As cities become increasingly connected, municipalities need better tools to manage operations, monitor urban services, and support faster decision-making.
To strengthen its smart city strategy, Vila Nova de Famalicão implemented B-Smart, a centralized smart city management solution powered by City as a Platform.
The platform enabled the municipality to consolidate operational information, improve visibility across services, and support a more connected and efficient urban management model.
City as a Platform is integrated in B-Smart Famalicão, our smart city concept. The integration of all levels of municipal activity in one single place is essential to the adoption of the platform and to potentiate B-Smart Famalicão. Responding more and better is the main objective of B-Smart Famalicão.
The Challenge
Managing multiple urban systems and operational services across a municipality creates increasing complexity for local authorities.
Before the implementation, the municipality faced challenges including:
Fragmented operational information
Limited centralized visibility
Difficulty monitoring urban services in real time
Reduced cross-department coordination
Limited access to consolidated operational insights
The municipality needed a scalable smart city solution capable of integrating information and improving operational awareness across different services and teams.
The Solution
B-Smart provided Vila Nova de Famalicão with a unified operational platform for monitoring and managing municipal services and urban operations.
The solution enabled:
Centralized smart city management
Real-time operational monitoring
Integrated dashboards and analytics
Cross-service operational visibility
GIS-based visualization
Improved decision-making support
By consolidating operational data into a single environment, the municipality gained a clearer and more connected view of urban operations.
The Results
Ease of use by anyone;
Transparent access to relevant information: civil protection, municipal facilities, mobility, water, and wastewater networks, environment;
Availability of information from various sources in near-real time: fire risk, meteorology, and civil protection incidents;
Facilitated communication of any incident or issue in the geographical area of the municipality.
Building a More Connected Municipality
With B-Smart, Vila Nova de Famalicão reinforced its smart city strategy through a more integrated operational approach.
The platform now supports more informed decision-making, improved coordination between services, and greater operational efficiency across the municipality.
Explore the solution here.
FAQ
Common questions
B-Smart is a smart city management solution powered by City as a Platform that centralizes operational data, city services, and municipal monitoring.
The municipality aimed to improve operational visibility, centralize city management processes, and support more efficient and data-driven municipal operations.
Centralized management improves coordination, operational efficiency, monitoring capabilities, and the ability to make faster and better-informed decisions.
