Smart Poles and Microgrids: The Bar Keeps Rising

 

 THERE IS NO FINISH LINE. 

The literature, the examples and the case studies of cities across America and the globe leave one with the sense of never being current. Something new is always on-line. 

The answer is to create a way of life in city hall. Expect constant change; create the skills necessary to find, evaluate and exploit the new technologies that are useful. Use downtown to introduce and test new systems and services. 

Many major cities worldwide including Paris, Copenhagen and Barcelona are launching smart city initiatives. Kansas City has demonstrated how real-time data gathered by sensors provides tangible benefits to citizens. Small cities and towns can use their downtowns to roll-out high tech services, such as smart poles, to provide business access to the global market place; to test reliability and usefulness.