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Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Johnson Controls acquires TriatekCouncil Lead Partner Johnson Controls has acquired the assets of Triatek, a company that provides airflow solutions for buildings....
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Data management, Instrumentation and control
If you haven’t already given some thought into making your streetlights smarter, now is a good time to start. Smart streetlights are a great first smart cities project because they provide tangible benefits, they’re relatively easy to deploy and...
Article - 06/22/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
In an age where your smartphone can tell you exactly when you need to leave to arrive on time, for many people, the level of service they get from utilities can seem a bit ancient. After all, water utilities still occasionally surprise homeowners...
Article - 03/30/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
Don't think that smart city innovations come only from big cities. Consider, for instance, what is taking place in eastern Washington and parts of Idaho. As you will read below, the regional utility is modernizing its electric and gas infrastructure...
Article - 05/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cubic tapped to roll out intelligent transport in Manchester, UKCubic Transportation Systems, a Council Lead Partner, was chosen to deliver Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) new Optimized...
Article - 05/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
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
Scroll down for today's short takes from Council partners…UK power giant first to go live with innovative GE technology UK Power Networks -- the United Kingdom's largest power distribution company -- is the first to implement Council Lead Partner...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity, 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
By Sharelynn Moore, ItronToday, populations continue to grow rapidly within the world’s urban areas. For the first time ever, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This growth, coupled with aging infrastructure is putting...
Article - 02/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
Council Lead Partner Itron will supply a powerful new communications platform designed to help improve the reliability and efficiency of a large power grid in Brazil.AES Eletropaulo, which serves 6.8 million customers in the state of São Paulo,...
Article - 12/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
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 many parts of the world, customers can prepay their electricity bills just as they can prepay cell phone minutes. In North America, however, prepay is relatively rare. Many regulators and consumer advocates have always feared that utilities would...
Article - 11/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, 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
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
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
By expanding its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) capabilities in North America with its cellular solution for water utilities, Itron says utilities are able to collect real-time consumption and flow analysis, pressure data and meter data from...
Article - 06/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council Partners…Itron wins Bangladesh contract: Itron will supply 8,600 prepaid gas meters to the national utility of Bangladesh, Titus Gas Transmission and Distribution Co. According to a report at metering.com,...
Article - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
Council members are on an international roll in this week's spotlight. Scroll down to read about Enel's new pact in China, Itron's water technology roll out in Saudia Arabia, Alstom's transformer swap in India and ABB's work on a smart grid pilot in...
Article - 04/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
Paul Nelsen, Senior Director of Smart Grid APAC at Council Lead Partner Itron, talks about the opportunities, challenges and solutions facing Asian utilities at Asian Utility Week 2015.
Resources - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Analytics, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
When a water audit found 39% of the water coming through the Town of Olds' supply line couldn’t be accounted for, it appeared leak repairs might recover enough water to delay the need for expensive infrastructure expansion. The town deployed a...
Resources - 05/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies