The national goal of the federal government of Germany is to have one million fully electric vehicles in use until year 2020. Since an average tour of vehicles in inner-city logistic is about 80km, it is promising that such logistic companies use electric vehicles for their tours. However, there are some reasons for doubts in companies: unknown behaviors, inaccurate range forecasts, and high co...

This contribution wishes to contribute to the present controversies and discussions about smart cities by sketching a framework for the affective smart city.

Measurements in a highly polluted Asian mega city: observations of aerosol number size distribution, modal parameters and nucleation events P. Mönkkönen, I. K. Koponen, K. E. J. Lehtinen, K. Hämeri , R. Uma, and M. Kulmala University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, Finland Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New De...

This study uses indicators to evaluate the progress made by Italian cities in the smart mobility sector, in order to understand how these cities have approached the new guidelines imposed by the European Union, and how they have implemented the European changes. Specifically, this study analyses the evolution of public transportation systems, using a sample of twenty-two Italian cities for thre...

Integration of information and communication technologies with the traditional of electric power infrastructures and creation of an interoperable, scalable, and flexible smart grid will require numerous technological innovations and advancements. The purpose of this paper is to take a detailed look at the various technologies which may be utilized in the data transmission for the smart grid and...

Communication between students and their instructors in the lab is a limited commodity. With limited access to the tutor, students can sometimes spend a long time trying to fix simple errors, continually revisiting and repeating the same errors. Instructors, on the other hand, find themselves explaining the same mistakes over and over again. It is often not clear to them how well individual stu...

In the paper a concept of an ICT system for complex management of whole city is presented. The ICT system called Smart City consist of several branch modules integrated by a GIS platform. The system is being developed by the Systems Research Institute (IBS PAN) in Warsaw in cooperation with Intergraph Polska.