Alba Iulia Smart City 2018 is a pilot project meant to transform Alba Iulia Municipality into the first city in Romania using smart city solutions. The project was initiated on the 100th anniversary of the unification of Romania, which took place here in 1918. The pilot project has been implemented by the Municipality of Alba Iulia in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Society. This project is unique in Romania as it is the first smart project developed between the national government, a local public authority and private companies. It is unique because all smart city solutions proposed by companies are or will be implemented with the costs borne by the private companies involved and will ensure the interoperability with other smart city solution providers in the future.
The project is based on the development of partnerships with associations, companies, clusters, research institutes, universities and volunteers who jointly contribute to the construction of the city where the future was born.
Siemens and the City Hall of Alba Iulia have agreed to include Alba Iulia in the global research project ‘Smart Cities Research’. Through this study, Siemens specialists have analysed urban development models for a range of areas where intelligent technologies can be deployed in line with each city’s strategy, plans and ambitions. Besides Alba Iulia, the following cities are included in the Siemens study: Aberdeen (UK), Brussels (Belgium), Istanbul (Turkey) and London (UK).
The Smart Cities Research study will provide a detailed analysis of the financial models and benefits gained on multiple intelligent infrastructure axes, according to the priorities of each city. The infrastructure axes analysed in this study are energy, buildings, traffic management, public transport and public safety.