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By: Kok-Chin (KC) Tay, ASEAN Lead, Smart Cities Council After heading the Jakarta Smart City Office for four years and winning many accolades, Setiaji, Head of ICT, West Java Digital Province, Indonesia, recently took on the role as Head...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
One of our Readiness Challenge Winners was Montgomery, AL. You can find information about their upcoming Readiness Workshop here (See Opportunity Calendar). The workshop will be held August 20, 2019.For the past several years, Montgomery has been...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Philippines Smarter & Sustainable Cities (SSC) Taskforce is partnering with the Smart Cities Council and others to build a national initiative to bring the Council’s Readiness Program to the country’s cities.The coalition is co-chaired by...
Article - 06/26/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
It’s not hard to find smart city rankings based on past accomplishments. But market intelligence firm GovWin+Onvia has released a report that ranks U.S. cities (and counties) by their actual buying behavior from 2015-2019. SMART CITIES AND...
Article - 06/26/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Nick SchifflerCompanies looking to supply smart city products or services have plenty of opportunities available across the United States. As more government agencies begin investing in the smart cities sector, companies in the business-to-...
Article - 06/26/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Readiness Cities
India’s waste management woes are huge. With the tap of a button, countless houses and hotels in Trivandrum are finding a solution to their septage waste management woes in an automated way. The ‘Smart Trivandrum’ app was launched in December last...
Article - 06/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) will install panic buttons across the city in a bid to introduce tourist safety measures in the city. According to AMC, this would not only ensure citizen safety, but would also improve response time of the law...
Article - 06/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
According to Kolkata-based Hulladek Recycling, Jamshedpur generates about 1,500–2,000 metric tonnes of e-waste annually. Keeping this in mind, Jusco has collaborated with Hulladek Recycling to inaugurate the first electronic waste management centre...
Article - 06/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
India accounts for about 7 per cent of the global GHG, and mission-mode programs like Smart Cities, AMRUT, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and Swachh Bharat have combating climate change as one of the major goals. India has also declared Intended...
Article - 06/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
Having a sound faecal sludge management system is of utmost importance in densely populated areas. While poor faecal sludge management in India remains a concern, a few hundred households in Valsad district of south Gujarat have shown the way by...
Article - 06/17/2019
Active Region(s): India