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Mobility infrastructure has been identified as the number one priority for cities seeking to attract investors, and as such it is high on the agenda for many growing cities. The paper linked below from Council Lead Partner Schneider Electric, ...
Resources - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
Improved sensor technologies and firmware applications (that measure, for example, pressure, water quality, and flow), big data analytics tools (leveraged from other industry sectors), and embedded machine-to-machine (M2M) communication and...
Resources - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
In this video from Council Associate Partner SunGard Public Sector, Anna Ward, IT Support Specialist for the City of Ft. Pierce, Florida, talks about how their Blended Web Learning+40 continuing education subscription plan benefits her city,...
Resources - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources
Finding solutions for areas where water is needed the most is a challenge. Watch this short IBM video to learn about a mobile infrastructure system that can release pipeline from helicopters regardless of local geography to get water anywhere.
Resources - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater
This video shows S&C Electric Company's work over a three-month period to construct a 4.1 MW Solar Farm in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The project was built in the midst of winter and was hit by two Nor'easter storms. The video shows how these...
Resources - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy
Orangeburg Department of Public Utilities installed distribution feeder technology from Council Associate Partner Siemens to ensure a reliable power supply to an Ibuprofen plant, an anchor of the economy in the Orangeburg area. Its 10-megawatt load...
Resources - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control
Although they are a hot topic, few fully commercialized state-of-the-art microgrids with significant generation capacity are actually up and running. Nice Grid, a living laboratory located near Nice in the south of France, is one of the rare...
Resources - 06/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy
This video introduces IBM Smarter Water Management solutions for flood and natural resource management and how it enables Dutch water authorities to harness insights from Big Data to transform flood control and management of the water system.
Resources - 06/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
Budget and financial systems officials from the city of Atlanta discuss how they are using Oracle's solution for planning and budgeting to have more confidence in the numbers they are reporting to the mayor and city council. Oracle is a Council...
Resources - 06/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Finance and procurement
This news video explains National Grid's program to pay British companies cash to cut their electricity use in winter months to prevent blackouts. National Grid is a Council Global Partner.
Resources - 06/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy
The EPRI Smart Grid Demonstration Initiative was a seven-year international collaborative research program which studied many different aspects of modernizing the world’s energy grid. Twenty-four utilities from Australia, Canada, France, Ireland,...
Resources - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
In this short video, Laurent Schmitt of Alstom Grid, a Council Global Partner, explains how big data and security are paramount to Alstom's business and future objectives for smart grid systems. He also discusses how Alstom's collaboration with...
Resources - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Europe, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Security and privacy
According to Council Global Partner IBM, in five years the city will help you live in it. You'll play a direct role in the decision-making process, and your city will become a direct reflection of everyone who lives there. Every year IBM makes...
Resources - 05/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
In this video, Adam Shaw of News Super Videos visits Tianjin Eco-City - a city from scratch under development in north east China - to see how it plans to balance urban expansion and the impact on natural resources and the environment. Council...
Resources - 05/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Examples and case studies
Tens of billions of devices and systems are connecting in the Internet of Things, bringing revolutionary changes to cities -- improving traffic flows, boosting building efficiency and maximizing water use, for example. Listen to this Fortune...
Resources - 05/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Connectivity
When a water audit found 39% of the water coming through the Town of Olds' supply line couldn’t be accounted for, it appeared leak repairs might recover enough water to delay the need for expensive infrastructure expansion. The town deployed a...
Resources - 05/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies
If you've wondered how self-driving cars would fare on city streets, this video is your chance to take a look. Google is testing its self-driving cars on the streets of Mountain View, California where its headquarters are located. For more on self-...
Resources - 05/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment
The utility serving Madison, Tennessee used to read its water meters manually every other month, estimating usage in intervening months. Even so, the process took eight to 10 readers, in four to five cars, more than 20 hours. After switching to RF...
Resources - 05/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
London's famous Underground rail system has been around since 1863 but it remains today one of the world's most progressive. Watch the video below to learn how Telent, the company that governs the Underground's operation, is working with Council...
Resources - 04/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
The IBM Intelligent Water Platform for Water Efficiency Management helps public or private water utilities unite siloed data for a holistic, singular view of their entire water infrastructure. It's a proactive approach to maintaining an aging...
Resources - 04/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control