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By Teena MaddoxFebruary 1, 2017The Smart Cities Council has named the 10 cities that are finalists in the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant program, and five of the cities will receive readiness workshops tailored to their smart...
Article - 02/07/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater
It's the reality so many cities know all too well. Urban populations are growing and that means more people depending on them for essential city services, whether it's mass transit, public safety, energy, water or the other services that make cities...
Article - 11/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Our story summarizes new research that should interest city officials, particularly those in coastal communities subject to frequent damaging storms. In addition to explaining why wetlands are useful in disaster situations—and this is a key takeaway...
Article - 11/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
By Tim LaceyExtreme weather. Economic uncertainty. Urban population growth. These forces are changing what it means for a city to manage resources. Water, materials, money, energy and labor are being optimized in ways that are more connected and...
Article - 10/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Water and wastewater
In just the past few years, we’ve seen just how devastating severe storms can be to coastal areas. And as sea levels rise, that threat is only going to get worse.So what can you do to mitigate the risk? Council Lead Partner Bechtel is finding that...
Article - 11/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater
The acceleration of urban growth is undeniable. Cities experience it now and forecasts say there's much more to come. The UN expects that by 2050 the world's urban population will be as large as the total population of the world was in 2002. And the...
Article - 10/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
New projections for climate-change induced coastal flooding in the U.S. have a best-case and worst-case scenario, but even the best outcome isn’t very good. Hundreds of communities are past the so-called point of no return, which means that at least...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Water and wastewater
Walk around California’s Catalina Island and you see plenty of water – sometimes water as far as the eye can see. But the island is one of those hardest hit by the extreme drought that is plaguing the state.A mandatory 25% reduction in water use...
Article - 09/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Built environment, Economic development, Water and wastewater
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Civic Resource Group joins Microsoft CityNext Associate SCC Partner Civic Resource Group International (CRG) is partnering with the Microsoft CityNext initiative, the technology giant’s effort to...
Article - 05/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
If you want gold or other precious metals, you have to go mining for them, right? Actually, they’re probably already sitting right atop your city’s streets -- perhaps millions of dollars worth.With every street a veritable gold mine, Council...
Article - 05/05/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Water and wastewater
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
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Schneider Electric technology will automate new Las Vegas showplace Council Lead Partner Schneider Electric has signed a multi-year agreement to become the first "founding partner" of the new Las...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
A new report, Infrastructure Crisis, Sustainable Solutions: Rethinking Our Infrastructure Investment Strategies, says it’s not just our infrastructure that’s getting old. A significant number of the people who know how to fix our roads, electric...
Article - 11/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater
The World Bank is making its biggest investments in infrastructure, energy, and clean water projects in several years, but it is disappointed that it has to.This fiscal year, it says it will commit $24.2 billion in financing, an increase of 45% from...
Article - 07/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Finance and procurement
Are you with a startup making groundbreaking progress with smart cities? If your idea would work in Dubai, you could end up featured as a showcase at the upcoming Smart City Living Dubai conference.A contest leading up to the conference hopes to...
Article - 07/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater
As the smart city market accelerates, many of the world's industrial giants are creating a smart city portfolio, supplying one or more pieces of the total solution. But it can be difficult to understand the breadth of their offering when viewing...
Article - 03/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Q&A with Rob McGreevy, VP Platform and Applications, Software SolutionsRob McGreevy has always had an interest in automation. As a student at the University of Iowa, he liked to experiment with early home automation products. He then took a part...
Article - 02/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" goes the old joke. So is an earthquake. “The rebuilding of Christchurch following the 2011 earthquakes presents an extraordinary opportunity to fit the city with sensors and hardware, to collect data that will...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership