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Nearly 500 U.S. cities and counties with populations over 25,000 participated in a recent survey by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and the Smart Cities Council on a range of topics around smart city initiatives, policies...
Article - 10/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Research, publications and web sites
It was several years ago that I heard from a French company about a secret to their smart city success. "We always involve the local universities," they explained. "They are a source of innovative ideas, they understand local priorities and they are...
Article - 08/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
I talk to cities and companies around the world about what works and what doesn't. Over and over again, I hear that local universities are an important piece of the smart city puzzle. Universities often work directly with cities to identify...
Article - 01/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Research, publications and web sites
Smart and green cities are increasingly viewed as central to achieving a low-carbon, prosperous and resilient future. A recent report by The Global Commission on Energy and Climate, which includes former finance ministers and prestigious research...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
A new study -- 2015 Strategic Directions: U.S. Elecric Industry Report -- from Council Associate Partner Black & Veatch illustrates the complex changes electric utilities are grappling with today. Among them:Shifts in regulatory focusIncreased...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
Council Lead Partner Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, recently completed a two-year real-world study of electric cars. The multi-purpose study, referred to as eMerge, yielded a lot of information about driver behavior, EV technology and...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Research, publications and web sites
A study from Council Lead Partner MasterCard found that British citizens are gradually warming up to using their mobile phones to pay for goods and services.Following the launch of mobile payment program Apple Pay at over 250,000 locations...
Article - 07/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
An important new report from Black & Veatch shows how water utilities are taking steps to prepare themselves for both short-term system shocks and long-term sustainability. Black & Veatch’s 2015 Strategic Directions: U.S. Water Industry...
Article - 06/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
It's common knowledge that urban populations in several countries are swelling quickly as more and more residents choose to take advantage of the economic and other benefits of city living -- and that the trend is not likely to slow anytime soon....
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
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
Self-driving cars are such an appealing idea that they are currently undergoing a particularly intense case of the technology life cycle. That's the theory that new innovations first reach a peak of overinflated expectations, then a trough of...
Article - 02/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity, 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
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
The worldwide smart cities market hasn’t quite reached $1 trillion yet, but a new research report forecasts that another major milestone won’t be far behind. Frost & Sullivan predicts the global market will be worth $1.56 trillion by 2020.That’s...
Article - 12/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Waste management, Research, publications and web sites
A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examining the strategy and execution of 16 leading smart city suppliers identifies Council Lead Partners Cisco and IBM as the leaders in the smart cities technology market.The researchers analyzed...
Article - 11/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Research, publications and web sites
Rates at for some stormwater utilities are the same today as they were 10 years ago. And a new report from Council Associate Partner Black & Veatch finds utilities may be paying an increasing cost for those steady rates.The 2014 Stormwater...
Article - 11/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Research, publications and web sites
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
Do residents think their city is as smart as city officials do? A new survey finds the answer is probably not.In fact, few people have even heard of the term “smart cities.” That's according to Roberta Gamble of Frost & Sullivan, writing for...
Article - 09/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Citizen engagement, Research, publications and web sites
The popular smart city rankings conducted annually since 2011 by Council Advisor Boyd Cohen and published by Fast Company have been enhanced this year with expanded indicators, a new advisory panel, a new collaborator and an exciting invitation for...
Article - 07/11/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools, Research, publications and web sites
You could pack along that futuristic sci-fi bestseller when you head to the beach this summer. Or, instead, you could dig deeper into the smart city movement where, in fact, the future is arriving now. If you opt for the latter, here are five...
Article - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: 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
We were interested to see this market research report that confirms many of the beliefs that led to the founding of the Smart Cities Council. For one thing: "smart cities are the way forward and will play an important role in the world’s future."...
Article - 09/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
By Jesse BerstIf I had to pick the most overlooked energy efficiency opportunity, it would be a toss-up between heat pumps and combined heat and power. Happily, the heat pump market is... well, it's heating up big time. Navigant Research says annual...
Article - 07/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Research, publications and web sites
By Jesse BerstYou have to appreciate the irony. Futurist and urban researcher Anthony Townsend is on a promo tour for his forthcoming book Smart Cities. He's trying to drum up interest in smart cities by... well, by denigrating smart cities.NPR was...
Article - 07/16/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Research, publications and web sites
"Go west, young man" was the advice given to American pioneers seeking wealth. Today the advice would be "target cities as your customer," at least according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, City as a Customer— Identifying Growth...
Article - 07/01/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Finance and procurement, Research, publications and web sites
At first glance, smart parking might seem like a trivial part of the overall smart transportation issue. In point of fact, however, it is becoming a cornerstone of smart mobility strategies. According to a new report from Navigant Research, the...
Article - 06/10/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
Many of the most exciting smart city possibilities relate to predictive analytics -- crunching large amounts of data to forecast what will happen next. But there's always been a "blind spot" -- namely, how to predict and simulate human decisions,...
Article - 06/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Research, publications and web sites
Everywhere I go I ask about the obstacles to smart city progress and the best ways to overcome them. If I had to pick a single roadblock that is named most often, I would choose "making the business case." The industry is still not doing a good job...
Article - 05/21/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
A new research report confirms what many of us have been hearing for the past year -- smart transportation is the fastest growing segment of the smart cities market. Just how fast? According to Research and Markets, nearly 24% year over year from...
Article - 05/05/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
What's the fastest growing part of the smart cities market? Reports about the growth of the smart cities market, it might seem, since virtually every market research firm has jumped in to begin reporting on the sector. The latest comes from GBI...
Article - 05/05/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Security and privacy, Research, publications and web sites
New research from IDC Government Insights confirms what those of us out in the market are seeing in our work lives -- that the smart cities market is nearing the tipping point. The report - The Coming of Age of the Internet of Things in Government...
Article - 05/05/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
To provide smart cities with water infrastructure systems, Hitachi is promoting its intelligent water system concept for integrating water treatment systems with information and control systems for the efficient utilization of recycled water.
Resources - 11/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Policy frameworks and tools, Research, publications and web sites
The purpose of this Compendium is to provide policy makers, academicians, industry and all other stakeholders interested in 'Smart Cities' a collection of different types of resources pertaining to smart cities. It is a supplementary resource...
Resources - 10/15/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Responsibility areas, Built environment, Economic development, Examples and case studies, Research, publications and web sites
Cities are expecting dramatic population growth and so it will need new and intelligent infrastructure to meet the needs of their citizens and businesses. The water provided by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is not sufficient for the use...
Resources - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Responsibility areas, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Research, publications and web sites
This white paper discusses the building of Smart Cities and establishing a sustainable economy as well as healthy communities in response to Minister Naidu’s request. Smart Cities are the integration of information technology, telecommunications,...
Resources - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Tools, Policy frameworks and tools, Research, publications and web sites, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Challenges with the Indian Urbanization ScenarioUrbanization in India is rapid and propels social and environmental challenges. Cities are characterized by strained infrastructure which manifests itself in terms of power cuts and water shortages,...
Resources - 06/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Research, publications and web sites
India has recently committed to the development and construction of 100 Smart Cities to meet the demands of its rapidly growing and urbanizing population. This effort will include construction of new municipalities and renovation of existing cities...
Resources - 06/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Research, publications and web sites
Take this video tour of openBerlin, a Cisco Internet of Everything Innovation Center where collaboration between partners, researchers and startups is powering innovative new solutions for the Internet of Everything. Cisco is a Council Lead Partner.
Resources - 04/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
A global study by Council Associate Partner Veolia and the International Food Policy Research Institute found that rapidly deteriorating water quality over the next several decades will increase risks to human health, economic development and...
Resources - 04/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Research, publications and web sites
This Connecting cities: Emerging markets report from Council Lead Partner MasterCard was developed to kickstart a dialogue about taking collaboration and new partnerships in urban mobility and development to the next level and to ensure we build...
Resources - 04/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Payments, Transportation, Research, publications and web sites
In the video below, Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser discusses his new book, "Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier." Glaeser, who studies the economics of cities,...
Resources - 04/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Research, publications and web sites
Bechtel civil infrastructure planning manager James Denton-Brown talks to Project magazine about smart cities and the Smart Cities Readiness Guide."One of the main things this guide is going to do is help city governments and project managers...
Resources - 02/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Research, publications and web sites