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As urban populations swell, as the number of singles increases -- and as city officials try to make their urban environments more sustainable, livable and economically successful -- down-sized housing provides a way to optimize use of increasingly...
Article - 04/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Built environment, Energy
By Alan Snook, GRID20/20The global evolution of smart cities is gaining tremendous momentum. Leaders are actively embracing the concept of revitalizing cities from a perspective of sustainability. Times are changing and metro-dwellers are...
Article - 04/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
As the buzz around climate change grows louder, cities around the world are celebrating Earth Day. To refresh your memory, Earth Day made its debut on this date in 1970 and, some would say, launched the modern environmental movement.Yet, while eco-...
Article - 04/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
A National Geographic series on smart cities will showcase San Diego in an hour-long documentary scheduled to start airing on the National Geographic Channel in 60 countries beginning April 25. A Times of San Diego report says the documentary "...
Article - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Panama City intends to get smart with help from Cisco Cisco and Panama City announce plan to work together to turn Panama City into a smart city using Council Lead Partner Cisco’s Smart+Connected...
Article - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
While the switch to renewable sources of power, like solar, has great environmental benefits, they are more prone to fluctuations, which makes it more difficult to manage the overall electrical grid. A pilot project in Germany, however, may have...
Article - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Connectivity, Interoperability
When you think of greenhouse gases, you tend to think of the stuff that comes out of a vehicle’s tailpipe. At power plants, you may think only of emissions at facilities that burn fuel. But all electrical facilities use them. They’re used as...
Article - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
The sandstorms created by strong winds flowing through Inner Mongolia blow ever-shifting sand dunes eastward toward cities. The problem is that Inner Mongolia Power Group’s transmission lines provide Beijing with about a sixth of its power, and the...
Article - 04/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
Two recent announcements give us important hints about the future of microgrids. A microgrid encompasses a proscribed area such as a campus, district or military base. It includes some generation on-site or nearby and typically some energy storage...
Article - 04/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
The announcement below from Silver Spring Networks is another example of the company's strong push into street lighting. It also carries messages for cities and for other smart city suppliers. First, smart street lights are about way more than...
Article - 04/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Microsoft makes $3 million YouthSpark investment in Vietnam's digital futureThe investment is part of Council Lead Partner Microsoft's global YouthSpark commitment to empower young people with...
Article - 04/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Connectivity, Finance and procurement
Schneider Electric is taking its experience in energy management and automation to an Alabama school district where it will provide an extensive renovation that will ultimately result in a better environment for students and save the district a lot...
Article - 04/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
With numerous wind, geothermal, solar, biomass and hydropower plants operating throughout North America and elsewhere in the world, Council Lead Partner Enel plans to double its total installed capacity of renewable power generation over the next...
Article - 04/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
A new report from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) highlights 10 innovative technologies that can modernize improve the UK's urban infrastructure. As all 10 are already being used in at least one UK city or town, the GIB suggests the technologies...
Article - 04/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Finance and procurement
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Allied Telesis expands solutions for schools, hospitals, governmentsIP networking leader and Council Lead Partner Allied Telesis expanded its popular range of xSeries distribution switches. The x930...
Article - 04/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity
Speaking at a smart cities conference last year, an Israeli Energy and Water Ministry official declared that the primary goal for smart cities should be to accommodate the needs of all citizens rather than be a collection of smart technologies. In...
Article - 04/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
Learn how Sacramento Municipal Utility District is using situational intelligence applications to increase grid reliability and integrate new energy technologies such as wind and solar power, electric vehicles, energy storage and demand response in...
Resources - 04/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
Ten years ago, Gresham, Oregon's wastewater treatment plant was the city's largest consumer of energy. Now, as you'll read in the case study linked below from Council Associate Partner Veolia, the plant is making as much electricity as it consumes...
Resources - 04/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Examples and case studies
The Brazilian municipality of Bauru -- where soccer superstar Pelé grew up -- takes on high maintenance costs, crash safety and energy savings all in one brilliant play. Read in the case study from Council Lead Partner GE linked below how installing...
Resources - 04/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Examples and case studies