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Streetlights that run on solar batteries have also been introduced to several parks since the
beginning of 2012. As seen in Figure 27, these streetlights are, in fact, panels of light that do not
require direct sunlight to generate electricity, on the contrary, they can function off of sunlight
detected throughout the daytime. In some parks, such as Izmailovo, these panels also help
power the park’s internet connectivity.

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Figure 27: Smart lighting in a waterfront Moscow park
Smart building energy monitoring

Buildings account for a significant portion of the energy usage and GHG emissions within a city.
Reducing energy usage in buildings can lower GHG emissions, conserve valuable resources and
mitigate against climate change. This is especially important in historic cities such as Moscow,
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where the majority of housing stock dates back to the post-World War II construction era.
To this end, Moscow’s power company is rolling out an IoT-based control system for utility
resources which will detect how much electricity, water and heating a building consumes. The
system currently covers more than 3 500 municipal buildings and more than 30 000 residential
buildings, enhancing them with automated water and power consumption metering and billing.

Among the new smart building energy monitoring technology that Moscow already has put in
place is the speech recognition system for a Unified Call Centre (777 77 77). This speech
recognition system allows customers to use their voice to enter their electricity meter reading.
Soon, a new mobile application, based on a chatbot, will also be introduced, allowing users to
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ask questions directly in chat mode.

58 https://www.mos.ru/en/city/projects/vybor-moskvichey
59 Paiho, et al. (2013).

60 Kozlov (2017).

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