1. numerous sensors are setup in Songdo, and a demonstration control room is used for monitoring and maintenance of the city. These remind me the experiment in Chile 1970. Is the cybernetic model the prototype of the smart city today? if it is not. what is the essential difference between these two?
2. “the smart grids offer two tricks to even out the peaks: load shifting and load shedding”. It seems that the smart grid is still a medication that suppresses the symptom without treating the condition. It tries to remove the peaks by forcing the people stop using the electricity during the peaks. In the end, are the net-zero buildings the only treatment of this condition?
3. The idea of smart city bases on the infrastructure which is quite different than the old one. This is why the test-bed is a brand new city, instead of a district in an old city. The idea of Songdo is to test a new model for the smart city. For the rising cities could be a good example, however, for those developed cities. will Songdo be a good example of the smart city?