The first projects of the Dietiker Smart City project have been implemented
The city of Dietikon and the electricity company of the canton of Zurich (EKZ) have presented the first sub-projects of their smart city project to the public. Several charging stations and a public WLAN were inaugurated on September 27th.
On the evening of September 27, the population of Dietic was informed on the church square about the implementation of the Smart City project developed by the city of Dietikon and the electricity company of the Canton of Zurich ( EKZ ). The inauguration of the first sub-projects took place.
According to the press release , there is now a charging station for electric cars on Zelgliplatz, which is available while shopping, but can also be used by residents. Electric bikes can be charged in the basement of the two-storey bike house near the train station. A camera detects free parking spaces in the Hedinger car park. Public WiFi is available to the public at the market hall. There, an air measuring station records temperature, humidity and air pollutants such as fine dust or ozone. The station is supplemented by a network of other environmental sensors distributed across the city. In winter, measuring the ground temperature warns of possible black ice.
"Only networking and the intelligent use of data leads to added value for the population and for the administration, as one strives for in a Smart City," Jörg Haller, Head of Smart City and Public Lighting at EKZ, is quoted as saying.
The environmental data recorded at the measuring stations should be displayed transparently, for example on monitors in the town hall. "The city's extensive data is already used today for traffic and construction planning," Mayor Roger Bachmann is quoted as saying. "The prize money from the SFOE gave us another boost," continued Bachmann.
The Smart City project won the main prize in the Smart City Innovation Challenge of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy ( SFOE ) at the beginning of 2021 and thus received funding of CHF 100,000.