22. Hong Kong: Project Breathe ‘Project Breathe’ aims to reduce the reliance on motor transport in Hong Kong so as to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. It intends to change the infrastructure of Hong Kong to incorporate a city wide cycle route to encourage citizens and commuters to use a bicycle to travel around the city, as opposed to using cars and buses. Relevance: The public transport system in India is growing continuously but still unable to control the amount of private vehicles which causes a lot of pollution. Some project like this can encourage people to use non-motorised vehicles and public transport.
Fig 4.25: Air pollution in Hongkong Source: https://hksmartcity.wordpress.com/future/
23. Singapore: OneService OneService refers to a community of government agencies, Town Councils and citizens working together to address municipal matters and improve the living environment for all. The OneService App and the OneService Portal make it more convenient for the citizens to notify on municipal matters, without having to find out which agency is in charge. Relevance: The Indian government and authority system is quite confusing and makes it complicated for the citizens to approach the government. This project can be a good initiative to create an active relation between the citizens and government.
Fig 4.26: OneService Source: https://www.oneservice.sg/home
24. Masdar City: Smart Master Plan “The Phase 2 DMP encourages creativity and collaboration in one of the world’s hottest climates, and is a replicable and marketfriendly model for sustainable urbanism that is aligned with local regulation guidelines, yet maintains its identity as a truly walkable and comfortable city,” explain CBT. Relevance: The project focuses on 4 key principles Identity, Walkability, Sustainability and Replicability. These aspects are majorly missing in the Indian cities. Lessons can be gained from this project.
Fig 4.27: Smart Masterplan (Phase 2) Source: http://www.archdaily.com/873748/ construction-underway-on-masdar-citys-communityoriented-phase-2-masterplan?
25. Tokyo: Tokyo Gas’s Isogo Smart House Demand Response is a structure of controlling electricity use by end-use customers by requesting customers to curb electricity use at times of tight electricity supply. The control response includes maximizing generation from a household fuel cell known as Ene-Farm (short for energy farm), and delivering an energy-saving request to each household via a household energy management system. Relevance: Enabling the citizens to manage their own usage of resources is a smart way to control and monitor the resources.
Fig 4.28: Ene-Farm Source: Tokyo Gas Co.
Master Thesis | Alankrita Sarkar
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