Spanish city wins 2015 Smart City award

The Smart Cities 2015 Award, presented by the Socinfo Foundation and Sociedad de la Información magazine, has been awarded to the Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain, smart city project. The award was given for a project that consists of four integrated systems: smart irrigation, street lighting, energy efficiency and smart parking. Wireless parking specialist Nedap played a part in the project, installing the intelligent parking system using its Sensit wireless parking sensors that detect the occupancy of a park
July 7, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
RSSThe Smart Cities 2015 Award, presented by the Socinfo Foundation and Sociedad de la Información magazine, has been awarded to the Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain, smart city project. The award was given for a project that consists of four integrated systems: smart irrigation, street lighting, energy efficiency and smart parking.

Wireless parking specialist Nedap played a part in the project, installing the intelligent parking system using its Sensit wireless parking sensors that detect the occupancy of a parking bay in real-time. The data is integrated with the smart city platform of Wairbut, a 1028 Cisco-certified partner. Users are guided towards available parking spaces as close as possible to their destination with the free Pozuelo Smart Park app, which is available for both Android and iOS. By integrating 3838 Nedap’s parking sensors with the Wairbut platform, the city is able to reduce CO2 emissions and traffic congestion by guiding motorists to available parking spaces.

In addition to the intelligent parking system, other facets such as energy efficiency in municipal buildings, intelligent irrigation systems and light sensors complete the Pozuelo Smart City project, while Wairbut’s management platform CarriotsCityLife provides centralised monitoring of four integrated Smart City projects including the intelligent parking solution.
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