Chandigarh – A Green and Smart City

Chandigarh – A Green and Smart CityrnChandigarh or ' Green and Beautiful' as it is widely known is in reality one of the most wonderful examples of pre- planned construction with an essence to it. One of the most beautiful and cleanest cities of the world, and now Chandigarh will become a smart city as well. Chandigarh was designed and built by the legendary French architect 'Le Cor busier'. With the right piece of technologies in environmental care, urban areas will become more environmentally friendly and furthermore can help their local authorities and businesses to cut costs. Rapid urbanization is a major challenge for Chandigarh and some other mega cities all over the world and especially in the Lower Gulf Region. Between three quarters and over 80 percent of the region's population already lives in metro cities and the numbers are rising. About 80 percent of greenhouse gases, two thirds of the energy consumed, and 60 percent of water consumption can be attributed to cities around the world. Most crucial in the arid Middle East is an efficient water supply. As a matter of course a reliable and safe supply of water can only be achieved by purifying drinking water and by reusing waste water. Facing further challenges arising from demographic changes and global warming cities are forced to improve their energy consumption and the efficiency of their infrastructures. Modern technology helps and allows Chandigarh to improve the living conditions of their residents and furthermore become more environmentally friendly. With smart technologies, smart water, energy, building, public services and mobility is the basic need for the smart city and also Sustainability seems to be the keyword. First of all cities and communities should optimize their infrastructure and provide modern and effective services which are justified on the needs of their residents. Smart traffic control systems help to keep the traffic flow and can help to reduce emissions. The implementation of modern technologies in buildings and flats can save up to more energy used in service and maintenance of buildings. In order to assess a building's cost effectiveness it is necessary to take into account all the costs that will arise during its life cycle. Big Savings are guaranteed and will finance associated measures and assure cost effectiveness in future. Moreover modern facilities in buildings are not only energy efficient but also create a awesome and positive environment which helps to improve quality living lifestyle and enables effective and creative working style. The most important factor for energy saving in a smart city is the right solution for the entire energy conversion chain, which starts at the efficient energy generation in combined gas and steam turbines and in solar power plants. An important factor for sustainable urban development is intelligent conservation of energy. This allows society and businesses to be more productive while using less energy. The country like Abu Dhabi a combined power and desalination plant is capable of generating approximately 5000 megawatts of electricity and around 1.4 million cubic meters of drinking water every day.