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(Image source: ADB India website)The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of India signed a $ 200 million loan agreement to support lending by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) to eligible renewable energy sub-...
Article - 10/31/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Energy, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
By Barbara ThorntonIn 1994 when Tom Murphy became Mayor of Pittsburgh, the city had been in decline for 50 years. He looked at his assets:300,000 residents (half of what it had been)Thousands of acres of empty or underutilized landA significantly...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
Municipal bonds used to be an almost foolproof way of paying for big projects. But with those falling out of favor with big investors, Denver was forced to think small. The investors behind its Better Denver project were small-time investors: its...
Article - 10/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Citizen engagement, Finance and procurement, Citizen engagement strategies and tools, Financing and procurement tools
The World Bank is making its biggest investments in infrastructure, energy, and clean water projects in several years, but it is disappointed that it has to.This fiscal year, it says it will commit $24.2 billion in financing, an increase of 45% from...
Article - 07/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Finance and procurement
Approaches to financing infrastructure projects vary around the world, so it's always useful to see what's working elsewhere.An interesting glimpse at a financing tool being used successfully in Latin America comes from Folha de S.Paulo columnist...
Article - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement
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
Rocky Mountain Institute recently posted a thorough discussion of the value streams from smart buildings. Most people, they explain, try to cost justify the technology merely on the basis of the energy it saves. But smart buildings bring a lot more...
Article - 08/07/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
Here's a short but useful article from an expert on finding hidden assets. GeoTel Communications helps cities locate un- or under-used fiber optic cable, cable they can then leverage to boost economic development. The author makes these key points:"...
Article - 06/10/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
If you have been following the progress of urban transformation over the past few years, then you have undoubtedly encountered the story of Zappos.com and its plan to renew Las Vegas old downtown area.Many publications have documented the project,...
Article - 05/21/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Finance and procurement, Examples and case studies
This valuable report from Council Lead Partner Bechtel and re:focus partners helps guide cities on how to leverage private investment in building more resilient and integrated infrastructure. It summarizes projects that create both public value and...
Resources - 03/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Finance and procurement
Scroll down for a video on the launch of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) Global Sustainability Series, investigating the role of the private sector in engaging with the U.S. government, host governments and NGOs to help...
Resources - 10/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement