Designing a Futuristic Solar Smart Bench for Smart Cities: Towards Developing the Futuristic Urban Infrastructure

Abstract

Key Terms in this Chapter

Solar Smart Bench: This is a futuristic bench that comes in different designs and shapes and is normally installed in public places. It generally has the capability to provide charging a range of facilities such as ports for charging smartphones and e-bikes.

Smart City: This is a modern form of a city or an urban space that provides smart living experience. Smart cities are supposed to produce most of the energy required within their own ecosystems and thus are supposed to be eco-friendlier than their legacy versions. They operate more on digital platforms that are powered by niche technologies such as the IIoT.

Urban Health: This is the term that represents the general health of humans living in modern and urban spaces. Urban health depends on air quality, level of pollution, greenhouse gas emissions in the immediate surroundings.