Framework for measuring smart city impact
A successful smart city initiative may be measured based on several different potential outcomes. Similar to a holistic smart building, a holistic smart city will implement smart programs that generate positive outcomes across many different performance factors, and they need a framework to measure and report these outcomes.
A holistic key performance indicator (H-KPI) framework has been developed by the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This framework is used to measure the return on investment and community impact of certain technology or projects across an entire smart city ecosystem.
The framework involves assessing data across three main levels of analysis:
- Technologies layer: This level includes the city’s sensors and actuators, networks, data systems, and computational hardware and software systems
- Infrastructure services layer: This includes the communication...
