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By Nick Schiffler, GovWin+OnviaHere are 10 smart city projects from the past month that were awarded to a vendor, recently put out to bid or included in an agency’s future spending plan:Recent Contract Awards GovWin+Onvia tracks government projects...
Article - 01/31/2019
Active Region(s): North America
India is witnessing a significant boom in the city gas network and recently held ninth CGD bidding round which offers to cover 174 districts, grouped in 86 geographical areas and spread across 22 Indian states and Union Territories is a testimony of...
Article - 01/29/2019
Active Region(s): India
Implementing smart meters is one of the operational performance parameters under the Government of India’s Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). The scheme would help in reducing AT&C losses. It will also help in monitoring round-the-clock power...
Article - 01/28/2019
Active Region(s): India
Growth in commercial buildings and facilities has led to substantial use of electricity, heat and cooling, consuming almost 90 per cent of the energy bill. In high energy consumption industrial sectors, energy cost is about 30 to 50 per cent of the...
Article - 01/25/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Shivamogga Smart City in Karnataka is leaving no stone unturned to be one of the finest smart cities in India. The city is progressing well in terms of issuance of work orders. The city has issued work orders for projects worth Rs 64.06 crore....
Article - 01/25/2019
Active Region(s): India
Out of 20 cities evaluated in the UK Smart Cities Index, Leeds placed fifth in terms of smart health initiatives. Thanks to its long-term growth strategy “Getting Leeds Working,” Yorkshire’s largest city has created an Innovation Health Hub that...
Article - 01/24/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Health and human services
Under the holistic vision towards bolstering the image of Agra as a truly tech-driven city, a number of noteworthy projects are being implemented across the length and breadth of city’s Area Based Development (ABD) region. Agra’s smart city proposal...
Article - 01/24/2019
Active Region(s): India
To address the challenge of cyber security, the Haryana Government has formed a dedicated department - Information Security Management Office (ISMO), which will help the state authorities in tackling, preventing and detecting various threats along...
Article - 01/23/2019
Active Region(s): India
Burgeoning populations coupled with slow and unorganized development in sewage infrastructure pose a major threat to the sanitation conditions of cities, subsequent river water quality and public health of the inhabitants. According to the report on...
Article - 01/22/2019
Active Region(s): India
Tech corporation ZTE is looking to bring Hungary’s technology up to 21st century standards starting with one major upgrade: a 5G network. While small towns like Szentendre near Budapest have toyed with smart city solutions like Smart Parking systems...
Article - 01/19/2019
Active Region(s): Main, Europe
Category: Citizen engagement strategies and tools
India’s first solar ferry boat, ADITYA has contended its two years (730 days) effective activity in Vaikom, Kerala. The sun-powered transport ferry is manufactured (under the ‘Make In India’ initiative) by NavAlt Solar and Electric Boats, that...
Article - 01/18/2019
Active Region(s): India
Smart Cities Council India (SCCI) in association with Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation (NSSCDC) is organising a Think Table meet on January 31, 2019, at Nagpur. Smart Cities Think Tables (SCTT) are a series of forum sessions...
Article - 01/18/2019
Active Region(s): India
The rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has had strong implications for the zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems market. To keep pace with the rate of digitalization in end-user industries, ZLD vendors have implemented the use of IoT-...
Article - 01/18/2019
Active Region(s): India
Indore, a city in Madhya Pradesh has set an example for wannabe smart cities by clearing over 13 lakh tonne waste in just six months as compared to a mere 2 lakh tonne in the last two years. Under the previous model, the government had outsourced...
Article - 01/18/2019
Active Region(s): India
Predicting what's to come in a new year is at worst guesswork and at best a well-reasoned forecast based on the evolution of trends and developments, things we already know about, that look like they'll have a trajectory well into the future. The...
Article - 01/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
According National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the start-ups in India witnessed a 108% growth in total funding from $2 billion in 2017 to $4.2 billion in 2018. During the year, more than 1,200 startups came up,...
Article - 01/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand has welcomed with much excitement the appointment of Romilly Madew as Infrastructure Australia’s new Chief Executive Officer.“As a long-time friend and industry champion that has relentlessly advocated for...
Article - 01/14/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Accelerate your smart city progressThe third annual Smart Cities Readiness Challenge has closed for applications. Winners will be announced at Smart Cities Week San Diego in April. Register now.In the Smart Cities Readiness Challenge, what...
Article - 01/11/2019
Active Region(s): North America
To enable professional customers to unlock the full potential of connected lighting for the Internet of Things (IoT), Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) launched its new IoT platform. This interactive IoT Platform—Interact—enables...
Article - 01/11/2019
Active Region(s): India
Although smart cities have been provided with some seed money from the Centre and the state, with some to be generated from their own budget, the financial requirement still remains huge as smart city plan has to benefit the entire city and not just...
Article - 01/10/2019
Active Region(s): India