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Predicting what's to come in a new year is at worst guesswork and at best a well-reasoned forecast based on the evolution of trends and developments, things we already know about, that look like they'll have a trajectory well into the future. The...
Article - 01/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
Electric utilities have made progress in how they forecast what their energy demand will be at any given time, in the short-term and long-term. Weather, price and economics all feed into the energy demand equation as does the integration of...
Article - 12/13/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental collaborates on autonomous vehicle R&D in SingaporeCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will collaborate with Singapore-based AV company...
Article - 11/16/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Security and privacy
Photo credit: UrbanovaUrbanova's smart city living lab has had an enviable roster of collaborators in its efforts to advance smarter cities: the city of Spokane, electric utility Avista, construction engineering firm McKinstry, Council Global Lead...
Article - 11/02/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Itron recognized for smart street lighting solutions Council Global Lead Partner Itron, generally considered an innovator in the way utilities and cities...
Article - 08/17/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity
What do you think of when you think of public safety? Most of the time, we tend to think of crime, but that’s just one part of the equation. Earthquakes, gas line ruptures, and so on can also put lives at risk.While the threats may be different,...
Article - 07/27/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental signs on to develop connected EVs in ChinaCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will work with China's Didi Chuxing to develop connected electric...
Article - 07/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Security and privacy
The discussions that took place at Electric Companies Advancing Cities Summit led by Council Lead Partner EEI covered a lot of ground. The point of the summit—and two more to be held later this year—is to come up with a collaborative framework in...
Article - 05/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
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
What makes a smart cities project a success? Whether you’re trying to build a business case for an initiative or trying to articulate the impact of a project you’ve launched, that’s likely a question you’re asking yourself.Successful projects have...
Article - 02/22/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Several regions of the world are experiencing what environmental research organization World Resources Institute refers to as "extremely high" water stress, meaning they use more than 80% of their available supplies to grow food, supply the needs of...
Article - 02/01/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick news takes on Smart Cities Council partners.Sensus recognized by rural electric cooperativesFor the second consecutive year, rural cooperative utility leaders recognized Council Global Lead Partner Sensus, a Xylem brand, and...
Article - 12/08/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Accelerate your smart city efforts with mentoring and benefits from leading experts and organizationsStart now: Request access to a simple online applicationMove your smart city efforts into the fast lane by applying for a Readiness Challenge Grant...
Article - 09/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America
We frequently write about efforts to encourage more girls and minorities to pursue career paths in science, engineering, technology and math (STEM). Recent examples include UL's free program that promotes STEM learning in middle schools and the new...
Article - 07/26/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
If you haven’t already given some thought into making your streetlights smarter, now is a good time to start. Smart streetlights are a great first smart cities project because they provide tangible benefits, they’re relatively easy to deploy and...
Article - 06/22/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
As the world voices its concerns over the planned exit of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, cities and businesses around the world are getting on with the job. The #WeAreStillIn campaign is just one example that highlights the...
Article - 06/14/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Scroll down for quick news takes on Smart Cities Council partners.Major advance in Schneider Electric and Microsoft collaborationThanks to a partnership between Council Lead Partners Schneider Electric and Microsoft, companies now have access to...
Article - 05/25/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Connectivity
The world of energy has changed dramatically over the past decade. What will it look like in another 10 years? It may look like Urbanova, a living lab in Washington state.Itron, a Global Lead Partner of the Council, is one of the founders of this...
Article - 05/05/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
Scroll down for quick news takes from Smart Cities Council partners.Daimler and Bosch partner on autonomous taxisCouncil Lead Partner Daimler and automotive components company Bosch are working together to bring autonomous taxis to city streets....
Article - 04/13/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Water and wastewater
In an age where your smartphone can tell you exactly when you need to leave to arrive on time, for many people, the level of service they get from utilities can seem a bit ancient. After all, water utilities still occasionally surprise homeowners...
Article - 03/30/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
When an Illinois County public works department realized it needed to significantly expand the scope of its planned water meter reading upgrade to include improved customer billing and service, leak detection and water conservation – and cut costs...
Article - 03/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Data management
I'd like you to notice two trends in the press release below. First: people are realizing that it's all about the applications. Yes, you have to have the right infrastructure in place. But once that's on the way, you need to focus on the solutions...
Article - 01/27/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Connectivity
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
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.An innovative microgrid partnership for Siemens and LO3 EnergyCouncil Associate Partner Siemens will work with New York startup LO3 Energy to jointly develop microgrids that enable local energy...
Article - 11/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater
The announcement below from Council Lead Partner Itron is an example of several important trends cities should be tracking:1. Mission-critical services in the cloud. It's often less expensive to move to the cloud while also being more secure (...
Article - 10/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The release below describes a new app from Itron that underlines the mobile-first future of the smart city. Smartphone apps are nothing new, of course, but very few of them are intended for robust, mission-critical solutions. And even fewer are sold...
Article - 10/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.Black & Veatch wins major natural gas contractAssociate Partner Black & Veatch has won engineering, procurement and construction services contract for a proposed 925 MW natural gas combined...
Article - 08/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Finance and procurement
As long as you provide people with reliable power, that’s good enough, right? Not anymore. A new study finds millennials want much more from their power utility. And if you don’t provide it, you could end up losing their business.One of the demands...
Article - 08/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement
If you live where clean water is plentiful, it may be hard to imagine life for the roughly 1.2 billion people in the world with severe water shortages. And the UN says an additional 500 million people will face similar shortages within a few short...
Article - 06/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners...SAS named among the top big data text analytics vendorsCouncil Lead Partner SAS is a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Text Analytics Platforms, Q2 2016. With text analytics implementations...
Article - 05/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Don't think that smart city innovations come only from big cities. Consider, for instance, what is taking place in eastern Washington and parts of Idaho. As you will read below, the regional utility is modernizing its electric and gas infrastructure...
Article - 05/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Instrumentation and control
While citizen engagement and education are key responsibilities for smart cities transformations, many cities would likely welcome some help with educating their citizens in the value and benefits smart cities can bring.And finding the well-trained...
Article - 04/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
China has been taking smart cities seriously for years and is following an ambitious strategy to build them throughout the country. It doesn't have much choice. China's population of about 1.4 billion is expected to roughly double in 15 years, and...
Article - 03/11/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Computing resources
""In many smart city developments, energy and water are foundational. In fact, I would say you can't have a smart city without energy and water." -- Russ Vanos, VP of sales and marketing for Global Software, Services and Smart Cities with Itron....
Article - 03/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater
Council Lead Partner Itron's OpenWay Riva communications platform promises quite a lot: interoperability, distributed intelligence and more -- in one unified multi-service network -- for smart cities and electric and water utilities.As Simon Pontin...
Article - 02/12/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity
With deadlines for ambitious renewable energy goals looming, European utilities know that new technologies and approaches are a necessity. But which ones? Together, they ran a massive, well-orchestrated four-year smart grid test, which is providing...
Article - 02/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
On a global basis, there’s no question that water is in short supply. According to United Nations estimates, one out of six people don’t have enough. And between swelling populations and prolonged droughts, supplies could get even shorter. The...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
Contributed by ItronEvery day, an average of 10 to 30% of water pumped is lost or unaccounted for. Known as non-revenue water (NRW), this lost water costs a lot — not only in water, but in energy. In the U.S. alone, $13 billion in water is lost to...
Article - 01/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
There's a dangerous misperception about fighting climate change. Most people assume that it will cost millions if not billions. In reality, many climate measures SAVE money. That's because many of the best tactics involve saving energy, thereby...
Article - 01/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Between drought, pollution and population growth, water is the new gold in many cities. If you can’t easily find more, then you have to get citizens to use less. How do you do that? Give them precise information about how much they are using and...
Article - 12/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Citizen engagement
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners …MasterCard identifies African cities with strongest potentialThe latest annual ranking from Council Lead Partner MasterCard finds the Mozambique capital of Maputo has the strongest potential of...
Article - 12/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
China’s stated intent to be the world’s smart city technology leader in five years is certainly ambitious. It also seems to be a matter of necessity for the country.As readers know, people are moving from rural and other outlying areas into the...
Article - 11/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Policy and leadership, Policy frameworks and tools
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners …Silver Spring Networks introduces Operations OptimizerSilver Spring Networks, a Council Associate Partner, has introduced its Operations Optimizer, which analyzes data from over 30 million water,...
Article - 11/06/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
In the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Tianjin, China, Itron deployed one network that runs three meters -- water, electricity and gas.While India's goal of 100 smart cities typically comes to mind first when one thinks of Asian smart city...
Article - 07/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Security and privacy
When we turn on our computers, we take for granted that the power is there. Behind the scenes, however, that power is there because utilities knew you were going to need it -- perhaps even before you did.Getting the energy use forecasts right is a...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cubic tapped to roll out intelligent transport in Manchester, UKCubic Transportation Systems, a Council Lead Partner, was chosen to deliver Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) new Optimized...
Article - 05/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
There’s no doubt that the energy world is changing fast. It wasn’t long ago that the electrical grid was one-way — delivering power to homes and businesses, not receiving power from them. Today, the electrical grid is two-way. And renewable energy,...
Article - 05/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Computing resources, Data management, Interoperability
Small communities often create tight bonds between neighbors, creating tight-knit community where they may share resources, such as tools or food. But a first-of-its-kind neighborhood near Austin, Texas, goes well beyond that. People who live there...
Article - 05/08/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Interoperability
Itron CEO Philip Mezey and Council Chairman Jesse Berst were quoted in the The Charlotte Observer's coverage of the Smart Cities Now forum held in Charlotte March 23-24. Itron, a Council Lead Partner, hosted the event. Here are a couple of snippets...
Article - 03/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Looking for money to help fund a smart cities initiative? You may already have it. It just may be going down the drain.Itron CEO Philip Mezey told participants at the Council's Smart Cities Now forum in Charlotte, North Carolina this week that North...
Article - 03/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies, SCC Spotlight Cities
SolarCity has a reputation as an innovator. It was the first solar company to offer customers financing for little or no upfront costs, and buyers have responded enthusiastically. Now the company wants to sell its new turnkey microgrids-as-a-service...
Article - 03/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control, Interoperability
Scroll down for today's short takes from Council partners…UK power giant first to go live with innovative GE technology UK Power Networks -- the United Kingdom's largest power distribution company -- is the first to implement Council Lead Partner...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
India’s efforts to create 100 new smart cities are still in the early stages, though one major milestone is approaching fast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made the pledge, says the government will unveil its smart cities policy on March 31.One...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples
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
By Sharelynn Moore, ItronToday, populations continue to grow rapidly within the world’s urban areas. For the first time ever, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This growth, coupled with aging infrastructure is putting...
Article - 02/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for a peek at recent developments involving Council Partners…Alstom pact targets smart, energy efficient homesCouncil Lead Partner Alstom Grid will work with IJENKO, a European company that provides a cloud platform for Internet of...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity
Council Lead Partner Itron will supply a powerful new communications platform designed to help improve the reliability and efficiency of a large power grid in Brazil.AES Eletropaulo, which serves 6.8 million customers in the state of São Paulo,...
Article - 12/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
As city leaders, academics and leading smart cities practitioners from around the world gather for the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona this week, Smart Cities Council members are sharing their expertise and thought leadership on a host...
Article - 11/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
In many parts of the world, customers can prepay their electricity bills just as they can prepay cell phone minutes. In North America, however, prepay is relatively rare. Many regulators and consumer advocates have always feared that utilities would...
Article - 11/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Instrumentation and control
About one-fifth of the world’s population doesn’t have enough water, a problem that’s only getting worse between droughts and continued population growth. But until the rain returns or other sources are found, geographic information systems (GIS)...
Article - 10/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Computing resources