Government buildings are smart city starters

Nearly every city has numerous buildings that are owned by the city and therefore present opportunities to build the foundation for a smart city. These buildings include courthouses, jails, city halls, libraries, police stations, tax offices, farmer’s markets, and city operations. Cities will often also contain provincial, state, territory, and federal/national buildings.

A government building operates the same as a private building, and therefore, all the efficiency and cost-cutting initiatives we discussed for buildings apply to these buildings as well. Cities wishing to implement smart city initiatives should consider their own buildings as launching points. These government-owned and managed buildings will require all the same IoT devices and smart technologies that have been discussed throughout this book.

The US General Services Administration (GSA) is the US government’s largest civilian landlord. They have built...