Krasnoyarsk smart city project introduced at the 13th Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum

The 13th Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum was held February 18-20, 2016, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. At the roundtable meeting, “New Town Planning Policy,” attended by the mayors of Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, and other key cities in Siberia, Takayuki Ishikawa, principal consultant at Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI), gave a presentation on the Krasnoyarsk smart city project and had an exchange on how making cities smart plays an important role in Russia’s urban policy.

At the same forum last year, Nikken Sekkei had signed an agreement with Krasnoyarsk city, major Russian developer Monolitholding, and Siberian Federal University for provision of services related to the Krasnoyarsk smart city project. Over the year since that time, NSRI has been formulating the smart city guidelines for this project. 

Prior to the introduction of the project at the forum, at Siberian Federal University, Shinji Yamamura, principal consultant at NSRI, presented the company’s final report on the smart city guidelines to the city, university, developer, and other relevant parties. After a brisk discussion, Krasnoyarsk Mayor Akbulatov also announced that the city will enhance efforts to make the city smarter.

Krasnoyarsk’s smart city building project (making the city smart and the Preobrazhenskii multiple dwelling complex project of Monolitholding) is a project that has also been designated at the Japan-Russian Urban Environment Council, under the jurisdiction of Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities, as a flagship project to be supported by both the Japanese and Russian governments. Expectations are held that this project will become a model for smart cities in Russia, which must address the national challenge of promoting the “development of eco-friendly cities” and overcoming its dependence on resources.