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Calgary, Alberta already has a track record for innovation, thanks to its commitment to a long-term vision for a communication infrastructure that connects as many assets as possible to improve city services. And that commitment is yielding...
Article - 12/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
The announcement this week that Kansas City is expanding its Smart City program didn't come as much of a surprise. The program, which kicked off two years ago in conjunction with its KC Streetcar project, was initiated in relatively small but...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
It sounds like a smart cities project: set up areas to serve as living labs so smart technologies and applications can be tested as solutions for local problems. There is no dominant city in the area, so San Mateo County and its partners are using a...
Article - 05/24/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Johnson Controls acquires TriatekCouncil Lead Partner Johnson Controls has acquired the assets of Triatek, a company that provides airflow solutions for buildings....
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Data management, Instrumentation and control
It takes smart, highly skilled people to use and manage the technologies and systems that make smart cities operate efficiently and reliably. But as the majority of CIOs will tell you, it can be a challenge to find them — in part because businesses...
Article - 03/22/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
If you haven't kept up with advances in building management technologies and the capabilities of lighting networks as communications systems, the article below from Council Associate Partner Eaton will help bring you up to date. And there's a key...
Article - 11/30/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Data management
The technologies that support smart cities generate massive amounts of data, and that data is an extremely valuable resource when it can be used to identify where improvements can be made to enhance sustainability and livability. But what do you do...
Article - 04/26/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity, Data management
Smart cities are connected cities – and connected cities generate massive amounts of data. In some ways harnessing all that data, making sense of it and using it effectively is a headache. But more and more city leaders are realizing the value of...
Article - 03/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Data management, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
Scroll down for quick news summaries from Council partners.Tesla signs Panasonic to build solar cellsCouncil Lead Partner Panasonic will build solar cells and modules for electric car and solar products company Tesla at the company's 'Gigafactory'...
Article - 01/05/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity, Data management
Building energy management systems figure heavily in ensuring sustainable and livable smart cities by reducing energy costs, reducing pollution (commercial buildings account for a lot of pollution—about 40%) and making the building environment more...
Article - 08/11/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
As city leaders know, today's connected citizens expect much more from their government in terms of convenient, efficient and fast delivery of services than ever before, whether it's getting a building permit or reporting a pothole. It's something...
Article - 08/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
The Internet of Things is widely seen as bringing new services, efficiencies and opportunities that will significantly change how commercial and industrial operations conduct their business—and help cities become smarter and more connected as they...
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
By Scott Pomeroy, Downtown DC Business Improvement District; John Teeter, Maalka; and Zach Wilson, D.C. Department of General ServicesThe District of Columbia has multiple IoT-based projects underway. The most public of these projects are...
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity, Data management, Interoperability
Of that total dollar amount, public IT infrastructure spending is expected to account for $24.4 billion an increase of 14.1% through 2016 as cities and other governments and public agencies increasingly turn to it to help them manage and expand the...
Article - 04/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
What makes smart buildings different from a traditional building with HVAC, lighting and electrical systems? At its most basic, the biggest differences between the two are how they're managed and what they're intended to do.Then there's the business...
Article - 03/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Connectivity, Data management
When Con Edison of New York and Orange and Rockford electric utilities decided they needed to improve how they respond to customers and meet their needs, upgrade their energy network and do a better job of managing their electric grid they chose to...
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
Cities have enough problems to deal with. Urban populations are growing at accelerating rates and that growth is putting pressure on all manner of city services, whether it's traffic congestion management, public safety and crime, healthcare and...
Article - 01/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Responsibility areas, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
The Thai government's focus on Phuket as its first smart city project aligns closely with its national policy of building a digital economy and a digital society.The national policy is ambitious. Not only does it address digital infrastructure and a...
Article - 01/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Data management
Gartner, the highly regarded analyst firm, has predicted where to expect growth in connected devices. As you'll see below, they think it will occur in smart commercial buildings and smart homes.I have two issues with these forecasts. First, the...
Article - 12/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Data management
Despite a call from the highest levels of federal government to migrate to the cloud, there’s no question that the public sector has lagged behind the private sector when it comes to actually making the move.But as a new express lane to the cloud...
Article - 10/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management