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
In the previous articles of “Noise pollution and health” (link) and in the article “How can measure the noise” some definitions were introduced and how noise is measured. If we make a brief reminder, it was commented that the measuring devices Read more
In the previous article “Acoustic pollution and Health” we defined what was sound, noise, what we understood as noise pollution and its repercussion on health. These definitions were important to enter into context and to develop this article. But first of Read more
In the previous publication “Terrassa intelligent city and Sentilo platform” we presented what is the Sentilo Platform, its objectives and its use. But how does it evolve and improve the platform? If we remember a little, Sentilo is an open Read more
Nowadays, we are used to connecting headphones to our mobile phone via Bluetooth, activating the physical alarm clock using our mobile phone or even going to the gym and connecting our mobile Netflix account with the elliptical bike so we Read more
People who live in Terrassa and usually move around it, know the streets and avenues where there is a lot of noise, but do we know what noise means? When is the most noise generated? What is the difference between sound and Read more
The term Smart City was born at the end of the year 2000, and it’s applied to any city that uses Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the management of municipal services and the quality of life of citizens. Building Read more