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Nine months down the line, after the government launched its ambitious power-saving schemed of replace conventional street lights with energy-efficient LED lamps in cities is gathering momentum now.According to data sourced from the Energy...
Article - 09/30/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Economic development, Energy
US IT giants hail Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' and other IT related initiatives, Qualcomm sets aside $ 150 million investment for startups, Microsoft offers to provide low-cost broadband to 500,000 Indian villages, while...
Article - 09/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development
The Haryana government has taken upon itself to develop Gurgaon as a smart city in line with Centre's guidelines.Karnal and Faridabad are the two cities selected Haryana under the government '100 Smart Cities Mission'. Gurgaon failed the cut, as it...
Article - 09/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Economic development, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The growth of renewable energy and distributed generation, the drop in demand for electricity in Europe, enhanced energy efficiency and other factors have left Italian utility Enel, a Council Lead Partner, with a large number of power plants that...
Article - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Citizen engagement
In its bid to bridge the rural-urban divide, the Union government has approved a proposal to set up around 300 rural clusters through the length and breadth of the nation, under the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission for an outlay of Rs...
Article - 09/24/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development