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By Michael Di MatteoOur visions for smart cities — with lush vegetated buildings, pristine living streams and lakes, and resilience to weather extremes — will be realised only if we plan for our most precious resource: water.In this article,...
Article - 07/21/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
The smart cities movement has been part of the arc of technological evolution. Now providing a framework for more liveable, workable and sustainable city making, the smart cities movement promotes these outcomes through the application of...
Article - 05/23/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
As ACCANZ continues its collaboration with the Internet of Things Alliance Australia, we learn more every day on the variety of applications emerging across local government, and university campuses, to name a few. Senors and actuators are being...
Article - 04/25/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Some say that it could be the year of the dashboard. With efforts underway at various levels in Australia, to build data management platforms, and other city performance frameworks, it’s nice to see examples of where success is being realised on the...
Article - 03/28/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater
Water utilities historically don't like to move quickly. They're cautious. They prefer predictable, safe, incremental change. But at a time when demand for water is increasing at twice the rate of population growth, the old utility business model...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Around the world, there has been very little relief from drought, according to the latest analysis from the National Integrated Drought Information System. With no relief and a bleak forecast, more cities are looking for innovative solutions to...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" goes the old joke. So is an earthquake. “The rebuilding of Christchurch following the 2011 earthquakes presents an extraordinary opportunity to fit the city with sensors and hardware, to collect data that will...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership