{"id":72076,"date":"2017-08-02T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T13:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trikalacity.gr\/?page_id=72076\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:23:59","slug":"smart-trikala-old","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trikalacity.gr\/en\/smart-trikala-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Trikala old"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Municipality\u2019s primary concern is the usefulness of technological applications for the city\u2019s residents. A 21st<\/sup>-century city must make technological progress available to its residents, changing elements of their everyday lives for the better, including quality of life, ease of transportation, and cost of living.<\/p>\n

The Municipality of Trikala was recommended by a group of distinguished companies (of national and international renown) to host a large-scale pilot project that makes available to city residents services that utilise advanced technological achievements.<\/p>\n

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The control room of the new pilot program. The screens show: the progress of resident requests to the \u201c20000″ service department; the Municipality\u2019s financial data; the course of the fleet of waste collection vehicles; the prototypes of the system that monitors vehicle parking and traffic; the traffic lights monitoring system; the operational control system; the municipal water and sanitation utility’s networks system; street lights throughout the Municipality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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These are the benefits for the residents and businesses in the Municipality:<\/p>\n

A)\u00a0\u00a0e-KEP (Automated Citizens Service Centre)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special, ATM-style machines offer residents the option, at any time of the day or night, to request and print out municipal clearance certificates, civil register certificates, and other related municipal authority documents, quickly, simply and easily.<\/p>\n

Residents will be identified via their Resident Card. The goal is for more complex e-services to be activated soon, which will also allow residents to submit and pick up documents that need to be notified to the Municipal Authority. The petitions and related documentation will be communicated directly, through the electronic records, to the appropriate Municipal Directorate. Using the e-KEP, interested parties will be able to print out the relevant official responses to their requests.<\/p>\n

Partners: Unixfor SA, Egritos Group, Synergasia SA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Smart parking management covering 45 general and disabled parking spots; it allows residents to locate unoccupied parking spots, to get charged and pay for parking. It also facilitates managing reward schemes and monitoring using advanced mobile technologies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

B)\u00a0Mobile Check App<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents can send their requests directly to the Municipal Authority through the Check app for mobile phones. This comprehensive application is available for free on Google Play and the App Store. Its basic function is the capacity to log and monitor the progress of resident petitions. The application is linked to the \u201c20000″ comprehensive residents\u2019 service platform and it directs petitions straight to the competent Municipal Department. Furthermore, it covers basic information needs, by displaying announcements and events posted on the Municipality\u2019s website. It also functions as a tourist guide, highlighting points of interest on a map and displaying handy information such as useful telephone numbers, pharmacies open late, and gas stations.<\/p>\n

Partners: Egritos Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Smart lighting will be provided with the replacement of 24 lighting fixtures with LED\u2019s equipped with motion sensors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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C)\u00a0Wireless Internet Access and Municipal Services Online<\/strong><\/p>\n

The entire commercial centre of the city of Trikala is now covered for wireless internet access. The wireless network has increased existing city infrastructure, since it is necessary for the operation of the other applications, and it also offers additional security to users\u2019 internet connections.<\/p>\n

Partners: Cisco ,Vodafone,and Space Hellas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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D)\u00a0Smart Lighting System<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Smart Lighting System has been implemented to manage municipal street-lighting; it has achieved energy savings of over 60% compared to conventional lighting systems.<\/p>\n

Specifically, existing conventional technology lighting systems have been replaced by new LED lighting systems, along a representative street of the intra-urban street network (Othonos Street). Also, a wireless control system has been installed, which offers the capacity for early malfunction detection, \u201csmart\u201d intervention scheduling, dynamic lighting adjustment when, where and to the extent needed, to achieve maximum energy savings and to improve visibility for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Partners: Kafkas, Cisco and Space Hellas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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E)\u00a0Smart Parking System<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Smart Parking Management System has been implemented, which allows the identification, imaging and monitoring of designated parking spaces in the city centre.<\/p>\n

Use of Sensors: Installation of specialised sensors on the road surface of Othonos and Garibaldi streets, with each sensor corresponding to one discreet, delineated parking spot. The sensor provides feedback to the network\u2019s controllers by sending appropriate signals when the spot is occupied or unoccupied.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, residents can be informed in real time about the availability of parking spots in the selected area, both through the parking mobile app for smart phones and through signs that can be installed in central points around the city. Also, traffic control authorities are provided with real-time information about illegal parking instances. The application also offers the option to pay for parking.<\/p>\n

Partners: ParkGuru, VivaWallet, Cisco, Space Hellas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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F)\u00a0Environmental Conditions Monitoring System<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using special equipment for environmental readings (such as measuring the concentrations of air pollutants and particulate matter, and noise levels), the quality of the atmosphere can be evaluated and any potential impact on public health can be assessed.\u00a0 Also, the application displays real-time standardised indexes of environmental quality that allow for comparative evaluations (benchmarking), real-time alerts, and the identification of trends that could or should lead to specific measures. The system has been installed in the building of the Regional Unit of Trikala.<\/p>\n

Partners: Space Hellas, Cisco<\/strong><\/p>\n

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G)\u00a0Smart+Connected Digital Platform \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cisco Smart+Connected Digital Platform \u2013 CDP has been installed. The CDP is a comprehensive IT system that utilises the advantages of the Internet of Things (IoT) and manages different surveillance and information applications, while also feeding into third-party systems through application programming interfaces (APIs). The platform collects, stores, normalises, and visualises the data produced by the above structures and applications and makes it available for analysis to parties interested in utilising them to benefit the city\u2019s residents and businesses.<\/p>\n

Partners: Cisco, Space Hellas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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H)\u00a0\u201cSmart City\u201d Control Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

A control centre for all \u201cSmart City\u201d services was established on the ground floor of City Hall. Terminals were installed to monitor the following systems:<\/p>\n