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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
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
Under the AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) plan, the Madhya Pradesh government has proposed to improve basic infrastructure relating to water supply and sewerage network services besides storm water drainage, urban...
Article - 11/06/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
With just another 45-odd days remaining for the deadline to submit a comprehensive sustainable Smart Cities Proposal (SCP) under the Smart Cities Challenge, most of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) are working overtime to find out the best solutions...
Article - 11/02/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Policy frameworks and tools
The Ministry of Urban Development has approved the first batch of state level Action Plans under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) aimed at enabling water supply as per the norm and providing water supply and sewerage...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Financing and procurement tools
Innovative smart cities solutions come from many sources. Scroll down to learn about competition-winning concepts for drastically reducing landfill waste, a model for zero-energy buildings, outstanding smart city initiatives -- and a new UK...
Article - 10/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Waste management
In its bid to stop open defecation and make the city cleaner, the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) is offering Rs 8,000 per household for construction of new toilets in houses without the basic facility.In order to avail the cash benefit, the...
Article - 10/20/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Waste management
Malaysia's Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has proposed to invest $ 30 billion in two urban development and housing projects in India, as per a statement from the Ministry of Urban Development.Malaysia's Minister of Works, Haji...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Computing resources, Financing and procurement tools
Umesh Pratap Singh, Municipal Commissioner, Kanpur Municipal Corporation.There are many reasons why Kanpur is the city of promise. It's not just the largest city of Uttar Pradesh, but the fifth largest in India by land area, the 10th most populous...
Article - 10/09/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management
While updating the Andhra Pradesh government on the status of the plan to develop a 'Smart City' in the state, the Essel Group's key executives met the chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and proposed to build a integrated resort city in AP. According...
Article - 09/14/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Waste management
Bhopal is among the seven cities short-listed from the state of Madhya Pradesh under the Centre's '100 Smart Cities' Mission.In a recent interview, Tejaswi S Naik, Municipal Commissioner of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) spoke to a Construction...
Article - 09/10/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Waste management, Water and wastewater
A 14-nodal planned township of Mumbai established in 1971, Navi Mumbai has been ranked third among 476 cities for sanitation practices and the only city from Maharashtra to finish in the top-ten list announced by the central government under the...
Article - 09/07/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Waste management, Water and wastewater
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Schneider Electric technology will automate new Las Vegas showplace Council Lead Partner Schneider Electric has signed a multi-year agreement to become the first "founding partner" of the new Las...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
The worldwide smart cities market hasn’t quite reached $1 trillion yet, but a new research report forecasts that another major milestone won’t be far behind. Frost & Sullivan predicts the global market will be worth $1.56 trillion by 2020.That’s...
Article - 12/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Waste management, Research, publications and web sites
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 12th of 17 themes defined in the standard – solid waste indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report)...
Article - 10/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Waste management, Smart City Tools
Our efforts to separate pure trash from recyclables, and different types of recyclables from each other, are cutting down on the amount of waste in landfills. But they’re also resulting in waste.Each bin requires a different truck, and trucks are...
Article - 09/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Waste management, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for this week's short takes from members…Enevo wins smart waste collection deal in Czech Republic: Council Associate Partner Enevo announced a major service agreement with ASEKOL s.r.o., a Czech and Slovak nonprofit recycling company...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Waste management, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
By Charlene ParksWalk through the streets of San Francisco and you'll see an inordinate number of recycling bins. San Francisco has earned the highest recycling rate in the U.S., reusing nearly 80 percent of its waste. "Innovative policies,...
Article - 03/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Waste management, Examples and case studies
Learn how Loos.fm in the Netherlands utilized plastic recycling to build a pet pavilion that was cost-effective and eco-friendly, and created a public space to benefit the community in this short video from Council Lead Partner IBM.
Resources - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Waste management
Located 50 kilometers east of Helsinki, the Finnish capital, is Porvoo, an old medieval town situated in the picturesque scenery of the Finnish archipelago.In the summer of 2011, the scenery at the local recycling stations was less picturesque;...
Resources - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Waste management, Instrumentation and control