The Transition from Smart Buildings to Smart Cities
There was a time when humans were not as evolved as they are today, humans had become smart but lacked the capability of creating something smarter than them. By the end of the 20th-century humans have started progressing and became smarter and smarter, and now we all can witness how far we have come as a race. We have accomplished the goal of creating smart devices and have also created an ecosystem for most of them, but the question is, are we able to help our planet through these smart devices? As we know 70 per cent of our resources are being utilised by cities and it is estimated that 66 % of the world population will be living in cities by 2050, so looking at this number the consumption of resources will increase drastically. To tackle this problem the Indian Government recently announced smart city mission through which it will build 100 such cities in the country, these cities are aimed at being citizen friendly and sustainable. The government has started doing its bit seeing ...