Smart cities, cities of the future

Today, technology has led us to reinvent ourselves, the use of new devices and tools have changed our daily life, the way we relate with each other, how we communicate, the way we work and our habits have been changing over time and technological advances. This revolution brings with it the need to transform the cities we live in, integrating the use of technologies in the improvement of their processes to be better and more efficient, all with the purpose of making life of its inhabitants more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.

During 2016, New York was ranked as the most intelligent city in the world, according to the 2016'Cities in Motion' (ICIM) IESE Index, prepared by the IESE Center for Globalization and Strategy, based on an evaluation of 10 different areas, including factors such as economy, technology, environment and mobility, among others. In the latter aspect, New York has one of the most efficient transportation systems in the world, fast and comfortable for its inhabitants, supporting more than 4 million users a week.

In Latin America, several cities have been advancing and implementing more efficient and sustainable actions. This is the case of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, which has a control center in which all that happens in the city is monitored minute by minute, or the case of Santiago de Chile that has been advancing considerably in the implementation of electric transportation systems with charging points throughout the city.

We innovate for Bogota to become a smart city

One of the characteristics of smart cities is the incorporation of efficient public services, which is why Enel - Codensa, an Enel Group Colombia company, is committed to meeting the challenges of the world by opening energy to new technologies and innovation.

Energy efficiency, the reduction of the carbon footprint and the use of renewable energies are some actions that seek to transform Bogota into a smart city. Aware of this, this year we started the country's most important energy digitalization project, through the free implementation of 40,000 smart meters in the localities of Puente Aranda, Suba, Fontibón and Engativá in the city of Bogotá, and in the municipalities of Zipaquirá and Cogua in the department of Cundinamarca.

Through intelligent metering, Enel - Codensa has the opportunity to analyze, diagnose, measure and distribute household energy consumption more effectively and easily, and our customers can know how much energy they are using in their home in order to optimize its consumption.

“It is very satisfactory for us to implement this important technological innovation project, through which we are incorporating in our distribution system modern energy consumption metering equipment, with technology developed by the Enel Group, and that today we put at the service of our customers”

– David Felipe Acosta, General Manager

We live better thanks to this new way of regulating our energy

Intelligent metering is a technological solution that allows a two-way flow of information, from the homes to our control center, which offers the possibility to optimize the electricity network operation, improve the quality of our service, and ensure the reliability and safety of all.

Through smart meters, families can constantly monitor the behavior of energy consumption in the home, allowing them to change habits and more actively manage their energy use. In addition, they can compare their consumption with that of their neighbors, which allows them to verify how their consumption is compared to that of their community.

In addition to consumer analysis, smart metering allows the customer to maintain a basic charge in their homes to withstand lighting and some appliances such as the refrigerator, in case they forget to pay the electricity bill. And in regards to the reconnection of the service, it allows to do it remotely, avoiding the technician’s visit to the home, thus taking a shorter time.

In 2017, the promise for Colombia is to bring this innovative technology to the nearly three million homes that Enel - Codensa has in the city of Bogotá, in order to continue contributing to the improvement of our customers’ quality of life.

The Enel Group, a pioneer in digital technology

The intelligent metering technology developed by the Enel Group, to which we belong, is one of the most modern in the market, and proof of this are the over 40 million customers in Italy who today have a new way of using energy.

Likewise, Endesa España, an Enel Group company, has installed around 7 million smart meters in the areas where it operates as a distributor (Catalonia, Aragon, Andalusia, and the Balearic and Canary Islands). As for the penetration of this new metering in Latin America, Enel Chile began in 2016 the installation of 50,000 smart meters in several communes of the city of Santiago.

Smart Cities, the Cities of the Future

We innovate for Bogota to become a smart city

We live better thanks to this new way of regulating our energy

The Enel Group, a pioneer in digital technology