TORONTO — UPPlift: Toronto recently announced the winning innovators selected to pilot their smart city technologies in test-bed properties owned by QuadReal Property Group and the City of Toronto through its new Urban Pilot Program starting this month in Toronto.
The program, launched earlier this year, focuses on bridging the gap between emergent smart city technologies and building and infrastructure operators seeking innovations to enhance the city’s livability, states a release issued by Urban Living Futures.
These solutions leverage emerging technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to enhance facility efficiency or improve the citizens’ experience of the built environment, adds the release.
The first UPPlift: Toronto technologies selected to pilot at QuadReal properties are:
- ArgosAI: This is a digitized data stream activated through video cameras and used to count people, manage space usage, assess advertising impact, automate parking spaces and manage individual parking spaces without sensors. ArgosAI is deployed through its parent company Premise.
- Binners Junk Removal: The pilot includes a junk removal app focused on continuously organizing and simplifying removal and sustainable disposal.
- VSETA: Smart facility software, sensors and solutions that enable real-time building and facility monitoring through a private wireless sensor network independent of Wi-Fi or wiring.
- Spark EV: Charging stations and a network management platform that allow commercial, retail, and residential building owners and property managers the convenience of implementing and managing a network of EV chargers across a portfolio of buildings via a secure cloud-based dashboard.
- Eddy Home: Intelligent leak protection and water monitoring through smart products that protect, control and conserve water. Installed directly on the watermain, the IoT technology provides real-time readings of water consumption, leak detection and remote water shutoff. When leaks are detected, the system automatically shuts off the flow of water to prevent damage.
The City of Toronto has also selected:
- Infranovate: This innovation includes products in the infrastructure space, including a solar-powered smart bench that provides analytics, Wi-Fi and mobile charging as well as recycled materials focused on greening and improving urban environments.
- Intuitive Robotics: Smart AI modules that help detect and accurately route disposal of items into the correct waste category. They create cost savings for facilities by providing them with access to real-time waste analytics.
The participants will receive technology support and expertise from Microsoft and Intel and a Start-Up Program legal service package from Fasken. Qualifying solutions will also receive $25,000 from the Independent Electricity System Operator to cover pilot costs.
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