The world’s first zero-carbon sustainable city
Our client sought to build the world’s first zero-carbon city—a ground-breaking, multibillion-dollar development project. Technology is to play a key role in this self-contained city, both for achieving sustainability targets and maintaining a high quality of life for residents.
Challenge
A.T. Kearney was engaged to create a blueprint for the information and communications technology (ICT) foundation required to run, build and operate the world’s first zero-carbon city, including the architecture, building blocks, and economic and investment model for its ICT operations.
Approach
We structured our approach to cover the most critical issues, outlining several key areas for developing the city’s ICT operations:
- Identify macro processes associated with key aspects of city operations
- Determine requirements and desired experience of key stakeholders
- Establish targeted levels of technological sophistication and the optimal architecture required to achieve it
- Create a request for proposal to acquire systems (including outlining strategic role, functional requirements, interfaces, availability requirements and core assumptions), and to address systems integration needs and vendor response requirements
- Develop a dynamic cost model and strategy for acquiring systems
- Determine organizational requirements for ICT within the city
- Create a strategy for an ICT Center of Innovation within the city
Results
Our work formed the basis for developing the overall operations model and a vision of future ICT and city operations that could support a zero-carbon city. The detailed blueprint allowed for various levels of investments to address current and future needs. It also we ensured the long-term sustainability of the ICT and operations platform by developing a support structure for future partnering strategies.
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