The article presents foreign experience in managing the housing stock, utilities, and also considers main tariffs for utilities. Payment utilities by population is carried out on a monthly basis transferring cash flows between various service providers from representatives of condominiums. Meanwhile, payment CSCs at different rates. This domestic cost optimization management an apartment buildi...

Cloud computing is seen as an increasingly important enabler for improving productivity, efficiency and cost reduction. This research aims to investigate the potential for value creation for Australian municipal governments by identifying factors that are perceived likely to influence the adoption of cloud computing. The research model is proposed based on two theories derived from the literatu...

This paper describes an intelligent decision support system (IDSS) dedicated to coordinated management of urban infrastructures (SIGIU). This system identifies the data and related treatments common to several municipal activities and defines the requirements and functionalities of the computer tools developed to improve the delivery, performance and coordination of municipal services to the po...

As water utilities operate as natural monopolists and they provide essential services for human life, their activities are regulated by public authorities. The sustainable use of resources a specific attention on social needs should be goals this kind firms, so that the evaluation business go beyond profitability financial solvency. Keeping pace with new Circular Economy paradigm evolution regu...

Computing utilities are emerging as an important part of the infrastructure for outsourcing computer services. One of the major objectives of computing utilities is to maximize their net profit while maintaining customer loyalty in accordance with the service level agreements (SLAs). Defining the SLAs conservatively might be one easy way to achieve SLA compliance, but this results in underutili...

Over the past two decades, Shanghai, the largest megacity in China, has been coping with unprecedented growth of its economy and population while overcoming previous underinvestment in the health system by the central and local governments. We study the evolution of Shanghai’s healthcare system by analyzing “Avoidable Mortality” (AM) – deaths amenable to public health and healthcare interventio...

This paper explores future prospects of energy service companies (ESCOs) to deliver energy efficiency and other services in the context of fundamental changes occurring in the electricity industry. We briefly review the evolution of the U.S. ESCO industry, including an assessment of current market activity and capabilities, relationship to utilities and demand-side management (DSM) programs, an...