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Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Itron tapped to modernize Italy's natural gas distribution systemLinea Distribuzione, the natural gas provider in eight provinces in Northern Italy, has signed a contract with Council Lead Partner...
Article - 05/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Public safety and security, Transportation, Instrumentation and control
Siemens and partners will assess the feasibility of a community microgrid for Sherburne, New York. It was one of communities to win $100,000 in microgrid development money in the state's NY Prize competition to protect critical infrastructure.The...
Article - 05/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control
Virtual buildings inspections are relatively new but the technology looks promising -- promising enough for San Bernadino County's Building and Safety Division of the Land Use Services Department to take it out for a spin."Using technology to make...
Article - 05/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Computing resources, Connectivity
When your city’s budget is cut, it’s easy to see the glass as half empty. And that’s exactly what many cities are doing by cutting or slowing down their sustainability initiatives.But some see the glass as half full -- and it's a strategy that is...
Article - 05/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
How do the biggest cities in the U.S. collect their residents' recyclables? The same way many towns across the country do these days -- in a single container.A research report from Resource Recycling says that nine of the 10 largest American cities...
Article - 05/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
Most agree smartphone apps can help people in a host of ways and even build stronger connections between citizens and their government. But they do require an investment.A new report from Council Lead Partner IBM can help give you an idea whether...
Article - 05/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Cities worldwide share a daunting challenge: where to find the talent to manage the technologies that make smart cities possible.Johannesburg – South Africa's largest city -- recently unveiled its approach, a program referred to as COJEDI to educate...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
Smart cities are safe, they're energy efficient and they're innovative – and new rankings highlight cities leading the pack in each of those categories. Scroll down for details.Most innovative cityA.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm,...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Policy and leadership
We live in an age where cars that can prevent accidents, drones can inspect areas that are too dangerous for people, high-speed wireless networks can help monitor the sick at home. But Qualcomm says the most amazing thing isn’t the technology or how...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Computing resources, Connectivity, Interoperability
When we turn on our computers, we take for granted that the power is there. Behind the scenes, however, that power is there because utilities knew you were going to need it -- perhaps even before you did.Getting the energy use forecasts right is a...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
Snow rarely falls in Atlanta, so when it did, the media was so busy covering the impacts downtown that suburbs got lost in the flurries. That’s when one discovered the power of social media.The Johns Creek Police Department used technology from...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
Writing for Electricity Today, Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst discusses the move to smart cities and how utilities can profit from forthcoming changes and technologies. See a brief excerpt below and click here to read the full article."I...
Article - 05/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Worrisome as the drought that's parched regions around the world is, a new global study from Veolia and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) finds rapidly deteriorating water quality will affect far more people and put...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater
The adoption rate for the Internet of Things (IoT), the M2M technology made possible by the connectivity of secure networks and cloud infrastructure, is growing – and that growth will accelerate as more and more applications take advantage of its...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity
By the middle of 2016, IBM will have made Smarter Cities Challenge grants to more than 130 cities worldwide chosen from more than 600 applicants, with nearly 800 of IBM top experts delivering pro bono services valued at more than USD $66 million....
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Analytics, Computing resources
It's common knowledge that urban populations in several countries are swelling quickly as more and more residents choose to take advantage of the economic and other benefits of city living -- and that the trend is not likely to slow anytime soon....
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
A competition hosted by the London Mayor's Office and the Institute for Sustainability is encouraging small businesses and entrepreneurs to develop new forms of technology to help major regeneration projects cope with the demands of London’s growing...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement
With no access to an electric grid, two primary schools in rural Zambia would have been unable to provide computer science lessons for their students without some technological assistance. Council Lead Partner S&C Electric, in conjunction with...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Energy, Health and human services
At a time when budgets are tight and urban populations are growing, city planners and developers don't have the luxury of taking on major projects and simply hoping for the best outcome. Fortunately, new tools are continually being developed to take...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
It sounds like a solution a child might offer: How do you end homelessness? Give them homes. Most people would dismiss that answer as a crazy idea, but Utah gave it a try and found that it really works.Utah cut homelessness by so much that it now...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Policy and leadership