As part of the work to enable a Pan-London approach to dealing with damp and mould issues using IoT (Internet of Things) Sensors, the Greater London Authority (GLA), London Office for Technology and Innovation (LOTI), and local authorities are teaming up to create a common approach to using and generating data from IoT sensors. 

Why we need a Pan-London approach

• Ensure interoperability – so boroughs can easily share data for Pan-London projects
• Avoid data silos
• Reduce the need to repeat pilots
• Simplify the information governance process
• Speed up the procurement process
• Shape the market – providing suppliers with clarity on what London boroughs expectations and requirements

We’re aiming to create conditions for collaboration across London’s public bodies. This common approach and accompanying resources will allow local authorities to more rapidly procure, deploy and start generating insights from IoT systems. It will also ensure that when we need to aggregate data together to create Pan-London views and data sets, we can easily do this without being limited by technology or data ownership issues. For example, if we can’t easily share air quality data from the many different sensor networks popping up around London, we will struggle to build a coherent picture of London’s air quality. This will impact citizens looking for information on  clean air routes, researchers understanding public health impact at the regional level, and borough officers who need to understand air quality beyond their area to be able to implement the right solution locally.

IoT common approach & resources

The common approaches and resources will take the form of business case summaries, data standards, API Standards, information governance templates and guides, procurement guidance, and standard terms and conditions. You can see an MVP version of this guidance in the form of our LOTI Smart City Use Case Library and in the GLA’s London Privacy Register.

To help us build this common approach we need boroughs and suppliers and other interested parties to actively participate in defining standards, sharing experience, participating in shared Information Governance work and most importantly implementing agreed standards, processes and methodologies. 

IoT Declaration

We are framing this as a declaration that organisations can sign up to. This was presented during the LOTI Pan-London IoT Standards and Leadership meeting and during London Data Week, by David Grasty, the project Director for the Pan-London IoT Damp and Mould work based at Sutton and Kingston.The IoT Declaration is made up of 6 principles and a set of commitments. As it stands the document is still in draft and we’d welcome comments from any interested parties so please feel free to review the full declaration and make suggestions directly on the document. 

Summary of Principles and Commitments:

• Principle 1 –  Protect Privacy
• Principle 2 – Build Public Trust
• Principle 3 – Data Ownership
• Principle 4 – Flexible, Modular IoT Solutions
• Principle 5 – Sharing Information
• Principle 6 – Secure and private

As signatories, the commitments for the different organisations would be as follows: 

Commitments

To stay up to date on the latest on the Pan-London IoT programme of work, visit the project page, or join LOTI’s Smart City Network on Basecamp.