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The 1st SmartCitiesCouncil® - Europe Stakeholders’ Assembly recently took place in Dublin, Ireland on the 9th of November. The day’s theme was Accelerating your innovation economy and focused on how smart city solutions can advance innovation and...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities
Running an island is hard work. Sure, some like Ibiza thrive as vacation destinations and profit from tourism, but due to their insularity, many are heavily dependent on energy—especially fossil fuels. Islands are also faced with the challenge of...
Article - 11/29/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Coimbatore with a decadal growth rate of around 20% is a rapidly growing city in the state of Tamil Nadu. Known as Manchester of India, the city is undertaking numerous initiatives towards improving basic services and quality of life of citizens....
Article - 07/26/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
Indore, being the largest and the most populous city in Madhya Pradesh with a population of around 20 lakh (according to the 2011 census), the Indore Municipal Corporation considers sanitation and solid waste management as its topmost priority....
Article - 07/25/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Transportation, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Data management
Washington, D.C. officials have developed the strategies that will help them achieve their long-term vision for a truly connected smart city. Now, working with Council Lead Partner Cisco, the district is taking the next step: building the framework...
Article - 10/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity
Envision America involves a year-long commitment in which representatives of selected cities will work with a variety of experts to develop their smart city projects, the technologies they need to accomplish them, determine costs and come up with an...
Article - 01/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management
Scroll down for our latest installment of five cities doing smart things. And if you'd like to nominate your city's smart idea, there's a link at the bottom of the article.10,000 problems fixed in six months, thanks to Improve Detroit appIn its...
Article - 10/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Waste management, Analytics, Citizen engagement
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Schneider CEO: 'Let's celebrate efficiency'Too little of the debate about climate change is about efficiency, Schneider Electric Chairman and CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire said at Fortune's recent...
Article - 10/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Water and wastewater
A whale of an idea to raise awareness of plastic pollution in BristolTo commemorate its year as Europe's Green Capital and send a message about the impact of marine litter on the world's oceans, an energy efficient LED-lit monument made of recycled...
Article - 08/12/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Waste management, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…GE launching waste-to-energy plant in the PhilippinesGE is supplying Aseagas Corp. with gas engines for the company’s first waste-to-electricity project in Lian in the Province of Batangas,...
Article - 05/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Analytics, Instrumentation and control