Council reflects on Smart City progress

Wyndham Civic Centre. (Damjan Janevski) 255196_02

Wyndham council has marked significant progress across various projects and initiatives delivering on its Smart City strategy.

An interactive summary of the work is now available online, detailing the projects that includes the deployment of AI technology, large-scale solar power installations and a range of smart sensors and technology to boost liveability across the municipality.

Key achievements to date include the completion of one of Australia’s leading smart parking systems within the Werribee City Centre and the implementation of the Wyndham Solar City Project, a rollouts of commercial-scale rooftop solar.

Wyndham council has also deployed a range of technology such as public Wi-Fi, smartphone charging stations, smart bins and smart barbecues across the city and invested in systems to streamline smart city adoption and impact.

Wyndham council’s smart cities portfolio holder councillor Sahana Ramesh said: “Intelligent and creative use of technology, data and innovation are the pathways to a sustainable, resilient and fiscally responsible future for our city.”

“Our progress is exciting and shows we have the vision and commitment necessary to build a smarter Wyndham.”

The Wyndham Smart City Strategy 2019-2024 was adopted in June 2019 and outlines council’s commitment to utalise technology, data and innovation to address these challenges and improve how residents, businesses and visitors work, play and live.

Details: wyndham.vic.gov.au/about-council/smart-wyndham/smart-city-strategy