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Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $45 million investment to help U.S. cities use innovation to tackle urban problems. The foundation invited 80 cities to apply for its Innovation Delivery grants. Innovation Delivery is a model that uses best-in-...
Article - 08/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools
City officials hoping to see more electric vehicles quietly moving along their streets should take note of growing momentum behind wireless EV charging.Car manufacturers are starting to show strong interest in the expedient method of powering up EV...
Article - 08/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation
If you aren’t the person who’s snapping and posting selfies everywhere you go, you may find the trend a bit annoying. Police, however, aren’t tired of selfies. In fact, they want us to snap more of them. It turns out, they’re a huge help in cracking...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the eighth of 17 themes defined in the standard -- health indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report)...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
Shipping cargo has always involved a fair amount of trucking and a pilot project from Council Associate Partner Siemens hopes to make that part of the journey much more environmentally friendly.Siemens is building the first electric highway, it...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Instrumentation and control
The Australian city of Adelaide in June launched AdelaideFree, a wholesale makeover of its free citywide WiFi network. This public-private joint venture involved installing nearly 200 new wireless access points from SCC Lead Partner Cisco. Another...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
CityNext, the smart cities initiative from Council Lead Partner Microsoft, just celebrated its first anniversary and the company is using the occasion to highlight some of its key results so far.The initiative brings together partners, solutions,...
Article - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the seventh of 17 themes defined in the standard – governance indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report...
Article - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
Are hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars still a contender in the race for zero-emission automobiles? Or are battery-propelled electric cars so established that fuel cell cars -- vehicles that run on electricity using a fuel cell powered by hydrogen --...
Article - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation
Earlier this month Council Lead Partner Itron announced that the city of Bismarck, North Dakota’s water department selected it to help modernize its water distribution system. Keep reading, because there are some things going on in Bismarck that...
Article - 08/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
It’s a common problem in many cities. People walking on the sidewalks are so engrossed with what’s on their smartphone screens that they don’t see traffic around them. And people texting in their cars don’t notice pedestrians.One day, the...
Article - 08/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
There’s no question why communities want super high-speed gigabit Internet service. Cities that have it, like Chattanooga, Tenn., and Kansas City, Mo., have attracted high-tech companies, creating thousands of jobs.Given the economic gains on the...
Article - 08/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Connectivity
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the sixth of 17 themes defined in the standard -- fire and emergency response indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘...
Article - 08/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Public safety and security
The former Google engineer who had a strong hand in fixing the federal government’s HealthCare.gov website has a few thoughts that could help guide city web projects, too.Mikey Dickerson was just named administrator of the new United States Digital...
Article - 08/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
How do you pay for 100 new smart cities? India may turn to the municipal bond market – an investment tool that seems to have fallen out of favor in that country.The last time municipal bonds were issued in India was 2010, and it involved a state...
Article - 08/15/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the fifth of 17 themes defined in the standard – finance indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report) and...
Article - 08/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Finance and procurement
Scroll down for this week's short takes from Council members …Qualcomm ups commitment to mobile learning with acquisition of EmpoweredU: Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Council Lead Partner Qualcomm, wants to continue to demonstrate how...
Article - 08/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
Getting a handle on the emerging and evolving smart cities movement is a challenge. Industry advocates like the Smart Cities Council and tech companies like Council Lead Partner IBM understand this challenge and have stepped up to help city leaders...
Article - 08/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools
Below is an excerpt from Jesse Berst's article on how social media analytics can help city leaders use their resources most effectively. The original article, which you can read in its entirety here, appears in the Innovation Insights section of...
Article - 08/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Excerpted from Smart Grid Watch with permission from Siemens, a Council Associate Partner.Autonomy and flexibility can support energy resilience, while also benefitting the power grid. Earlier this year, the Savona campus of the University of Genoa...
Article - 08/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control