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Implementing ITU-T International Standards to shape Smart Sustainable Cities - The case of Moscow

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Figure 16: Troika bracelet

Furthermore, the Moscow metro application, available in Russian and English, also makes it
possible to calculate trip prices, which is especially useful for tourists. It can also be used to
recharge the Troika transport card, check a user’s transit spending history or look for parking
spots near the metro stations. The application also offers information on the main attractions in
Moscow and helps users to create itineraries.

Housing & communal utility services

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The Moscow Resource Monitoring and Management System has been functioning since 2015.
This system is one of the programmes approved by the government of Moscow to equip
apartment buildings and social facilities with housekeeping meters for cold and hot water, as
well as heating (The introduction of electricity is planned as well.) The meters in each building
are connected to the Resource Monitoring and Management System and allow for:

 alerting on temperature mismatch and unauthorized turn-offs;

 monitoring utility consumption;
 monitoring the online status of meters; and
 remote management of heating.

There are two facilities that serve the needs of Moscow’s citizens: the Unified Information and
Calculation Centre and the Unified Dispatching Centre. The first is responsible for the calculation
of the cost for housing and utility services. Around 3.9 million apartments are utilizing this
system. The latter is the Contact Centre for requests related to housing and utility services.
It must be noted that the Smart Metering System - in the traditional sense (i.e. for every
apartment) is ready to use and around 500 flats are already using it.
Furthermore, the city’s Information Control System for Outdoor Lighting maintains the working
capacity of outdoor lighting objects and monitors consumption through electricity meters. With

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