Brussels, 10/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is currently faced by a sizeable challenge - that of how best to design and adapt cities into smart, intelligent and sustainable environments, to create “smart cities”. Sixty-eight percent of Europeans live in urban areas and consume 70% of EU energy and, each year, congestion costs Europe about 1% of GDP. Bottlenecks and road accidents are on the rise, air quality is severely endangered and noise pollution is increasing. On...