The meters are wirelessly connected and closely monitor a home’s use and serve as an early warning indicator of leaks or other swings in water consumption.īaltimore was also the recipient of a $40,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant in 2016 to deploy about 250 air monitors across the city, in a project being led by Johns Hopkins University, known as Open Air Baltimore. Last year, Baltimore introduced smart water meters, in a move to reduce the number of disputed water bills. The North American smart trash bin market size was worth USD 7.4 million in the year 2017 and is expected to grow with a CAGR of 6.9 over the projected. Boston has its BigBelly Solar trash receptacles and Santa Clarita, Calif., has similar solar-powered self-compacting bins. When a persons hand or object is about 25cm-35cm in the feeding port (should feel window), the trash can. It is a new high-tech product integrating photoelectricity. The smart trash can project in Baltimore is not unlike other smart city public works projects taken on by other cities. The intelligent trash can is composed of an advanced microcomputer control chip, an infrared sensor detection device, and a mechanical transmission part. The city is also exploring other approaches at tidying up Baltimore and is exploring the installation of a “trash wheel,” a device designed to capture garbage from streams “before it can enter the water south of downtown,” said Raymond.