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

Measures adopted by Moscow Suggested action(s) for Moscow and other
aspiring Smart Sustainable Cities

As part of a broader federal mandate, Moscow Moscow and other urban stakeholders should
has initiated a significant revamp of its residential adopt energy and water efficiency standards for
and public building stock. More than 5 000 new buildings (particularly in commercial
buildings will be replaced completely over the projects) to decrease the life cycle environmental
next fifteen years. While it is a significant impact of new buildings.
undertaking in a size the city of Moscow that has Moscow and other aspiring smart, sustainable
a significant majority of post-World War II
cities should review Draft Recommendation ITU-T
buildings (currently aging micro-districts account
L.1370 (ex. L.SIB) “Sustainable and Intelligent
for 80% of Moscow’s urban areas), this presents Building services” as a source for improving the
opportunities to not merely update the buildings sustainability performance of existing buildings.
architecturally or through new lighting, but also to
This Recommendation also defines the services
install utility and building-management systems
enabled by the sustainable and intelligent building
that will interact with the city’s overseeing ICT
(SIB) concept, the way it contributes to the
systems.
aforementioned goals of sustainability, its
These measures are particularly important, given features, its different possible functioning modes,
the continual residential and commercial demand or its internal architecture and requirements with
for sustainable housing due to an ever-increasing the IoT node at its core.
population. Since the 1950s, Moscow’s
In addition, Moscow and other aspiring smart
population has grown by roughly 1.5 million sustainable cities should investigate the use of
people every decade, mostly through internal sustainability certification programmes for on-
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migration.
going building operations, as these programmes
provide a standardized method for optimizing the
environmental performance of existing and new
building stock.
Moscow should become involved in and
contribute to a New Work Item that was approved
in ITU-T Study Group 5 “Environment, Climate
Change and Circular Economy” on draft
Recommendation ITU-T L.SP_OB, “A methodology
for improving, assessing and scoring the
sustainability performance of office buildings” as
this Recommendation will develop a standardized
methodology for improving the environmental
performance of existing office buildings.
Aspiring smart sustainable cities are also
recommended to implement urban planning
strategies that focus on walkable communities,
increasing public and private spaces, and
mandating smart and sustainable buildings.

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