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Efforts to create truly smart cities in Arab nations have been uneven so far and recent reports on government services leave no doubt there's room for improvement.“Government services may be good in the big metropolitan cities, but if you are living...
Article - 10/31/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Almost wherever you go in Africa, it’s rare to find electricity. And where there’s power, it’s expensive and unreliable. Council Lead Partner Electricite de France -- EDF -- is trying to change that with an innovative approach that’s already...
Article - 10/31/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy
Mississippi-based Camgian Microsystems, a Council Associate Partner, this week officially released its new Internet of Things (IoT) platform – Egburt -- which aims to revolutionize the way cities and other enterprises collect and monitor their...
Article - 10/31/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council members…Enel unit chosen for Chilean marine R&D effort Enel Green Power. a unit of the Italian utility Enel, has been selected by the Chilean government’s economic development organization to help set up...
Article - 10/31/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
Every so often an announcement comes along that signals a tipping point, a point in time where several trends converge to cause a market inflection. Such is the case with the news that -- over the next five years or so -- Florida Power & Light...
Article - 10/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control
Twenty years ago Rochester, New York was home to some big companies – Eastman Kodak among them. But downsizing and departures over the years, said Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, took their toll.What to do? The solution, city leaders decided, was to...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Economic development, Policy and leadership
Council Lead Partner IBM has launched a series of humanitarian efforts to help contain the spread of Ebola in Africa. They include:A citizen engagement and analytics system in Sierra Leone that enables communities affected by Ebola to...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Public safety technology has come a long way in recent years and SunGard Public Sector helps police departments make the most of it. Perhaps one of their most important offerings, says VP of Customer Service Jillian Macau, is the ONESolution...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
As cities around the world face acute infrastructure needs, the obstacle time and again is how to pay for the smart technologies that can make them more resilient.You will hear, says Jonathan Koppell, they will pay for themselves. "That's fine," he...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement
An engineer by trade, Cisco's Cliff Thomas sees "a big wave coming" – and he says its coming hard.He's talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) really starting to kick in with more and more data from sensors and also from citizens. The goal, says...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Alstom has won a $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve grid resiliency through the advancement of microgrid technology. In partnership with the Philadelphia Water Department and Philadelphia’s public-private economic...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
When Mike Spano became mayor of New York's fourth largest city in 2012, Yonkers didn't have anyone in charge of sustainability. But that changed – and fast.That's because Mayor Spano realized when he took office that the city was on an unsustainable...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
Scroll down for short takes from Council members…MasterCard opens NYC innovation hubThe global payments and technology company is housing its emerging payments teams in the heart of the technology community in New York City's Flatiron District. The...
Article - 10/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Connectivity
Ooredoo, the communications giant operating across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia, has challenged government and industry leaders to address infrastructure roadblocks to enable the next billion people to connect to the...
Article - 10/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
A leading provider of software and services solutions for cities and public safety agencies, Council Associate Partner SunGard Public Sector announced it will expand its local government offerings to include Socrata's open data and financial...
Article - 10/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management, Finance and procurement, Smart City Tools
We hear a lot of buzz about e-government and digital government – especially in relation to how they help cities deliver services to citizens more effectively. But at the recent Council-sponsored Smart Cities Now forum in New York, Aldis Levalds...
Article - 10/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Payments, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
A London based property company is on a mission to find the next smart city and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. Canary Wharf Group announced this week it is putting £300,000 into its Cognicity Challenge – a series of themed international...
Article - 10/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
A new, five-year collaboration between Council Associate Partner CH2M HILL and The Nature Conservancy, a member of the Council's Advisory Board, aims to bring innovative and integrated engineering and environmental solutions into the global...
Article - 10/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment
Scroll down for short takes from Council members…GE turbines helping provide uninterrupted power in IraqCouncil Lead Partner GE signed a contract to supply power generation equipment for a new 750-megawatt combined-cycle plant being developed by...
Article - 10/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Today's burgeoning metropolis can be a "monster of productivity" – in some cases accounting for three times the gross domestic product of a country.But, said Pedro Ortiz, former deputy mayor of Madrid and author of The Art of Shaping the Metropolis...
Article - 10/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Smart City Concepts, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
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
Lots of people have vivid imaginations. Council Advisor IEEE hopes to turn that creativity into the next big ideas for smart cities.IEEE has launched the Smart City Challenge, an interactive online game that allows the public to submit their...
Article - 10/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Citizen engagement, Smart City Tools
In a guest post on the MasterCard blog, Council Chairman Jesse Berst provides real-world examples of how cities that have digitized their payments systems are reducing costs at the same time they’re offering citizens more benefits, more convenience...
Article - 10/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
(Chicago) – October 16, 2014 – A new report published by Cisco and the Smart Cities Council polled city leaders in North America on ways to help cities accelerate their smart city initiatives. Released today at the Internet of Things World Forum,...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 14th of 17 themes defined in the standard – transportation indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Transportation, Smart City Tools
As first responders arrive at emergencies involving hazardous chemicals, they have to make fast decisions about how they handle the situation and its victims. A new cloud-based service will help ensure they get more detailed and accurate information...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
The spread of smart city technologies and policies, developed in response to the rapid growth and change happening in cities around the world, is helping to drive sweeping and fundamental changes in the energy landscape, according to Navigant...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
A new report published by Cisco and the Smart Cities Council polled city leaders in North America on ways to help cities accelerate their smart city initiatives. Released Thursday at the Internet of Things World Forum in Chicago, the survey provides...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
When many people think of cities, they think of centers of population or culture. For MasterCard, cities are centers of commerce, says Ed McLaughlin, the company's Chief Emerging Payments Officer.McLaughlin, along with MasterCard President & CEO...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Connectivity
There are nearly a hundred innovation hubs in Africa. Together, they’ve launched hundreds and hundreds of startups. But it likely will take them working together to not only uncover the next great idea, but also find a way to turn that idea into a...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Computing resources
In the early days of this "Internet of Things" (IoT) revolution, most of the intelligence sat in the center of the network in the form of large computers. As we move forward, however -- as we transition from thousands to millions to billions of...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
India says its smart cities goal is too ambitious to accomplish on its own, and it is slashing red tape to make it easier for more outside partners, consultants, and even the United States government to step in to help. But as work to create 100 new...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership
New Bedford, Massachusetts, to hear Mayor Jon Mitchell tell it, wants to be more than just another medium-sized Northeast industrial city struggling to catch up in a post-industrial economy.Known in the 19th as the epicenter of the whaling industry...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership
They may not be golden yellow, and they’re five times larger than the natural blooms they’re named for, but new mechanical sunflowers may prove to be a bright idea to provide for basic needs in remote areas.Council Lead Partner IBM and Swiss-based ...
Article - 10/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 13th of 17 themes defined in the standard -- telecommunication and innovation indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46...
Article - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools
This year's ranking of top government websites in the U.S by Government Technology and e.Republic's Center for Digital Government gives the District of Columbia top honors for cities. Last year the No. 1 spot went to the Austin, Texas website.One...
Article - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council members.Alstom, EDF, GE join push for stronger EU climate goals: With 55 other top organizations, Council Lead Partners Alstom, Electricite de France and GE published an open letter to the European Council...
Article - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The Pilot Hill Wind Project 60 miles southwest of Chicago will provide 175 megawatts of clean energy, but is also expected to trigger significant economic development in the region. EDF Renewable Energy and Microsoft are leading the effort, with...
Article - 10/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy
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
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
Passengers waiting at a transit station are often seen checking the bus or subway schedules on their smartphones.But what if the transit system took the communications lead and sent an alert to each passenger’s phone when, for example, a train was...
Article - 10/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation
Council Cities Director Sandra Baer was interviewed by Greg Otto of Fedscoop in conjunction with the NIST global cities workshop, a gathering of leaders from government, private industry, nonprofits and academia focused on ways cities can leverage...
Article - 10/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Itron and DTE Energy are showcasing innovative resource management technologies in Detroit this week as part of the Meeting of the Minds conference. Located at DTE Energy’s headquarters, the demonstration highlights the compelling role smart...
Article - 10/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Instrumentation and control
Often people think of "the cloud" as a massive data repository somewhere online where email and documents are stored for easy access. But the cloud is much more than that, and government agencies around the world are finding the cloud can help them...
Article - 10/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Telemedicine for mobile devices, developed by Council Associate Partner UST Global, is a BlackBerry10- based mobile application that uses telecommunication to enable delivery of clinical health care to remote locations. As UST Global notes in an...
Article - 10/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Connectivity
Tightening regulations around trash disposal, coupled with the increasing cost of landfilling, are driving demand for smarter solutions in the municipal solid waste (MSW) industry.That’s the conclusion of a report from Navigant Research titled “...
Article - 10/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Waste management
GridWise Alliance is a vehicle for expanding the sphere of stakeholders -- engaged leaders of industry, government and communities -- to work cooperatively to move our industrial-age electric grid into the information age so we can achieve a...
Company Information - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries. Its vision is that people should have the opportunity to escape poverty and improve...
Company Information - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
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
Why does broadband matter in countries that have so many other pressing issues? Ooredoo Chairman Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Thani answers that and other questions about connecting people to the Internet in this video interview by the...
Resources - 10/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity
Cybersecurity is an issue that can't be ignored at any level of government. To help cities prioritize risks and assign roles and responsibilities for key aspects of cybersecurity within their infrastructures, Council Lead Partner Microsoft just...
Resources - 10/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Security and privacy, Policy frameworks and tools
ONe Collect is a revolutionary waste container monitoring service from Enevo that saves time, money and the environment. It's meant for municipal waste collection authorities and private waste management companies. This short video from Council...
Resources - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Waste management, Instrumentation and control
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
ONe Collect is a revolutionary service for optimizing the collection of waste and recycling containers. This short video from Council Associate Partner Enevo explains how it works.
Resources - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Waste management, Instrumentation and control
The pdf linked below highlights results of a survey of North American city leaders on the readiness of their cities to undertake smart cities initiatives. The survey was a collaboration between Council Lead Partner Cisco and the Smart Cities Council.
Resources - 10/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership
The Smart City Readiness infographic linked below highlights drivers, challenges and steps for moving forward toward smarter cities. It is based on a survey of North American municipal leaders conducted by Cisco and the Smart Cities Council in...
Resources - 10/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Smart City Tools
With an expanding population, the second largest city in Illinois wanted to improve building inspection communications for increased efficiency with leaner staffing levels. Read in the "NaviLine Helps Aurora Do More with Less" case study...
Resources - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Watch this brief video with Lorie Cosio-Azar, Project Officer for the city of San Diego Environmental Services Department, to learn why Council Lead Partner GE's energy-efficient LED street lighting fixtures and wireless lighting controls will save...
Resources - 10/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Council Associate Partner ABB has launched the world´s most powerful underground and subsea power transmission cable system which will enable greater integration of distant renewables and interconnections. The 525 kilovolt (kV) extruded high-voltage...
Resources - 10/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy