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The 1st SmartCitiesCouncil® - Europe Stakeholders’ Assembly recently took place in Dublin, Ireland on the 9th of November. The day’s theme was Accelerating your innovation economy and focused on how smart city solutions can advance innovation and...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities
Santander, the capital of Spain’s autonomous region on the northern coast of Spain, was once home to a royal summer residence and still seeks to showcase this “aristocratic atmosphere” while providing visitors and citizens with another view: waste-...
Article - 10/09/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Waste management
Milan is one of a handful of cosmopolitan cities thrusting billions of euros into neglected neighbourhoods as part of a modernization plan that will make the city more attractive—and sustainable—than ever. Dubbed CityLife Park, the inspiration for...
Article - 06/18/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Waste management, Water and wastewater
The city of Hamburg currently ranks second-largest in Germany, with population of 1.8 million that’s expected to grow 20 percent by 2045. Not only is the city a cosmopolitan one, it’s also one of the country’s industrial hubs, with Europe’s third-...
Article - 05/30/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Waste management
Running an island is hard work. Sure, some like Ibiza thrive as vacation destinations and profit from tourism, but due to their insularity, many are heavily dependent on energy—especially fossil fuels. Islands are also faced with the challenge of...
Article - 11/29/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
In India, where there are cities struggling to provide even basic amenities to their tax-paying citizens, a village in Gujarat—Punsari—is equipped with modern amenities like CCTV cameras, WiFi and a renewable energy power station. However, a...
Article - 08/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
Solapur, a textile and bidi manufacturing hub, is one of the major cities of Maharashtra that attracts a sizeable number of visitors for business or commercial purposes. The city is also of religious importance with more than five lakh pilgrims...
Article - 08/03/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Waste management, Citizen engagement
Coimbatore with a decadal growth rate of around 20% is a rapidly growing city in the state of Tamil Nadu. Known as Manchester of India, the city is undertaking numerous initiatives towards improving basic services and quality of life of citizens....
Article - 07/26/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
Indore, being the largest and the most populous city in Madhya Pradesh with a population of around 20 lakh (according to the 2011 census), the Indore Municipal Corporation considers sanitation and solid waste management as its topmost priority....
Article - 07/25/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Transportation, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Data management
Tackling waste is a problem of plenty. However, by just implementing comprehensive waste segregation and management plan, Mahabalipuram, a temple town in Tamil Nadu, has shown the entire country how to be 100 per cent waste-free. Surprisingly, the...
Article - 07/18/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Waste management
For many cities, it's a familiar story. Growth is a good thing. It means more and more people are attracted to your city. But it also means city governments need to come up with the resources to expand and improve services to meet the expectations...
Article - 04/06/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
As the world population explodes, so does the amount of trash generated. In fact, just this decade, the amount of waste generated worldwide could double.Below you’ll read about several cities that are putting the brakes on that wasteful growth. As...
Article - 04/06/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
Washington, D.C. officials have developed the strategies that will help them achieve their long-term vision for a truly connected smart city. Now, working with Council Lead Partner Cisco, the district is taking the next step: building the framework...
Article - 10/28/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity
Collecting trash from public places using a traditional paper-based scheduling and tracking system – and sometimes by using intuition and memory – isn't the most efficient way to stay ahead of accumulated trash. In January, Edinburgh city officials...
Article - 09/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.Siemens offers new power grid automation systemCouncil Associate Partner Siemens is marketing a new telecontrol and power grid automation system intended for use in distribution network automation,...
Article - 09/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners...Schneider Electric, Black & Veatch chosen for military advanced microgrid projectCouncil Lead Partner Schneider Electric and Associate Partner Black & Veatch have been chosen to develop one...
Article - 07/12/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Waste management, Connectivity
According to the media, there is a recycling crisis. Some recyclers are losing millions and closing facilities. Some materials that used to be valuable aren’t any longer. Packaging trends have made others more expensive to reuse.But people WANT to...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
IBM, Cisco and Microsoft ranked as the top three smart city suppliers by Navigant ResearchCouncil Lead Partners IBM, Cisco and Microsoft were named the top three smart city suppliers in the recent Navigant Research Leaderboard Report. These smart...
Article - 05/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Waste management, Connectivity
If your city is dirty, there are a lot of reasons why you need to clean it up. Trash piles attract rodents, creating a public health problem. Filth can also make your city less attractive for economic development.Illegal dumping not only makes the...
Article - 03/16/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
With city populations expected to grow at an increasing rate for the next 10 years or so, cities are doing everything they can to keep up with the demand for improved and expanded services and a better quality of life -- and do it while...
Article - 02/19/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Waste management