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Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $45 million investment to help U.S. cities use innovation to tackle urban problems. The foundation invited 80 cities to apply for its Innovation Delivery grants. Innovation Delivery is a model that uses best-in-...
Article - 08/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools
The Australian city of Adelaide in June launched AdelaideFree, a wholesale makeover of its free citywide WiFi network. This public-private joint venture involved installing nearly 200 new wireless access points from SCC Lead Partner Cisco. Another...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the seventh of 17 themes defined in the standard – governance indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report...
Article - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
The former Google engineer who had a strong hand in fixing the federal government’s HealthCare.gov website has a few thoughts that could help guide city web projects, too.Mikey Dickerson was just named administrator of the new United States Digital...
Article - 08/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
A year-long Global City Teams Challenge announced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and IBM, among other partners, will help communities around the world work together to address common issues -- from air quality to...
Article - 08/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership
Coaxing downtown workers onto public transit and out of their cars is an aspiration of many city policymakers. Unfortunately, employers offering generous commuter perks may be thwarting their efforts.That's the conclusion of Virginia Tech...
Article - 08/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Policy and leadership
George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the third of 17 themes defined in the standard – energy indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report) and 54...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Energy, Policy and leadership
Australia’s fastest-growing city is trying to stop a fast-growing problem: How to keep up the economic growth while still providing a place for low-income residents to live.As cities grow, low-income housing is often the first to be cleared out to...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
What was once one of the oldest integrated health centers in the United States will soon reopen as an innovation center designed to give life to some of the youngest businesses in all of California.Tuolumne General Hospital opened in 1849, one of...
Article - 08/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Policy and leadership
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the second of 17 themes defined in the standard – education indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report)...
Article - 08/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Health and human services, Policy and leadership