Building Smart Cities With, Not For, Our Residents
Building Smart Cities With, Not For, Our Residents Rob Phocas, Energy & Sustainability Manager, City of Charlotte I like the latest “smart” technology as much as the next person. Be it a smart streetlight, a digital kiosk, or a solar powered bench that charges your smart device and counts passers-by, it is hard not to find futuristic features appealing. But as a sustainability director and public servant, I must look past that cool factor. At a recent smart cities conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the conference organizers asked the presenters t...
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