Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities

Elisabetta Magnaghi is professor in Accounting and Sustainability at Lille Catholic University. Her research focus is on controlling of smart buildings and smart cities. Véronique Flambard is professor of Economics at Lille Catholic University with an interest in policy making and organization in the context of smart and sustainable cities. Julie Jacques is an associate professor of Computer Sciences at Lille Catholic University. Her research focuses among others on data mining and combinatorial optimization, and their applications to smart and sustainable cities. Nicolas Gouvy is an associate professor in Computer Sciences at Lille Catholic University. His research focuses on the Internet of Things and fog computing in the context of smart grids and smart cities. Daniela Mancini is professor of Business Administration and Performance Measurement at Parthenope University of Naples. Her research interests concern accounting and management information systems with a specific focus in smart organization and business networks’ context. She has been track chair at the ItAIS and ECIS Conferences

“The book’s 12 chapters give very colorful approaches to the notions, aims, and technologies applied in ongoing experimental projects. … The book is a pleasurable and inspiring read for those who are interested in the expectable locality and future way of life.” (K. Balogh, Computing Reviews, October 6, 2022)

• Organizational and Environmental Framework of Smart Cities, Universities and Buildings.- Smart Cities: a response to wicked problems.- Big Data: an introduction to data-driven decision making.- Best practices and strategies in sustainability and smart mobility: student engagement in Italian universities.- Digital Humanities and Smart City. University as a Service and Uni-Living Lab for the City: Thinking the Case of La Rochelle Thanks to Social Sciences and Humanities.- Smart city in China: the state of art of Xiong an new area.- Medium-sized Smart cities: a smart vision for urban centralities and buildings. From the European case history, to a proposal for the city of Parma, Italy.- What is an intelligent building?.- Encouraging energy efficiency among residents of smart and green buildings.- The obstacles of circular economy in the real estate sector.- Transforming the Catholic University of Lille Campus into a Smart Grid.