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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
Growing EV popularity presents both an increasing challenge and opportunity for grid operators and utilities, accounting for large, synchronized loads on the electric grid and undesirable demand peaks. Council Associate Partner OSIsoft, a global...
Article - 07/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Building permits aspire to be the next transit times. When cities standardized the way they reported transit conditions, it launched a wave of services and apps to help people better plan their trips. Now cities wonder what software developers could...
Article - 07/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management
Smart cities observe the state of their environment and activities of citizens to provide improved services. The move toward smart cities promises to bring greater automation, intelligent routing and transportation, better monitoring, and better...
Article - 07/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Soon driverless cars could be shuttling people across the Cambridge University campus. Apps and connected transit systems would make it easier for people to travel beyond the campus. And displays along the digital highway would help people figure...
Article - 07/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Citizen engagement
How would you replace your old streetlights with new LEDs for just $1 apiece? That’s the deal some cities are getting and it’s helping to further reduce the already short payback period on the energy-efficient lights.In Massachusetts, Andover city...
Article - 07/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Examples and case studies
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
Having recognised that cities are the engines of growth and are drawing a million people every minute from rural areas, the Government has introduced the ‘Smart City Challenge’, handing over the onus of planned urbanisation to the states. In the...
Article - 07/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
When was the last time your city updated its emergency plan? The way we communicate has changed a lot even over the past few years, so if your city’s website and social media aren’t key parts an emergency plan, it may be time to update it.Like it or...
Article - 07/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement, Data management
Washington, D.C.'s Department of General Services (DGS) signed off on an agreement with Iberdrola Renewables for all of the output from the company's South Chestnut 46 MW wind farm in southwestern Pennsylvania.Not only will the deal provide 35% of...
Article - 07/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Policy and leadership
Speaking at the Smart Cities Council India's first tour stop in Ahmedabad were, left to right: Camille Richardson of the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai; Pratap Padode, founder of Smart Cities Council India; Vishal Kundra of AECOM, and Neelesh Kelkar...
Article - 07/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Waste management, Policy and leadership
Imagine a day where people could instantly harness and interact with the abundance of data around them. What if a bus stop became a source of real-time departure updates? Or if a pothole on your walk to work became a platform for good citizen...
Article - 07/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity
When a comprehensive energy efficiency upgrade is completed for the 82 buildings on three community college campuses in the San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD), the district will be the first in California to integrate building...
Article - 07/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
As the Internet of Things grows by leaps and bounds, one lingering question remains: Are the network pipelines big enough to get all that data where it needs to go in a timely manner? While companies are exploring a variety of solutions, GE is...
Article - 07/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
A lack of funding has always been a common obstacle that developing nations have struggled to overcome. But a new initiative promises to make it easier for those who want to invest to give, and for those who need the investment to receive.Council...
Article - 07/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) intends to invest up to £10 million in a single collaborative R&D project to demonstrate the capability of the Internet of Things (IoT) in an urban area.The competition -- delivered by...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
Council Lead Partner Ooredoo's new Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management System (EMR) works through a dedicated connection to give Qatar's healthcare community a way to efficiently handle patient information. The service is intended to...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity
Washington Canal ParkOpen space projects from around the globe competed in the Urban Land Institute's 2015 Urban Open Space Award program. Six finalists were recently announced, with a winner to be named in October at ULI's fall meeting.The award,...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development
Maybe it just seems like Bechtel has an affinity for huge, challenging projects. It recently reached the halfway mark on London’s daunting Crossrail underground rail system. Now it has embarked on a massive tunneling project beneath Saudi Arabia’s...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation
There’s no question that cities are growing fast. Meantime, there’s more attention than ever on cutting carbon emissions in an attempt to mitigate climate change.The two trends seem mutually exclusive, but a new report shared by Council Lead Partner...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Instrumentation and control