A Study on Improving the Application of Green ICT Convergence Technology for a Smart City

Abstract

A smart city is a city in which urban functions are networked using Information & Communications technology. Various studies on this new type of city are being carried out worldwide with the aim of solving the urban problems and environmental problems that are occurring due to the acceleration of urbanization. As a result, the establishment of the smart city, a new type of city, through the use of ICT convergence technologies has emerged as a new interest. The smart city can be considered as a future city type that addresses urban problems and environmental problems and responds to industrial and economic developments by applying 4th industrial revolution convergence technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, automated guided vehicles, 3D printing and nanotechnology to a city. Therefore, the definition of smart city and ICT convergence technologies developed with the 4th industrial revolution were considered, and cases in which green ICT was applied were analyzed in this study. The purpose of this study is to establish preliminary data for the development of an advanced smart city in the future, by proposing improvement points for green ICT based on the case analysis. © 2018 SERSC Australia.