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Nearly 500 U.S. cities and counties with populations over 25,000 participated in a recent survey by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and the Smart Cities Council on a range of topics around smart city initiatives, policies...
Article - 10/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Research, publications and web sites
It was several years ago that I heard from a French company about a secret to their smart city success. "We always involve the local universities," they explained. "They are a source of innovative ideas, they understand local priorities and they are...
Article - 08/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
I talk to cities and companies around the world about what works and what doesn't. Over and over again, I hear that local universities are an important piece of the smart city puzzle. Universities often work directly with cities to identify...
Article - 01/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Research, publications and web sites
Smart and green cities are increasingly viewed as central to achieving a low-carbon, prosperous and resilient future. A recent report by The Global Commission on Energy and Climate, which includes former finance ministers and prestigious research...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
A new study -- 2015 Strategic Directions: U.S. Elecric Industry Report -- from Council Associate Partner Black & Veatch illustrates the complex changes electric utilities are grappling with today. Among them:Shifts in regulatory focusIncreased...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
Council Lead Partner Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, recently completed a two-year real-world study of electric cars. The multi-purpose study, referred to as eMerge, yielded a lot of information about driver behavior, EV technology and...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Research, publications and web sites
A study from Council Lead Partner MasterCard found that British citizens are gradually warming up to using their mobile phones to pay for goods and services.Following the launch of mobile payment program Apple Pay at over 250,000 locations...
Article - 07/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
An important new report from Black & Veatch shows how water utilities are taking steps to prepare themselves for both short-term system shocks and long-term sustainability. Black & Veatch’s 2015 Strategic Directions: U.S. Water Industry...
Article - 06/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
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
Gartner expects phenomenal growth in the number of connected things due to more intense urbanization and a need for city leaders to find the right balance between limited resources and environmental sustainability issues.And that growth is a boon...
Article - 03/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
Self-driving cars are such an appealing idea that they are currently undergoing a particularly intense case of the technology life cycle. That's the theory that new innovations first reach a peak of overinflated expectations, then a trough of...
Article - 02/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
A professor at Lancaster University in the UK has won £171,495 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to lead a study of how the Internet of Things (IoT) can benefit problems from flooding and agricultural pollution to animal...
Article - 12/19/2014
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Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
The worldwide smart cities market hasn’t quite reached $1 trillion yet, but a new research report forecasts that another major milestone won’t be far behind. Frost & Sullivan predicts the global market will be worth $1.56 trillion by 2020.That’s...
Article - 12/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Waste management, Research, publications and web sites
A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examining the strategy and execution of 16 leading smart city suppliers identifies Council Lead Partners Cisco and IBM as the leaders in the smart cities technology market.The researchers analyzed...
Article - 11/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Research, publications and web sites
Rates at for some stormwater utilities are the same today as they were 10 years ago. And a new report from Council Associate Partner Black & Veatch finds utilities may be paying an increasing cost for those steady rates.The 2014 Stormwater...
Article - 11/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Research, publications and web sites
A new report published by Cisco and the Smart Cities Council polled city leaders in North America on ways to help cities accelerate their smart city initiatives. Released Thursday at the Internet of Things World Forum in Chicago, the survey provides...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
Do residents think their city is as smart as city officials do? A new survey finds the answer is probably not.In fact, few people have even heard of the term “smart cities.” That's according to Roberta Gamble of Frost & Sullivan, writing for...
Article - 09/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Citizen engagement, Research, publications and web sites
The popular smart city rankings conducted annually since 2011 by Council Advisor Boyd Cohen and published by Fast Company have been enhanced this year with expanded indicators, a new advisory panel, a new collaborator and an exciting invitation for...
Article - 07/11/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools, Research, publications and web sites
You could pack along that futuristic sci-fi bestseller when you head to the beach this summer. Or, instead, you could dig deeper into the smart city movement where, in fact, the future is arriving now. If you opt for the latter, here are five...
Article - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Research, publications and web sites
A new report from Navigant Research anticipates that light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will be the leading lamp type for outdoor lighting systems in just 10 years. This isn't a big surprise, given LED prices continue to fall and cities are starting to...
Article - 05/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites