Las Vegas to accelerate urban transformation with first-ever IoT-enabled digital twin – Cities Today

Cityzenith and Terbine are jointly developing a technology solution to transition Las Vegas to zero carbon emissions.

A significant area of downtown Las Vegas will leverage advanced 5G networking, plus cutting edge IoT and urban digital twin technology to vastly improve mobility, air quality, noise pollution, water management, and emissions from major buildings.

Las Vegas Chief Innovation Officer Michael Sherwood said: Digital twins are rapidly becoming vital to how cities are run. Now in Las Vegas, we will have a city-scale digital twin that is driven by the physical environment, ultimately letting us control key systems through it.

This will give us new levels of insights and control to benefit city planners, residents, and businesses. Were setting the benchmark for cities around the world to become smarter, efficient, safer and more sustainable.

Cityzenith will provide the project with its digital twin technology as part of the Clean Cities Clean Future initiative to implement its SmartWorldOS digital twin platform in major world cities to drive down urban emissions and significantly improve cost efficiencies for local building owners.

Las Vegas is the second city to participate in the Clean Cities Clean Future initiative after New York. Phoenix recently joined, and several other major cities are expected to follow soon.

Cityzenith CEO Michael Jansen said: We are excited to partner with the forward-leaning city of Las Vegas in this groundbreaking partnership. We are confident that this seminal project will demonstrate the combined power of digital twin and IoT technology to transform mobility, walkability, and emissions/air pollution.

Among our many goals, we are keen to demonstrate how the Las Vegas digital twin project will help local building owners of any scale dramatically reduce operating costs and emissions for little to no investment.

Project partner Terbine brings together and contextualises IoT data from local government agencies, building operators, transportation systems, vehicle manufacturers and more, to provide the high volumes of sensor information needed by the urban digital twin.

The partners will unveil the first iteration of the Las Vegas Digital Twin at the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas (January 5-8, 2022).

Jansen said: Terbines high-performance IoT data exchange is a must-have for this kind of project, and Im delighted the company is on board.

Terbine Founder and CEO David Knight said: Transitioning our home city into a clean, sustainable, and more attractive place to live and visit is a fantastic opportunity, and were very excited to work with the City of Las Vegas and Cityzenith. What were pioneering here represents a template for how other cities can enable sustainability and a better quality of life for their citizens.

On November 16 at 1pm Central Time, Cityzenith CEO Michael Jansen is hosting a webinar with panel guests and project partners David Knight CEO of Terbine and Michael Sherwood, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Las Vegas.

Register to attend the webinar here.

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