Smart Cities

Cities and their delivery partners face complex choices about what type of future they are seeking to create in order to meet aspirations of their citizens. Different cities will have different visions, reflecting the needs and circumstances of their populations and economic activities.

Strain on traditional service delivery from increasing populations poses a significant challenge to the sustainable growth of cities. Managing physical resources, such as energy or water as well as managing healthcare, traffic and city logistics, among others, is a major challenge that cities need to address to ensure sustainable growth in the future.

More recently, The Cities Standards Institute has been launched, a joint initiative of the British Standards Institution (BSI) and the Future Cities Catapult, brings together cities and key industry leaders and innovators to work together in identifying the challenges facing cities, providing solutions to common problems and defining the future of smart city standards.

Download - Making cities smarter - Guide for city leaders (PDF)
Download - The Role of Standards in Smart Cities (PDF)
Download - Smart Cities Kitemark Brochure (PDF)

The segmented matrix approach provides a prequalification framework that includes all topic modules listed below. It provides the flexibility to tailor specific requirements of the buying organization, within a structure of rules and principles that maintains the robustness and repeatability required to deliver affordable excellence on a wide range of important business principles thereby encouraging wide adoption.