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Councilman Administration Modernization, Urban and Participation Quality, Jose Guillen, has participated in the round table 'Challenges of Smart Cities in Sustainability and CSR', which is part of the International Congress of Integral Ecology and Environment program 'Laudato YES ', coordinated from the Degree in Telecommunications Systems of the UCAM.

The other members of the roundtable were Javier López Gil, Director General of Hefame;

Javier Ybarra Moreno, Director of Concessions Hidrogea, Francisco David Gallego Martinez, Director General of Regenera;

Andres Martinez Vidal, CEO of 'iUrban'.

The council has insisted on the fact that "we live in a time in which our citizens demand of us new services and new projects. In addition, the result of our commitment to citizenship, understand that it is a municipal responsibility implement those actions and measures improve the quality of life in our city always making optimal use of financial and human resources. "

Guillen has stressed "the importance and need for an aware and well-informed population to Murcia grow as Smart City. Public administration must make a great effort to communicate and raise awareness to involve citizens in sustainability as well perform a use energy efficient at home and will focus on sustainable mobility, this contribution is greater than the actions you can perform a municipality unilaterally ".

"Since the public authorities have to provide sustainable services to citizens which involves thinking in solutions with a cost of operation and reduced maintenance. These services must be oriented to citizens and involving them in decisions and projects to implement, making them protagonists Smart City "continued the councilor

Guillen explained that "Smart Cities should learn from each other, sharing knowledge and best practices. It is also essential to further strengthen the public-private partnership with the support of industry and local social and business fabric".

One of the main objectives of these Smart Cities is "to launch the new model of urban mobility step by means of clean transport, which promotes public transport and become citizens again protagonist of the street".

Equally "is essential to work for sustainable building and that buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU. A well designed with sustainability criteria building it produces savings 30% to 50% in energy consumption, "stressed Guillen.

The mayor continued saying that "Smart City should be characterized by properly manage the services offered to its citizens and to create new services with as small as possible, thus optimizing the performance of the investment costs of implementation and maintenance. In that sense, the information and communications technology is a strategic partner because they provide flexible services, with an investment contained and easy to maintain. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia