Cities are transforming at an ever faster pace, in
a growing urbanization driven also by the
constantly evolving technologies that deeply
influence everyday life. The ongoing transformation
puts urban infrastructure under great pressure,
representing a challenge that can be tackled in a
sustainable way with a vision of the urban
ecosystem based on the circular economy
principles. An Enel Group’s global business line
dedicated to innovative products and digital
solutions, it is in this context that Enel X offers
technologically advanced tools for enabling the
smart cities: more efficient, liveable, sustainable and
digital cities. To be smart, a city cannot ignore
certain fundamental elements: advanced lighting,
sustainable buildings, and electric mobility. Most
Italian cities still use traditional and obsolete
Enel X’s “smart”
city is here
even further, to the most advanced frontier
available today, offering the latest adaptive lighting
technologies: solutions that make it possible to
adjust light flows according to actual traffic, weather
conditions, and ambient brightness. All this thanks
to a video camera system capable of processing data
and digital systems providing also the video
surveillance service, for the safety of citizens and in
support of the authorities in charge, with the
utmost respect for privacy. Another pillar for the
GDPR regulations, and cyber security, without
affecting the speed or immediacy of the data
provided. Citizens can now count on the network of
over 9,000 Enel X charging stations for electric cars
throughout the country, which will reach 22,000 in
2022. Thanks to the interventions of the Enel Group
company, cities become an open environment in
which smart street lamps, charging stations, and
sensors dialogue with each other in a digitalized
and cloud-based way.
lighting systems, causing poor quality of service
and frequent breakdowns. Enel X’s public lighting
system is “smart” because it involves the installation
of LED lighting centres that ensure significant
energy savings (-60%), better light quality, reduced
light pollution, and a longer system lifetime at
lower maintenance costs. A LED lighting to which a
remote control is added, allowing real-time
monitoring of the status of the systems and of the
quality of service provided to citizens, with
advantages in terms of operating costs and road
safety. A set of tools that can be managed through
the YoUrban platform, which allows citizens and
PA to interact with the company. This is how people
become active protagonists in the monitoring of the
urban fabric, directly reporting faults and
malfunctions of the infrastructure with a click via
the YoUrban app, which can be downloaded
through online stores. Enel X’s public lighting goes
implementation of the smart city is sustainable
mobility, along with the tools that this enables.
These include City Analytics, Enel X’s open data
platform that reconstructs traffic flows, supporting
Public Administrations in their planning of urban
activities, with potential benefits for both public
and private stakeholders. This tool is useful, for
instance, for the optimization of the distribution of
services in cities, or for the implementation of the
traffic light system in the busiest streets. In this
COVID-19 emergency period, Enel X has
developed and made available to Public
Administrations a new release of the “City
Analytics - Mobility Map” tool, thanks to which it is
possible to access data on the movement of citizens
throughout Italy, as useful information for the
planning of the so-called “Phase 2”. The processing
of information is managed in an anonymous and
aggregate form, in full compliance with the Privacy,
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