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DIGITAL AI FORESTRY

AI Cities: Smart Tree Inventory & Risk Monitoring modernizes Putrajaya’s urban forestry by combining AI, Mobile LiDAR, and IoT tilt sensors to build a digital twin of 29,000 trees. This initiative enables automated risk assessment, real-time hazard monitoring, and carbon tracking via centralized dashboards. Ultimately, the project optimizes resource management and enhances public safety, serving as a scalable model for climate resilience under the Putrajaya Visionary Smart City 2030 initiative.

OVERVIEW

Putrajaya, Malaysia’s federal administrative capital, hosts over 700,000trees. Traditional management was labour-intensive, reactive, andlimited in detecting risks, monitoring conditions, and long-term planning.To address this, Perbadanan Putrajaya launched AI Cities: Smart TreeInventory & Risk Monitoring with Mapskart Technology, Greehill, andsupport from MDEC. The project combines AI, Mobile LiDAR, DigitalTwin, predictive analytics, and IoT monitoring to modernize urban forestmanagement. ​

​To date, 29,000 trees have been digitally inventoried and modelledusing Greehill’s AI platform, creating a digital twin of Putrajaya’s urbanforest. Additionally, 100 IoT tilt sensors were deployed on high-risk treesvia Mapskart’s solution for real-time monitoring and early warnings. Theplatform enables automated inventory, risk assessment, carbontracking, and predictive maintenance through centralized dashboardsand analytics. ​

​Results include identification of hazardous trees, prioritizedmaintenance, resource optimization, and improved public safety. Theinitiative supports Putrajaya Visionary Smart City 2030 by enhancingclimate resilience, environmental sustainability, and operationalefficiency, and provides a scalable, replicable model for AI-poweredurban forestry. ​

GOALS

Smart Tree Inventory

ENHANCE

  • Drive Urban Sustainability: Leverage advanced green infrastructure technologies to enhance environmental resilience and lower carbon footprints.

  • Optimize Operational Efficiency: Streamline urban asset management through automated tracking, data-driven planning, and resource optimization.

Smart Tree Inventory

PROTECT

  • Proactive Hazard Detection: Deploy real-time IoT sensors and predictive analytics to identify environmental risks and structural anomalies before failures occur.

  • Safeguard Public Spaces: Protect citizens and urban infrastructure by transitioning from labor-intensive reactive maintenance to automated, early-warning interventions.

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Smart Tree Inventory

ACHIEVE

  • Quantify Climate Impact: Utilize AI-powered digital twins and predictive analytics to measure urban tree canopy absorption and accurately track carbon sequestration goals.

  • Accelerate Net-Zero Commitments: Drive targeted carbon-reduction strategies through centralized dashboards, transforming environmental metrics into actionable municipal workflows.

CHALLENGES FACED BY CITY​

This project aims to transform urban forestry using AI, enhancing sustainability, safety, and livability in smart city environment​

Inefficient Municipal Operations

  • The Burden of Reactive Care: Manual, labor-intensive workflows lead to high operational costs and low workforce efficiency.
  • Lagging Intervention Times: Relying on physical inspections delays maintenance, turning manageable issues into costly problems.

Escalate Public Safety Risks

  • Unpredictable Hazard Trajectories: Vulnerable trees risk sudden structural failures, falling branches, and severe storm damage.
  • Threats to Civil Infrastructure: Untracked urban canopy hazards directly compromise resident safety and municipal property.

Environmental Data Blindspots

  • Invisible Ecological Metrics: A complete lack of real-time environmental data leaves carbon sequestration metrics unquantified.
  • Unvouched Green Impacts: Without precise baseline tracking, the actual climate resilience contribution of the urban forest remains unproven.

Fragmented Oversight & Management

  • Siloed Urban Forestry: The absence of a centralized, unified dashboard prevents cross-departmental alignment and predictive insights.
  • Legacy Decision-Making: Relying on outdated data storage instead of an AI-driven monitoring ecosystem handicaps long-term planning.

Elevating Urban Resilience: The Putrajaya Solution

Putrajaya is redefining municipal management through a sophisticated, data-driven ecosystem. By integrating cutting-edge AI, LiDAR, and IoT technologies, we are transforming how cities manage environmental challenges and urban forestry.

Core Value Proposition

This solution offers high-value opportunities for stakeholders interested in scalable, smart city infrastructure and long-term sustainability investments.

  1. Advanced Technological Synergy: Harnessing the combined power of AI, LiDAR, and specialized IoT platforms—including partnerships with industry leaders like greehill—to drive precision urban management.
  2. Next-Generation Digital Twins: We generate comprehensive 3D/4D digital twins of every urban tree, providing unparalleled visibility into physical assets.
  3. Predictive Intelligence: Utilizing predictive analytics to proactively identify risks and streamline maintenance workflows, significantly reducing operational inefficiencies.
  4. Real-Time Command & Control: Deep integration with IoT tilt sensors enables continuous, real-time environmental monitoring directly from the Putrajaya Command Centre.
  5. Unified Strategic Oversight: Featuring integrated, custom-built dashboards designed specifically for Perbadanan Putrajaya to facilitate data-backed executive decision-making.

A Vision for Sustainable Growth: Putrajaya’s Digital Urban Forestry

Putrajaya is establishing itself as a global leader in nature-based smart city solutions. By integrating AI, LiDAR, and IoT, the city is not just managing green assets, but actively enhancing climate resilience and operational performance.

Strategic Value for Perbadanan Putrajaya

  • This deployment provides a scalable model for high-impact infrastructure investment:
  • Enhanced Maintenance: Sustains the health and longevity of Putrajaya’s extensive green spaces.
  • Risk Mitigation: Leverages predictive analytics to identify hazardous trees early, significantly reducing public safety risks.
  • Climate Resilience: Tracks carbon sequestration and mitigates urban heat island effects while optimizing stormwater management.
  • Operational Excellence: Achieves a ~2,757% improvement in efficiency, including 28x faster inventory cycles and 100% real-time monitoring of high-risk assets.
  • Future-Proof Planning: Directly aligns with the long-term objectives of the Putrajaya Visionary Smart City 2025–2035.

Direct Impact on the Community

  • Investment in this technology delivers tangible benefits to the citizens of Putrajaya:
  • Environmental Quality: Promotes cleaner air and a healthier daily living environment.
  • Increased Comfort: Creates cooler, more accessible, and comfortable public spaces.
  • Enhanced Safety: Ensures safer roads and neighborhoods through proactive, data-driven tree risk management.
  • Sustainable Living: Provides guaranteed access to resilient, greener urban environments for the future.

Project Impact: Driving Operational Excellence and Public Safety

The implementation of digital AI-powered forestry represents a significant milestone for urban management in Putrajaya. The project’s impact is categorized into four key areas:

  • Data Production Improvement

    • The system successfully collected data on 29,000 trees in just one week.

    • This initiative delivers approximately a 2,757% improvement in overall operational efficiency.

    • These advancements enable tree inventory processes to be completed 28 times faster than previous methods.

  • Preventive to Proactive Maintenance

    • The project shifts the maintenance strategy from a preventive approach to a proactive one.

    • This shift helps reduce public safety hazards, such as falling branches and storm damage, through proactive maintenance efforts.

  • Real-time Tree Monitoring

    • The city now utilizes IoT-enabled smart forestry infrastructure to provide 100% real-time monitoring of high-risk urban trees.

    • All monitoring is managed directly via the Putrajaya City Command Centre.

  • Centralized Putrajaya Digital AI Forestry Monitoring

    • Perbadanan Putrajaya is now empowered to perform urban forestry monitoring and management proactively.

    • The organization can effectively monitor critical ecological data for all urban forestry assets.