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Gartner expects phenomenal growth in the number of connected things due to more intense urbanization and a need for city leaders to find the right balance between limited resources and environmental sustainability issues.And that growth is a boon...
Article - 03/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
A professor at Lancaster University in the UK has won £171,495 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to lead a study of how the Internet of Things (IoT) can benefit problems from flooding and agricultural pollution to animal...
Article - 12/19/2014
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Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
A new report from Navigant Research anticipates that light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will be the leading lamp type for outdoor lighting systems in just 10 years. This isn't a big surprise, given LED prices continue to fall and cities are starting to...
Article - 05/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
I've been familiar with Frost & Sullivan for many years, of course. The research and consulting firm is one of the most respected. Most recently, Brian Cotton, Vice President, Information and Communications Technologies, spoke at a quarterly...
Article - 03/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
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