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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
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
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
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
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