Vodafone: 5G Public Buildings Could save Taxpayers’ Money
Vodafone has revealed how 5G-powered technologies across public buildings including schools, hospitals and leisure centres could create cost and energy savings.
The modelling, by WPI Strategy, shows how installing digital twins, IoT and smart sensors could save a town of 40,000 residents up to £350,000 (USD$449,200 or €415,400) every year on energy bills alone. Due to the energy crisis, many councils are looking for ways to save money, while not reducing public services. According to Vodafone, 5G might be the way forward for essential public services.
Vodafone's 5G technology to save energy
Vodafone is a UK-based telecommunications company with its own operations in 21 countries and affiliations in 48 partner markets. The network aims to keep families, friends, businesses and governments connected and play a vital role in keeping economies running and critical sectors like education and healthcare functioning. Vodafone wants to connect people for a better future, applying its expertise and scale to drive positive change for society.
The power of 5G SA is that it can integrate connected devices and sensors with IoT in regards to heating, cooling and lighting systems, to monitor energy use and spot any efficiencies.
For example, digital twins can use real-time data from sensors to simulate behaviour and monitor operations. This allows engineers to identify where efficiencies can be made, predict problems and fix them quickly, which also saves money.
Besides saving money on energy bills, 5G could also save on carbon emissions. Vodafone’s research shows that such energy savings could remove up to 1.43 million tonnes of CO2e per year - the equivalent annual electricity usage of almost 300,000 homes.
5G network should support taxpayers and the environment
Vodafone UK has committed to delivering 5G SA to 95% of the population by 2030 and 99% of the UK population by 2034, as part of its proposed merger with Three UK. This will reach every school and hospital across the country by 2030, offering a boost for local communities and supporting them on their net zero journey.
Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer of Vodafone UK believes that a best-in-class 5G network should provide an economic boost to the public purse, saving taxpayers’ money, while also helping to decarbonise the public estate.
“With rising costs and constrained budgets, councils across the UK are feeling the squeeze and communities are suffering as a consequence. We know how important public spaces are to local towns, with over half of people saying they bring the community together in a positive way, so we must protect them,” Andrea shared. “Public buildings are critical to communities and we want to propel them into the future – which is why, as part of our proposed combination with Three UK, we have committed to rolling out 5G Standalone to every school and hospital across the nation by 2030.”
Andrea previously discussed Vodafone and Three UK’s merger, saying that it would “bring faster and better connectivity to more people”.
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