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Smart Energy

2021
Urban Transformation: Integrated Energy Solutions – WEF
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2021 edition – WEF
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate the Energy Transition – WEF
Renewable Energy Policies for Cities – IRENE
Global Energy Review 2021 – IEA
Functional Scalability and Replicability Analysis for Smart Grid Functions: The InteGrid Project Approach – MDPI
A Data Analytics/Big Data Framework for Advanced Metering Infrastructure Data – MDPI
Improving Smart Grid Security through 5G Enabled IoT and Edge Computing – Wiley
World Energy Issues Monitor 2021 – World Energy Council
Smart Energy Systems: Connectivity for a zero emissions future – GSMA
Energy Harvesting Mechanisms in a Smart City—A Review – MDPI
Recent Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) Infrastructures for Building Energy Systems: A Review – MDPI
2020
Smart energy cities in a 100% renewable energy context – Elsevier
2020 Digital Operations study for energy: Oil and gas – PWC
Energy Transition Index 2020: from crisis to rebound – WEF
A Comprehensive Review of Recent Advances in Smart Grids: A Sustainable Future with Renewable Energy Resources – MDPI
Distributed Energy Resources and the Application of AI, IoT, and Blockchain in Smart Grids – MDPI
Futuristic Sustainable Energy Management in Smart Environments: A Review of Peak Load Shaving and Demand Response Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities – MDPI
2020 Power and Utilities Industry Outlook – Deloitte
World Energy Issues Monitor – World Energy Council
Security Aspects in Smart Meters: Analysis and Prevention – MDPI
Smart energy systems for sustainable smart cities: Current developments, trends and future directions – Elsevier
A novel smart energy theft system (SETS) for IoT-based smart home – IEEE
Artificial intelligence based smart energy community management: A reinforcement learning approach – IEEE
Blockchain technologies for smart energy systems: Fundamentals, challenges, and solutions – IEEE
Smart energy management algorithm for load smoothing and peak shaving based on load forecasting of an island's power system – Elsevier
2019
Energy-as-a-service - Deloitte
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2019 - WEF
Smart Energy Solutions in Power Sector: Overview of the Challenges in Nigeria Perspective – IEEE
Energy meters evolution in smart grids: A review – Elsevier
IoT Architecture for Smart Grids – IEEE
Big Data Issues in Smart Grids: A Survey – IEEE
Analyzing Load Profiles of Energy Consumption to Infer Household Characteristics Using Smart Meters – MDPI
Machine Learning Algorithms for Short-Term Load Forecast in Residential Buildings Using Smart Meters, Sensors and Big Data Solutions – IEEE
Role of Smart Meters in Responding to Climate Change - Delta Energy and Environment
Making the Smart Meter Social Promotes Long-term Energy Conservation - Palgrave Communications
The Role of Smart Grids and AI in the Ace to Zero Emissions - Forbes
2018
Smart Grid Laboratories Inventory 2018 - EU (2018)

Connecting Smart Grid and Climate Change - Silver Spring Networks (2018)

Smart Energy Grid based on Blockchain Technology – International Journal on Advanced Science Engineering Information Technology (2018)

Blockchain Based Decentralized Management of Demand Response Programs in Smart Energy Grids – MDPI (2018)
2017
Guest Editorial Special Section on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Resources: Information and Communication Technologies with Industry Perspective – IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (2017)
Practical Guidance for Defining a Smart Grid Modernization Strategy – the World Bank (2017)
The Future of Electricity: New Technologies Transforming the Grid Edge – the World Economic Forum (2017)
2016
Smart Grid to Enhance Power Transmission in Vietnam – the World Bank (2016)
2015
The Multiple benefits of measures to improve energy efficiency - UNEP DTU Partnership (2015)

Smart Building and urban planning

2021

2020

IoT and Big Data Analytics for Smart Buildings: A Survey – Elsevier
Energy Efficiency in Smart Buildings: IoT Approaches – IEEE
Smart Building Integration in a Smart City – MDPI
Smart Building at Scale – Intel
The use of smart building technology can enable more efficient facilities management and help support a safe and healthy environment – Deloitte
Smart building creation in large scale HVAC environments through automated fault detection and diagnosis – Elsevier
Green smart building: Requisites, architecture, challenges, and use cases – IGI Global

2019

Can You Trust Your Smart Building?– IoT Security Foundation

Integration of BIM and GIS in sustainable built environment: A review and bibliometric analysis – Elsevier

The Role of Sustainable Urban Building in Industry 4.0 - IOP: Journal of Physics
A testbed for a smart building: design and implementation – arXiv
Machine learning for smart building applications: Review and taxonomy – ACM
Leveraging machine learning and big data for smart buildings: A comprehensive survey - IEEE

2018

The Future of Smart Building - Siemens (2018)

Smart buildings: Four considerations for creating people-centered smart digital workplaces - Deloitte (2018)

How Tomorrow's Buildings Will Make You and the Planet Healthier - WEF (2018)

Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities – OCED (2018)

Building Sustainability Performance – European Commission (2018)

2017

Boosting Building Renovation – European Parliament (2017)
Smart Working: Smart Buildings and the Future of Work – UNWORK (2017)
An Advanced IoT-based System for Intelligent Energy Management in Buildings – MDPI (2017)

2016

Intelligent Infrastructure: How to Make a Smart Building more Profitable – Siemens (2016)
Smart Buildings Enables Smart Cities – WIPRO (2016)

Smart Mobility and transportation

2021

2020

The 2020 Deloitte City Mobility Index – Deloitte
Eco-Efficient Mobility in Smart City Scenarios – MDPI
Smart mobility solutions – necessary precondition for a well-functioning smart city – Elsevier
Innovation trend report smart mobility – INTESA SANPAOLO INNOVATION CENTER
Artificial Intelligence, Transport, and the Smart City – MDPI
Guidelines for city mobility – WEF
The politics of smart expectations: Interrogating the knowledge claims of smart mobility - Elsevier
Age and the city: The case of smart mobility – Springer
Blue-Green Smart Mobility Technologies as Readiness for Facing Tomorrow’s Urban Shock toward the World as a Better Place for Living (Case Studies: Songdo and Copenhagen) – MDPI
Electric vehicles standards, charging infrastructure, and impact on grid integration: A technological review – Elsevier
Application of Blockchain-Based technology for Smart Transport System – Atlantis Press
Advances in smart roads for future smart cities – The Royal Society Publishing
Design and implementation of a smart traffic signal control system for smart city applications – MDPI
Developments in the United Kingdom road transport from a smart cities perspective - Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
Understanding public transit patterns with open geodemographics to facilitate public transport planning – Taylor & Francis Group

2019

The future of mobility is at our doorstep – McKinsey & Co

The Future of Mobility - The technologies and trends driving innovation in the emerging mobility ecosystem – SVB

Smart Mobility Using Multi-Agent System – Elsevier

Current Li-Ion Battery Technologies in Electric Vehicles and Opportunities for Advancements – MDPI

Technological Barriers to the Elevated Future of Mobility - Deloitte

Infrastructure Barriers to the Elevated Future of Mobility - Deloitte

2018

Smart mobility and services - EU (2018)

Reshaping Urban Mobility with Autonomous Vehicles: Lessons from the city of Boston - WEF (2018)

Elevating the Future of Mobility - Deloitte (2018)

Electric Vehicles for Smarter Cities: The Future of Energy and Mobility – World Economic Forum (2018)

2017

Smart Transportation in China and the United States – Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings (2017)
Smart Mobility and Services – European Commission (2017)

2016

Smart Mobility and Societal Challenges: An Implementation Perspective – Eindhoven University of Technology (2016)
Smart Mobility: Get to know the Smart Mobility opportunities in the Netherlands – TNO (2016)
EU Transition Towards Green and Smart Mobility: Action Toolbox to Unleash Innovation Potentials – Clingendael (2016)
The Real-Time City: Unlocking the Potential of Smart Mobility – Australasian Transport Research Forum (2016)
Eletromobility in Germany: Vision 2020 and Beyond – Germany Trade and Invest (2016)

2015

Smart Mobility: Reducing Congestion and Fostering Faster, Greener, and Cheaper Transportation Options – Deloitte (2015)
Sustainable Urban Mobility and the Smart City – POLIS (2015)

Smart e-services and other ssc aspects

2021

Guidelines on tools and mechanisms to finance smart sustainable cities projects – U4SSC
Simple ways to be smart – U4SSC
Guide to the Implementation of Smart City Initiatives in Switzerland – ZHAW
Digital solutions for integrated city management and use cases – U4SSC
Compendium of survey results on integrated digital solutions for city platforms around the world – U4SSC
Handbook on Smart Urban Innovations – UNDP
Centering People in Smart Cities – UN-Habitat
Assessing the Digital Divide – UN-Habitat
Addressing the Digital Divide – UN-Habitat
Global State of National Urban Policy 2021 – UN-Habitat
Industry 5.0 - Towards a sustainable, human-centric and resilient European industry – European Commission
City Playbook for Advancing the SDGs – Brookings
People-Smart Sustainable Cities – Sustainable and Smart Cities for All Ages – UNECE
A systematic review of a digital twin city: A new pattern of urban governance toward smart cities – Elsevier

2020

Future Cities, New Economy, and Shared City Prosperity Driven by Technological Innovations – UN-Habitat
Review of Smart City Assessment Tools – MDPI
A Review of Technical Standards for Smart Cities – MDPI
Understanding Smart City—A Data-Driven Literature Review – MDPI
The European services sector and the green transition – EC
World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization – UN-Habitat 2020
Smart City - Guide to the implementation of smart city initiatives in Switzerland - Swiss Energy
Accelerating city transformation using frontier technologies - U4SSC
Blockchain for smart sustainable cities - U4SSC
Citis and Consumption - Sharing Cities Sweden
City science application framework and its case studies - U4SSC
Smart Cities and Inclusive Growth – OECD
Designing digital safety in the smart city – European Cybersecurity Journal
Smart and Sustainable Cities – MDPI
Rethinking the Framework of Smart Water System: A Review – MDPI
Smart water quality monitoring system with cost-effective using IoT – Heliyon
World Water Development report – UN Water
Smart Water—How to Master the Future Challenges of Water Management – Intechopen
Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management Systems - ADB
Digital Technologies in Circular Economy Transition: Evidence from Case Studies – Elsevier

2019

2018

Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Water - WEF (2018)

Smart Water Management Case Study Report - IWRA (2018)

IoT Technology for Smart Water Management – Research Gate (2018)

Urban Water Atlas for Europe – European Commission (2018)

Six research priorities for cities and climate change - Springer Nature (2018)

Our Shared Digital Future: Building an Inclusive Trustworthy and Sustainable Digital Society - WEF (2018)

Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities – OCED (2018)

Germany: Towards Stronger, Fairer and Greener Growth – OECD (2018)

Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation – World Economic Forum (2018)

Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability – European Environment Agency (2018)

Securing the Smart City Olympics – Securing Smart Cities (2018)

Forces of Change: Smart Cities – Deloitte (2018)

Building the Smart City – Deloitte (2018)

Digitizing European Industries - European commission (2018)

2017

Connecting cities and communities with the Sustainable Development Goals - U4SSC (2017)
Enhancing innovation and participation in smart sustainable cities - U4SSC (2017)
Implementing SDG11 by connecting sustainability policies and urban-planning practices through ICTs - U4SSC (2017)
Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities - U4SSC (2017)
Water Management in Europe – European Environmental Agency (2017)
Turning Smart Water Meter Data Into Useful Information – Lund University (2017)
Digital Transformation Initiative: Unlocking $100 Trillion for Business and Society from Digital Transformation – World Economic Forum (2017)
Making Cities Smarter: How Citizens' Collective Intelligence can Guide Better Decision Making – Deloitte (2017)
EU ICT-Sustainable Development Goals Benchmarking: Harnessing the ICTs to Advance Sustainable Development – Huawei (2017)

2016

Water Tight 2.0: The Top Trends in the Global Water Sector – Deloitte (2016)
One Water Roadmap: The Sustainable Management of Life's Most Essential Resource – US water alliance (2016)
Role of Information Communication Technologies in Water Management – University of Nairobi (2016)
Exploring the Energy Benefits of Advanced Water Metering – Berkeley National Laboratory (2016)
Water 4.0 – German Water Partnership (2016)
The Role of ICT in Reducing Carbon Emissions in the EU – British Telecommunications (2016)
Growing smart cities in Denmark - ARUP (2016)

2014

Using ICT for monitoring rural water service: from data to action - Dickinson, N. and Bostoen, K. (2014)
EU-China Smart and Green City Cooperation “Comparative Study of Smart Cities in Europe and China” and "White Paper" - Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; DG CNECT, EU Commission; China Academy of Telecommunication Research, MIIT (2014)
What are future cities? Origins, meanings, and uses - The Business of Cities for the Foresight Future of Cities Project and the Future Cities Catapult (2014)
Smart Cities - Does Smart mean Sustainable? - Envirocities eMagazine (2014)
Energy Efficiency and Technologies in America's Cities - The United States Conference of Mayors (2014)
Mapping Smart Cities in EU - European Parliament (2014)
Smart City and Sustainability - China Standardization (2014)
Smart Cities - Centre for Cities (2014)