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With India marching towards its vision of creating '100 Smart Cities', the momentum seems to be catching up and more and more awareness programmes, workshop by either government bodies or private organisations are held to educate, encourage and...
Article - 10/07/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools
The Smart Cities Council is pleased to introduce the Smart Cities Readiness Workshop program.Developed specifically for government officials and technology engineers, the workshops promote an interactive learning environment to help...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Though the 'Smart Cities' initiatives around the globe are great case studies, each city has unique characteristics and problems and should focus on finding contextual local solutions.A Business Insider report quoted Managing Director of CISCO...
Article - 09/03/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Smart City Examples, Smart City Tools
New Town Kolkata could be the first city in West Bengal to get a smart fuelling zone. The states petrol pumps, will have additional facilities such as recharge of electric-run vehicles, Wi-fi hotspot and electronic surveillance system. The zone has...
Article - 09/03/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India project, which aims to offer a one-stop shop for government services, would use the mobile phone as the backbone of its delivery mechanism. Five hundred million people will come together on the Internet....
Article - 08/31/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Health and human services, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
IBM worked with the city of Rio de Janeiro on this Operations Center that provides the incident commander and responders with a single, unified view of all the information that they require for situational awareness.Navigant Research says the global...
Article - 08/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Finance and procurement, Smart City Tools
Lots of people have vivid imaginations. Council Advisor IEEE hopes to turn that creativity into the next big ideas for smart cities.IEEE has launched the Smart City Challenge, an interactive online game that allows the public to submit their...
Article - 10/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Citizen engagement, Smart City Tools
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 14th of 17 themes defined in the standard – transportation indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Transportation, Smart City Tools
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 13th of 17 themes defined in the standard -- telecommunication and innovation indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46...
Article - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 12th of 17 themes defined in the standard – solid waste indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report)...
Article - 10/03/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Waste management, Smart City Tools
Getting a handle on the emerging and evolving smart cities movement is a challenge. Industry advocates like the Smart Cities Council and tech companies like Council Lead Partner IBM understand this challenge and have stepped up to help city leaders...
Article - 08/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools
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
Below are details on a short course -- Beyond Smart Cities -- that MIT Professional Education will offer June 16-18 on its Cambridge, Massachusetts campus. MIT Professional Education Now Offers Beyond Smart Cities CourseEnrollment is Open to U.S and...
Article - 04/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools
A smart city is efficient, connected, sustainable over a long-term, self-contained, self-supporting and aesthetic. With five decaded of experience of developing cities, Egis envisages the role of the ICT network as an integrator of the essentials...
Resources - 09/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Instrumentation and control, Smart City Tools, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The Smart City Readiness infographic linked below highlights drivers, challenges and steps for moving forward toward smarter cities. It is based on a survey of North American municipal leaders conducted by Cisco and the Smart Cities Council in...
Resources - 10/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Smart City Tools