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Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental signs on to develop connected EVs in ChinaCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will work with China's Didi Chuxing to develop connected electric...
Article - 07/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Security and privacy
China has been taking smart cities seriously for years and is following an ambitious strategy to build them throughout the country. It doesn't have much choice. China's population of about 1.4 billion is expected to roughly double in 15 years, and...
Article - 03/11/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Computing resources
China’s stated intent to be the world’s smart city technology leader in five years is certainly ambitious. It also seems to be a matter of necessity for the country.As readers know, people are moving from rural and other outlying areas into the...
Article - 11/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Policy and leadership, Policy frameworks and tools
In the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Tianjin, China, Itron deployed one network that runs three meters -- water, electricity and gas.While India's goal of 100 smart cities typically comes to mind first when one thinks of Asian smart city...
Article - 07/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Security and privacy
SolarCity has a reputation as an innovator. It was the first solar company to offer customers financing for little or no upfront costs, and buyers have responded enthusiastically. Now the company wants to sell its new turnkey microgrids-as-a-service...
Article - 03/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
India’s efforts to create 100 new smart cities are still in the early stages, though one major milestone is approaching fast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made the pledge, says the government will unveil its smart cities policy on March 31.One...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples
As city leaders, academics and leading smart cities practitioners from around the world gather for the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona this week, Smart Cities Council members are sharing their expertise and thought leadership on a host...
Article - 11/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
In the early days of this "Internet of Things" (IoT) revolution, most of the intelligence sat in the center of the network in the form of large computers. As we move forward, however -- as we transition from thousands to millions to billions of...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
In the Smart Cities Readiness Guide, we encourage cities to "think big, but start small" when plotting their smart city roadmap. Early success with a relatively low-cost, high-impact starter project can garner support from citizens, the business...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Examples
Scroll down for short take from Council members…EDF wins $850 million hydro project in Cameroon: Electricite de France got the green light to build an $850 million hydroelectric plant in Edea, a small town in the West African nation of Cameroon....
Article - 07/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control
Located in the heart of the Mediterranean and known for its stable economy and pro-business government, Malta is a group of small islands 50 miles to the south of Sicily. Home to roughly 400,000 people, it has the highest population density in...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/05/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online