{"id":14460,"date":"2020-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/snjallbaerinn-hafnarfjordur-verdur-til\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:16:14","slug":"the-smart-city-hafnarfjordur-is-coming-into-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/snjallbaerinn-hafnarfjordur-verdur-til\/","title":{"rendered":"The smart town of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is being created"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201eSmart City\u201c or smart city is a concept that has been prominent in the discussion in recent quarters and although Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is not a city, the town is taking certain steps to become smart. The projects are about utilising information technology to improve the quality and efficiency of the service and to establish even better communication with residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Smart Group \u2013 staff and representatives from the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and L\u00fdsir.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

In recent days, the company L\u00fdsir has launched a new service in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur which aims to improve access to important and practical information, increase data security and save money in the long term. The new service includes a weather station, air quality monitors and smart rubbish bins, as well as the potential installation of \u201ehot spots\u201c within Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. L\u00fdsir, a progressive telecommunications company, handles the installation of equipment, relevant systems and connections.<\/a> \u00a0\u201eWe are experimenting with new and smart solutions. We are taking this in small steps and allowing these steps to assist us with further decisions on implementation,\u201c says<\/em> R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n\"Lysir1\"\n

Live measurements of weather and air quality<\/strong><\/p>\n

The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has purchased a new weather station, which has been securely installed in a good location in the town centre of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The station, which connects to L\u00fdsir's LoRaWAN system, opens the way for the municipality to Publish live measurements on the town's website<\/a> . LoRaWAN is a wireless communication system that has a long range but uses little energy and is considered ideal for securely transmitting relatively simple information. This way, residents and other interested parties can get real-time information about, for example, precipitation, wind direction, wind speed, particulate pollution, evaporation, solar radiation and air pressure, as well as weather forecast information which should assist people with everyday decisions such as their daily attire and any outdoor activities. In parallel, the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has purchased three portable air quality monitors for indoor use. This allows a swift and reliable response to situations that may affect air quality to be made on an informed basis.<\/p>\n

View information about weather and air quality on the town's website.<\/a><\/p>\n\"Lysir8\"\n

This is what a weather station looks like, and one has been set up in the centre of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

Smart bins and hotspots<\/strong><\/p>\n

A sensor has been installed in rubbish bins on Strandgatan as part of a one-year pilot project. The sensor detects the level of waste in the bins and thus helps to optimise waste collection, which is intended to reduce pollution, save fuel and staff time. The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is initially leasing the equipment from L\u00fdsi and will, in time, assess whether it is cost-effective to install such sensors in all of the municipality's anchored rubbish bins. The aim of this project is to lower collection costs and reduce the likelihood of overflowing bins, as these smart bins can, for example, indicate when they need to be emptied.<\/p>\n

\"SensorsSensors have been installed in several rubbish bins in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur as part of a one-year pilot project.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

It is being considered to install \u201ehot spots\u201c in busy locations within the municipality, thereby providing public wireless internet access, especially for the domestic and international tourists who visit the town. And will visit the town in the near future. Such hotspots are well-suited for providing information, and both Thorsplan and V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0at\u00fan have been mentioned in this context. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur received a 2 million kr\u00f3na grant from the European WiFI4EU project to set up hotspots within the municipality.<\/p>\n

\u201eWe are looking to the future with smart solutions, and smart city projects like this have great potential to increase efficiency, optimisation and improve services for the town's residents. We are very much looking forward to seeing how these initial smart city projects in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur turn out, and then we can start looking at other exciting projects such as lighting designed to reduce energy consumption and light pollution, and sensors in car parks that could increase their utilisation and aufacilitated access\u201c<\/em> says R\u00f3sa.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201eSmart City\u201c e\u00f0a snjallborg er hugtak sem hefur veri\u00f0 \u00e1berandi \u00ed umr\u00e6\u00f0unni undanfarin misseri og \u00fe\u00f3 Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur s\u00e9 ekki borg \u00fe\u00e1 er b\u00e6rinn a\u00f0 taka \u00e1kve\u00f0in skref \u00ed a\u00f0 gerast snjall. Verkefnin ganga \u00fat a\u00f0 n\u00fdta uppl\u00fdsingat\u00e6knina til a\u00f0 b\u00e6ta g\u00e6\u00f0i og skilvirkni \u00fej\u00f3nustunnar og koma \u00e1 enn betri samskiptum vi\u00f0 \u00edb\u00faa.\u00a0 Snjallh\u00f3purinn – starfsf\u00f3lk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14460"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}