IoTsens will apply its technological solutions to the urban environment and municipal management of Vila-real.

• Benlloch frames this agreement within the framework of seeking technological partners to advance towards becoming a city of innovation.

• The CEO of the Gimeno Group highlights the advantages of urban sensor technology for more efficient management

The mayor of Vila-real, José Benlloch, and the CEO of the Gimeno Group, José Luis Vilar, have signed a collaboration agreement between the Vila-real City Council and the company IoTsens to advance the implementation of the Smart City project and the installation of new sensor technologies in the urban environment for more efficient and sustainable management of public services. Benlloch and Vilar were accompanied by the Councilor for Public Services and New Technologies, Francisco Valverde, and the CEO of IoTsens, Ignacio Llopis.

Benlloch framed this agreement within the context of collaboration with technology partners, such as Telefónica and Huawei, and emphasized the possibilities offered by this sensor technology for more efficient management of the services provided by the City Council. He explained that it will allow them to “save resources and money so that they can be allocated to people and make the city more competitive.” The mayor stressed that the agreement is “a giant step towards beginning to materialize initiatives and make them useful for businesses and citizens,” following the City of Science and Innovation initiative launched in 2011 by the governing team.

José Luis Vilar emphasized that the sensorization of urban infrastructure "allows us to have data to be more efficient in the management of key resources for development such as water, waste and energy to build a more sustainable city and for citizens to have more transparent information" and thanked the Vila-real City Council for trusting in the company's experience to advance the innovation city project.

Valverde has emphasized that the first phase of this collaboration agreement has already consisted of a pilot program to install a total of 7 weather stations in the city that allow monitoring of different parameters and provide useful information on environmental issues to, among other things, facilitate prevention and action protocols in cases of heavy rain.

In this regard, IoTsens CEO Ignacio Llopis detailed some of the features of the software platform used to manage the data obtained from these seven stations, which measure nearly 20 variables in real time thanks to the installed sensors. Llopis explained that this technology can also be used in other areas of urban management, such as monitoring sensitive parking zones or measuring noise levels and air pollution. In Vila-real, work is also underway to install these sensors in waste containers to establish a more efficient collection system.