The City Council of Alcoi, Spain, has launched its first smart building, a municipal sports centre, featuring an IoT node created following UNE standards.
Installed within the Eduardo Latorre Municipal Sports Centre, the IoT hub was created to be a centralised system for gathering data from multiple sensors. Prioritising citizen well-being and essential needs, the node has been set up to gather information linked to crucial systems managed at the City Hall, including energy efficiency, water consumption management, interior comfort, exterior air quality and occupancy levels.
To meet the requirement of monitoring important topics, the sensors gather precise insights within a centralised platform to produce data that is filtered and analysed for relevancy to generate a concise overview. In line with Alcoi's goal of becoming a leading smart city, this information is then shared with other municipalities in the smart city network.
A valuable tool for making informed decisions, the use of this information will not only improve the quality of life of citizens by providing services such as security, alarms or early response to disasters, it will also improve and optimise the services offered by the city thanks to the integration of the building's information within the municipality.
Contributing to the achievement of the global smart city strategy through municipal management, the second phase of this project is currently in development with a focus on being able to read information from the building to develop practical strategies. Additionally, planning for a very ambitious smart building project in the Rodes Technology Park is also being finalised.
Innovative elements
- Interconnected System
- The IoT node can interact with the rest of the elements inside the building, including other sensors, actuators and private systems.
- Smart City Network
- After analysis, the information gathered by sensors can be easily and quickly shared with other cities in one centralised hub as part of the smart city network.
Success factors
- Centralised Data Hub
- The overall situation can be viewed and managed from the city platform, together with detailed real-time information, changes, graphics, and historical and accumulated data.
- Customisable Alerts
- The centralised hub allows users to customise alerts and notifications, be customised and alerts created for notifications.
Concrete measurable impact
- Kit Cuidadano Alcoi
- The Kit Ciudadano Alcoi network is utilising the advantages of the IoT Node to send IoT information from different devices and display the data outcomes on its official site.
- Polytechnic University of Valencia
- The IoT Node is currently employed by researchers from Polytechnic University of Valencia, in addition to private companies.
Enablers
- Co-Financing
- The project has been co-financed with ERDF funds.
- Telefonica Smart Buildings Transformation
- Providers of various technological solutions ready to increase efficiency, reduce costs, enhance user experiences and improve security.
- Alcoi Smart City Strategy
- This project is a part of the Alcoi Smart City Strategy, created to turn Alcoi into a reference smart city, thanks to the implementation of the IoT telecommunications network of IoTsens, a Grupo Gimeno company specialising in global solutions of IoT, Big data and artificial intelligence.
- City Council and IoTsens Collaboration
- The Alcoi smart city framework has been created in close partnership between the City Council and IoTsens.
Resources needed
- Manual Installation
- Each sensor must be installed manually in appropriate positions around a room and building.
- Sensor Powering
- Depending on the requirements of the sensor model, power is required for basic functionality through either battery or electricity.