IEEE Smart Cities Honors Peachtree Corners With 2022 Jury Award

Peachtree Corners, one of the United States' first 5G smart cities powered by real-world connected infrastructure, has been honored by IEEE Smart Cities as a finalist with its Jury Award following the IEEE International Smart Cities Contest 2022.

The organization brings together IEEE's broad array of technical societies and organizations to advance the state of the art for smart city technologies and to set the global standard. IEEE formally presented this year's winners at its flagship International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2) 2022 in Paphos, Cyprus on September 27.

Peachtree Corners has been honored by IEEE Smart Cities as a finalist with its Jury Award following the IEEE International Smart Cities Contest 2022. The organization brings together IEEE’s broad array of technical societies and organizations to advance the state of the art for smart city technologies and to set the global standard. IEEE formally presented this year’s winners at its flagship International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2) 2022 in Paphos, Cyprus on September 27.

The IEEE considered many aspects of the project, "City Street of the Future: The Smart City Blueprint for the U.S. is at the Heart of Silicon Orchard," before selecting it. Peachtree Corners was recognized for its unique approach to city government and the proactive integration of technology into its short and long-term planning.

This in addition to the strategic vision, economic development factors, real-world problems solved, impact on various federal government agencies or regulators, the city's alignment with United Nations Sustainability Goals and benefits for citizens to the architecture of technologies deployed were all considered during evaluation.