Smart City Playbook

Environment & Agriculture

Usecases

Interactive Connected Street

Interactive Connected Street is a project for launching smart and sustainable street furniture to give pedestrians unique experiences. The project entails fostering sustainability in day-to-day city activities, including the deployment of smart sustainable street furniture such as smart light poles and solar-powered benches,  sidewalks amongst other creative solutions such as interactive kiosks and screens to make people engage with an eco-friendlier city. Al Madinah’s adoption of such technologies in the public urban infrastructure will enable residents and visitors to charge their devices, use public Wi-Fi, promote recycling, and raise awareness. The street furniture can also be equipped with more greeneries to help reduce dust and heat, while also impacting the overall aesthetic of the city. The Interactive Connected Street’s project can be initially adopted in high-density areas and touristic sites to promote the city brand as a sustainable and eco-friendly urban landmark.

KEY

CHALLENGES

Sector stakeholders are unaware of sustainability commitments and environmental responsibility principles

KEY EXPECTED BENEFITS

Sustainable Consumption

Energy and water consumption will be decreased by up to 25% due to the use of smart technologies, leading to less operating costs as well

Limited Environmental Degradation

Negative impacts on the environment will be limited due to the use of smart sustainable street furniture, which reduces demand on resources

Increased Awareness

City residents will be more socially and environmentally aware

ALIGNMENT TO SMART CITY OBJECTIVES

Sustainable

Efficient

TARGET USERS

Resident

Tourist

USE CASE

JOURNEY

Malika, mother to a new-born baby living in Al Madinah with her family is fond of taking her baby out on daily walks around the park. She is eco-conscious and likes to adopt and use eco-friendly and sustainable services.

Malika takes her baby to a new eco-friendly park that has sustainable furniture. While walking in the park she realizes that her data is completely consumed and she needs to send a message to her best friend Alya, with whom she was supposed to meet right after her walk. She sits on a solar-powered smart bench to use the Wi-Fi and charge her phone.

During her walk across the park, she finds a “living wall” that simulates hundreds of trees to clean up the city air and measure its quality using IoT technology. Before leaving the park, she stops to throw the trash of snacks in a smart bin that scans recycling sign and separates the trash automatically.

On her way to meet Alya, Malika goes to the solar-powered smart bus station and buys a ticket through an interactive screen. Since her data is completely consumed and she is uncertain about Alya’s address, she uses the digital screen to check the address and sends the map to her phone, which helps her reach Alya’s house easily.

POTENTIAL SERVICE FEATURES

Solar-powered benches with Wi-Fi and chargers

“Living Wall” for pollution-absorption and air quality measurement

Smart city lights with solar lanterns – Photovoltaic panels

Sustainable furniture made by recycled materials

Solar-powered smart bins with recycling scanners

Underground containers for more space and fresher air

Solar-powered smart bus station

KEY TOUCH POINTS

App

Benches

Street Lights

Solar Panels

Smart Bins

Bus Stations

Implementation
Timeline

Within 6 months

12 – 18 months

Over 24 months

Technology Commercial Viability

Currently commercialized

1 – 3 years to commercialize

5+ years to
commercialize

Regulatory Conduciveness

No New Policies and
Standards

Some Policies &
Standards to be
Introduced

Complex Policies to be
Introduced

Investment Requirement

Low

Medium

High

Use Case Ownership

Government Driven

Piloted by Gov. & Transitioned to Private Sector

Private Sector

Startups & Entrepreneurs

IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS

Policies for water usage in private properties

Integration with smart home management systems

Regulations for seed imports

POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

IN THE MARKET

Environment & Agriculture

Use Cases

Smart Farming Solutions

Eco Digital Wallet

“Farm-to-Table” 
Transformation Toolkit

Sustainable Living Dashboard “Rasheed”

Zero Food Waste Platform “Ne3mah”

Smart Waste
Management

Central Farmers Community & Marketplace

Vertical & Community Agriculture

Smart Green Buildings

Interactive Connected Street