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Minneapolis is on a mission. Officials in Minnesota's largest city are tracking more than 1,250 metrics and key performance indicators. The reason? To make sure the city is keeping pace with its goals and the expectations of its citizens.From...
Article - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council Partners…Itron wins Bangladesh contract: Itron will supply 8,600 prepaid gas meters to the national utility of Bangladesh, Titus Gas Transmission and Distribution Co. According to a report at metering.com,...
Article - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
Joel Cherkis, GM of Microsoft's Worldwide Government team, notes in a recent blog post that there are a lot of ways cities can address the challenges of urbanization. But what he hears from city leaders is there aren't a lot of options to pay for...
Article - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement
The smart folks at ProgrammableWeb published an excellent primer detailing why and how smart cities are opening up public transport data so developers can create useful tools that enhance city living. As author Mark Boyd explains, "Public transport...
Article - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Data management
An effort launched this week by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) wants to get city leaders from the U.S. and abroad to identify standardization priorities for smart and sustainable cities. The Smart Cities Council is a founding...
Article - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Interoperability, Policy and leadership
Qualcomm – a Council Global Partner -- is teaming with the global nonprofit Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) on a 3G mobile health program that aims to empower women factory workers in China to better manage and improve their reproductive...
Article - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Connectivity
China's embrace of the car culture has taken a toll on more than just air quality, which by any number of reports is notoriously bad. A story on Quartz indicates underground parking spaces for apartment dwellers in some areas of Beijing are selling...
Article - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Policy and leadership
Reprinted with permission from Smart Grid News...It sometimes takes a crisis to get people thinking seriously about smart water networks. And California certainly has a crisis on its hands in terms of its historic drought. See below how San...
Article - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Approaches to financing infrastructure projects vary around the world, so it's always useful to see what's working elsewhere.An interesting glimpse at a financing tool being used successfully in Latin America comes from Folha de S.Paulo columnist...
Article - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement
Let’s say a caustic gas leak occurs in an office building when a contractor inadvertently cuts the wrong pipe in the ventilation system. A 911 call is placed and the city’s first responders quickly show up on the scene.But how can the city ensure...
Article - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Public safety and security