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We've mentioned the Chattanooga success story before, but here's an article that highlights an important aspect -- how to pay for it. -- Jesse BerstWhen Chattanooga decided a few years ago that it wanted to become a world-class, 21st-century city,...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
Glasgow, Scotland competed with 29 other UK cities to win the Future Cities Demonstrator designation from the UK's Technology Strategy Board, along with roughly $38 million to help finance its ideas. What were the ideas that brought Glasgow to the...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics, Examples and case studies
We've seen it before -- developing regions leapfrogging the developed world. South Korea, for instance, is the acknowledged world leader in broadband access after starting from way behind. And now we are seeing signs that India may become a leader...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
You may realize that a smart grid is an essential part of a smart city. You may even have heard of smart meters, which measure the amount of power used by a customer and report back to the utility. But the meter is not the only part of the electric...
Article - 09/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies
As the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) so rightly points out, energy efficiency "may be the cheapest, most abundant, and most underutilized resource for local economic and community development." City leaders will also want...
Article - 09/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Energy, Policy and leadership
We were interested to see this market research report that confirms many of the beliefs that led to the founding of the Smart Cities Council. For one thing: "smart cities are the way forward and will play an important role in the world’s future."...
Article - 09/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
The European Commission is spending 4 million euros to fund a three-year project to create a neighborhood-scale energy management platform. Described as a "service platform," the system will be piloted first in Seville, Spain followed by Lizzanello...
Article - 09/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
We salute National Grid for spending $250 million to create $1 billion in benefits for its service territory. In an annual report to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, National Grid detailed some pretty significant results from its...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
The inaugural City Climate Leadership Awards have just been announced. To be strictly accurate, these awards don't rank the planet's 10 most sustainable cities. Rather, they measure sustainability in 10 narrow categories.But even though these cities...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Transportation, Policy and leadership
State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the largest electric power transmission and distribution company in the world, wanted a monitoring and control system for power transmission and distribution equipment located in harsh, demanding environments...
Resources - 09/26/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies