of urban services to citizens’ lives through sustainability, community and growth. Read More
Solution	Pozuelo de Alarcón used the Altair SmartCore platform to realize its digital transformation. The city launched four projects integrated on Altair SmartCore’s Internet of Things platform: Smart irrigation in 11 public parks and gardens with a network of humidity sensors making irrigation more efficient and saving on water consumption; Smart parking in 970 parking spaces with information about free spaces through a mobile app for citizens saving time for parking and therefore improving traffic fluidity; Smart street lighting, by integrating multiple data sources from sensors within Altair SmartCore, the intensity of light can be adjusted depending on weather conditions and/or citizen traffic to save money and energy; Energy efficiency in the City Council with more than 150 locations collecting data and providing recommendation to facility manage. Altair SmartCore enables the development of vertical applications to manage city services in an integrated way. It allows the monitoring of the different infrastructures through dashboards and management applications. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Sensors - Humidity Sensors

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Smart Irrigation

Smart Parking

Services

System Integration

Testing & Certification

Challenge

The citizens of Pozuelo de Alarcón in Spain were seeking a cleaner, more efficient city. They aimed to protect the environment, decrease energy consumption, reduce CO2 emissions, and control expenses. The city faced challenges in financing and managing modern and efficient infrastructures. There was a need to improve the urban environment and the overall quality of life of the citizens, while keeping in mind environmental impact and sustainability. The city council of Pozuelo de Alarcón decided to set specific goals to become a Smart City. These goals included detecting and eliminating any excesses in water and electricity consumption, and controlling expenses. The overarching objective was the enhancement of the quality and performance of urban services to citizens’ lives through sustainability, community and growth.

About Customer

Pozuelo de Alarcón is a city in Spain that aimed to become a Smart City. The city council and its citizens were seeking a cleaner, more efficient city with a focus on protecting the environment, decreasing energy consumption, reducing CO2 emissions, and controlling expenses. They faced challenges in financing and managing modern and efficient infrastructures and aimed to improve the urban environment and the overall quality of life of the citizens. The city council set specific goals to detect and eliminate any excesses in water and electricity consumption, and control expenses. The overarching objective was to enhance the quality and performance of urban services to citizens’ lives through sustainability, community and growth.

Solution

Pozuelo de Alarcón used the Altair SmartCore platform to realize its digital transformation. The city launched four projects integrated on Altair SmartCore’s Internet of Things platform: Smart irrigation in 11 public parks and gardens with a network of humidity sensors making irrigation more efficient and saving on water consumption; Smart parking in 970 parking spaces with information about free spaces through a mobile app for citizens saving time for parking and therefore improving traffic fluidity; Smart street lighting, by integrating multiple data sources from sensors within Altair SmartCore, the intensity of light can be adjusted depending on weather conditions and/or citizen traffic to save money and energy; Energy efficiency in the City Council with more than 150 locations collecting data and providing recommendation to facility manage. Altair SmartCore enables the development of vertical applications to manage city services in an integrated way. It allows the monitoring of the different infrastructures through dashboards and management applications.

Impact #1	Pozuelo de Alarcón is now a sustainable city with an innovative, agile and efficient administration. This project makes Pozuelo de Alarcón a point of reference in its country, showcasing intelligent urban development, and fostering initiatives that will improve its citizens’ quality of life. The Smart City platform from Altair SmartCore has enabled this municipality to gather real time information on what is really happening within the city. Today, the municipal lighting system turns on if visibility is impaired because of fog, the automatic irrigation system skips cycles on rainy days, and the overall energy consumption is optimized leading to significant savings. The platform is also improving traffic fluidity by providing drivers with directions to available parking spaces. Pozuelo de Alarcón plans on further developing this project by extending the use of sensors throughout the city and adding new functionalities and services to its Smart City platform.

Impact #1

Pozuelo de Alarcón is now a sustainable city with an innovative, agile and efficient administration. This project makes Pozuelo de Alarcón a point of reference in its country, showcasing intelligent urban development, and fostering initiatives that will improve its citizens’ quality of life. The Smart City platform from Altair SmartCore has enabled this municipality to gather real time information on what is really happening within the city. Today, the municipal lighting system turns on if visibility is impaired because of fog, the automatic irrigation system skips cycles on rainy days, and the overall energy consumption is optimized leading to significant savings. The platform is also improving traffic fluidity by providing drivers with directions to available parking spaces. Pozuelo de Alarcón plans on further developing this project by extending the use of sensors throughout the city and adding new functionalities and services to its Smart City platform.

Benefit #1	Smart irrigation in 11 parks leading to significant water savings
Benefit #2	Smart parking in 970 spaces improving traffic fluidity
Benefit #3	Smart street lighting adjusting for weather & traffic leading to energy and cost savings

Benefit #1

Smart irrigation in 11 parks leading to significant water savings

Benefit #2

Smart parking in 970 spaces improving traffic fluidity

Benefit #3

Smart street lighting adjusting for weather & traffic leading to energy and cost savings

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Altair SmartCore™ Delivers Data Driven Ecosystem to Make Pozuelo Del Alarcón a Smart City

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