4.3.1 Collaborating for new employment initiative .................................................................... 181 4.4 Business-led job creation ................................................................................................ 181 4.4.1 Benefits of Sidewalk Labs’ vision . ................................................................................. 181 4.4.2 Toronto’s growing tech and startup ecosystem .................................................................. 181 4.4.3 Job creation repartitions ........................................................................................... 181 4.5 Welcoming of minorities .................................................................................................. 182 5. Housing and energy ...................................................................................................... 182 5.1 A way to fight climate change ............................................................................................ 182 5.2 Creating low-energy buildings ........................................................................................... 182 5.3 Optimizing buildings’ energy systems ................................................................................... 182 5.4 Making full electrification affordable .................................................................................... 183 5.5 Using clean energy to heat and cool buildings ........................................................................ 183 5.6 Converting organic waste into clean energy ........................................................................... 184 6. Governance .................................................................................................................. 184 6.1 Information on local government decision making . ................................................................... 184 6.2 Corruption among city officials .......................................................................................... 185 6.3 Feedback from citizens ................................................................................................... 185 7. Data management ........................................................................................................ 185 7.1 Sidewalk Labs’ attempt to create the core conditions for digital innovation ....................................... 186 7.2 Providing more affordable and flexible digital infrastructure ........................................................ 186 7.2.1 A seamless and secure neighborhood-wide network .......................................................... 186 7.2.2 Using distributed credential infrastructure to protect privacy ................................................. 186 7.3 Enabling third party innovation .......................................................................................... 186 7.4 Using best-in-class resiliency and security ............................................................................ 187 7.5 Creating a trusted process for responsible data use (RDU) .......................................................... 187 7.5.1 Setting a straightforward process for urban data use or collection .......................................... 187 7.5.2 Detection and auditability .......................................................................................... 187 8. Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 188 List of Figures Figures Figure 6.1 - Sidewalk Labs’s public transportation plan (Sidewalk Labs, 2017) ....................................... 172 Figure 6.2 – City freight and delivery service plan – (Sidewalk Labs, 2017) . ............................................ 175 Figure 6.3 - Dynamic curbs to reduce traffic congestion (Sidewalk Labs, 2017) ....................................... 176 Figure 6.4 - Street design (Sidewalk Labs, 2017) .......................................................................... 176 Figure 6.5 - Corruption perception index (Trading economics, 2019) ................................................... 185 Sources .............................................................................................................................. 189 165 Quélin and Smadja | HEC PARIS | SMART CITIES | The sustainable program of six leading cities | 2021