The city of Terrassa is making a firm commitment to sensing as a means to improve the quality of life of citizens, working on aspects such as sustainability, energy efficiency and the management of municipal resources through data collection and Read more
The Terrassa City Council is on the path towards the digital city, investing in the digital transformation of the services offered, to ensure a higher quality of these services and therefore the improvement of the quality of life of its Read more
One of the major goals of the Terrassa Energía Inteligente (TEI) project, promoted by the city council in recent years, has been to promote energy savings and the reduction of CO₂ emissions in the atmosphere through, among other measures, the renovation of public lighting. This great challenge, which has now been completed, involved updating the approximately 29,000 streetlights in Terrassa. Challenge achieved.
n general, renewable energies, including photovoltaics, are developing at a much faster rate than experts estimate. This is partly due to cost reductions, which make energies such as photovoltaics, in addition to contributing to the fight against climate change, also economically competitive.
Currently, the Internet of Things (IoT) applied to cities has become one of the most important and useful technologies for Smart Cities, due to the numerous applications it offers. In general terms, the use of the IoT technology is able Read more
By definition, a smart city is one that is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. Another level that could be added is that of cultural sustainability because the societies that share their history and memory are smart cities. In the framework Read more
A Smart City project is much more than a technology project. In fact, it hides behind a city plan with the aim of improving the lives of its inhabitants in various areas such as improving services, efficiency in the use of resources, security, Read more
COVID-19 has shown that urban areas have become the battlefront because of their high concentration of inhabitants and interrelationships between them. These two factors have made cities particularly vulnerable to this pandemic. In this scenario, it is necessary to respond Read more
The objective of the network is to endorse advanced technologies aimed at achieving green, intelligent, and sustainable growth that contributes to improving citizenship’s quality of life. Terrassa is one of the 88 cities, from 192 all over Europe, that have Read more
In many Catalan cities, changes are being made in the internal mobility of the City to improve environmental and acoustic quality. A well-known example for everyone is the creation of the Barcelona low-emission zone. But, did you know that in Read more