ITU Workshop on
“Greening the Future: Bridging the Standardization
Gap on Environmental Sustainability”
(Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 October 2013)
The Power of ICT for Sustainable
Smart Cities
Takafumi Hashitani
Senior Director of Corporate
Environmental Strategy Unit
FUJITSU LIMITED
thashi@jp.fujitsu.com
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 October 2013
Water treatment plant
Power plant
Public building
Hospital
Mega-solar plant
Fire dept.
Cloud datacenter
Factory
EV
Smart house
Building
Environment
Energy
Security
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Water
Healthcare
Food
Safety
Transportation
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Concept of Sustainable City Network
Village
City
Town
Environmental impact
Value
City
Lifestyle/ Life platform
Services
Equipment
Buildings/ infrastructure
Transportation
Resources/ Waste
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Transportation – Leverage Massive Volumes of Data
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Reduce traffic jam and energy
consumption of vehicles
Analyze real-time data and
provide optimal evacuation route
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Energy – Energy Harvesting Technology for M2M
Heat
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Light
Heat and Light
Hybrid Generating
Devices
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Build autonomous wireless
sensor system
Monitoring of facilities or
infrastructure in the city
Various data from
surroundings
Sensors
Processor
Power
supply
Radio
All Solid-State
Rechargeable
Battery Devices
Control
Energy storage
Power generation
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Healthcare - Regional Medical Network Solution
Care facility
Home doctor clinic
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Enable cross-referencing of
medical information for
patients
Improve healthcare quality
in cites
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HumanBridge
Medical health
center
Highly advanced medical
treatment center
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Supercomputing
- Heart Simulator
Collaborative research
with Profs. Hisada and
Sugiura at Univ. of Tokyo
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Safety – Compact Container Data Center
Facility fans
Damper
Rack
Evaporative cooling unit
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Ensure resilient
information processing
by decentralization
Eco-friendly operation
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Preventing damages from disaster
- Seismic and Tsunami Observation
Landing Station
OBCST-FA detects hydraulic
pressure by the tsunami
OBCST-FA
PoE port
External sensor
OBCST-FA
OBCST-FB
System configuration (example)
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Detect hydraulic pressure of
tsunami and provide information
to cities in real-time
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ICT brings the capability to overview the environmental
and human activities globally and to provide interface
linking to human specific experience, intuition and sense
of public spirit.
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Computer simulation which predicts near
future phenomena instantly by analyzing
overviewed information.
Quick decision on the simulated results by
experts based on their empirical knowledge.
Disclosing the decision, taking actions, and
adaptation to minimize impact from the
event.
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The Power of ICT
1. The Power to Shape the Future
Solving difficult global challenges and social issues through computing
2. The Power to provide Equal
opportunities to All People
Develop user-friendly terminals and interfaces, along with frameworks
for promoting ICT implementation in developing countries
3. The Power to Support Safe and
Secure Living
Ensure stable operation of social ICT infrastructure and cyber security
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