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It's a truism that a smart city requires a holistic viewpoint, one that crosses departments and views the city as a whole. But what does that mean in practice? And how does one begin to take steps in that direction?Council Lead Partner Microsoft and...
Article - 02/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
Short takes spotlighting Smart Cities Council Partners and Advisors…Itron simplifies smart grid and AMI deployments: If smarter water, electricity or gas is on your city's to-do list, you'll be interested in a new offering from Council Lead Partner...
Article - 02/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Payments, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Bangalore, India's population has swelled from 5.4 million in 2000 to over 10 million today, putting a huge strain on the city's water supply and distribution system. The two rivers that are the city's main sources of water cannot meet the demand,...
Article - 02/26/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
As renewable energy costs decrease and the need to combat climate change increases, cities are at the forefront of more efficient, more sustainable and more reliable power systems. The Clean Coalition is helping them.The Coalition is a nonprofit...
Article - 02/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
As you will read in the press release below, a new study has calibrated the money-saving potential of smart streetlights. It's important to note that the savings can come in many ways. One is the energy saved by switching to LEDs. Another is the...
Article - 02/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Finance and procurement, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
Smart Cities Council Advisor the Open Geospatial Consortium is out with an updated standard of great relevance to all cities. It creates a standard way to describe and geo-locate sensors, actuators and processors. We are rapidly moving to a...
Article - 02/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
Last week more than 20 U.S. business and industry groups gathered to share plans for ensuring workers have the knowledge and skills needed for a modern economy. Convened by ACT Foundation and Business Roundtable, the National Network of Business...
Article - 02/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
CH2M HILL, DNV GL and Sungard Public Sector Join the Fast Growing Smart Cities Council Three More Global Leaders Demonstrate Commitment to a Smarter, Sustainable Future(Washington, DC) February 19, 2014 - The Smart Cities Council, an industry...
Article - 02/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Cities around the world are bemoaning the "new normal" of super storms and super floods. Fortunately, today's technologies provide some solutions.In any natural disaster, Job One is to get the power back on. Communities that opt for local microgrids...
Article - 02/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy
There are mixed reactions to the arrival in Pittsburgh of two rideshare companies – San Francisco-based Lyft and Uber. Their model is to enlist drivers who use their own vehicles to provide taxi-like services, connecting with riders via smartphone...
Article - 02/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Transportation, Policy and leadership
Council Associate Partner Opower has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) according to the Wall Street Journal. Opower helps utility customers reduce their bills by giving them comparisons to similar households and personalized recommendations...
Article - 02/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
To illustrate how smart grids shape smart cities, an EDF pilot in Carros, France intends to turn passive residential and business consumers into active “pro-sumers" – or producer-consumers. They're participants in the multi-dimensional Nice Grid...
Article - 02/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control
In a bid to ramp up government services using technology, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is contemplating the use of drones to deliver government documents like driver's licenses and national ID cards to citizens.In fact, the AP reports that the oil...
Article - 02/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
With hundreds of apps created by and for cities, our Smart Cities Apps Gallery is the place to go if you're looking for ideas for smartphone apps that will delight folks in your city. For example, here are a couple stress-reducing traffic apps we...
Article - 02/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
As the smart city marketplace ramps up, vendors are searching for ways to differentiate themselves. Increasingly, companies are competing through collaboration. That is, they are building worldwide partner networks to extend their expertise and...
Article - 02/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Writing on the EDF Energy Exchange blog, Kate Zerrenner reviews the energy and water chapters of the Smart Cities Readiness Guide. Here is a brief excerpt from her review:Cities today face an unprecedented amount of challenges. Transportation...
Article - 02/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: The SCC Readiness Guide
Cities Today interviews Jesse Berst, Smart Cities Council Chairman, and James Denton-Brown, civil infrastructure planning manager at Bechtel, on the Smart Cities Readiness Guide. Here are excerpts:Berst: “To our knowledge there is nothing else like...
Article - 02/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: The SCC Readiness Guide
GCN interviews Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst on how cities large and small can benefit from cloud computing. Here's an excerpt:“The cloud is what lets cities big and small leapfrog to the state of the art, without having to go through a...
Article - 02/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Two publications highlight Bechtel's role as a Council Lead Partner and the company's participation in the development of the Smart Cities Readiness Guide. Scroll down for excerpts from Project magazine and ConstruTech.Project interviews James...
Article - 02/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: The SCC Readiness Guide
That the biggest police department in the U.S. is testing Google Glass as a potential law enforcement tool attracted a lot of attention after VentureBeat put out the story last week. A few days later the New York Police Department confirmed it is...
Article - 02/12/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control