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As part of the six-year mySMARTLife project, European Lighthouse city Helsinki is looking to urban solutions to cut 70 percent of greenhouse gases. Along with Nantes and Hamburg, Helsinki is part of the mySMARTLife plan to transform cities into “...
Article - 11/15/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater
As ACCANZ continues its collaboration with the Internet of Things Alliance Australia, we learn more every day on the variety of applications emerging across local government, and university campuses, to name a few. Senors and actuators are being...
Article - 04/25/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Some say that it could be the year of the dashboard. With efforts underway at various levels in Australia, to build data management platforms, and other city performance frameworks, it’s nice to see examples of where success is being realised on the...
Article - 03/28/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater
By Teena MaddoxFebruary 1, 2017The Smart Cities Council has named the 10 cities that are finalists in the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant program, and five of the cities will receive readiness workshops tailored to their smart...
Article - 02/06/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater
It's the reality so many cities know all too well. Urban populations are growing and that means more people depending on them for essential city services, whether it's mass transit, public safety, energy, water or the other services that make cities...
Article - 11/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Our story summarizes new research that should interest city officials, particularly those in coastal communities subject to frequent damaging storms. In addition to explaining why wetlands are useful in disaster situations—and this is a key takeaway...
Article - 11/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
By Tim LaceyExtreme weather. Economic uncertainty. Urban population growth. These forces are changing what it means for a city to manage resources. Water, materials, money, energy and labor are being optimized in ways that are more connected and...
Article - 10/26/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Water and wastewater
In just the past few years, we’ve seen just how devastating severe storms can be to coastal areas. And as sea levels rise, that threat is only going to get worse.So what can you do to mitigate the risk? Council Lead Partner Bechtel is finding that...
Article - 11/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater
Under the AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) plan, the Madhya Pradesh government has proposed to improve basic infrastructure relating to water supply and sewerage network services besides storm water drainage, urban...
Article - 11/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
The acceleration of urban growth is undeniable. Cities experience it now and forecasts say there's much more to come. The UN expects that by 2050 the world's urban population will be as large as the total population of the world was in 2002. And the...
Article - 10/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
The Ministry of Urban Development has approved the first batch of state level Action Plans under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) aimed at enabling water supply as per the norm and providing water supply and sewerage...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Financing and procurement tools
New projections for climate-change induced coastal flooding in the U.S. have a best-case and worst-case scenario, but even the best outcome isn’t very good. Hundreds of communities are past the so-called point of no return, which means that at least...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Water and wastewater
Bhopal is among the seven cities short-listed from the state of Madhya Pradesh under the Centre's '100 Smart Cities' Mission.In a recent interview, Tejaswi S Naik, Municipal Commissioner of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) spoke to a Construction...
Article - 09/10/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Waste management, Water and wastewater
A 14-nodal planned township of Mumbai established in 1971, Navi Mumbai has been ranked third among 476 cities for sanitation practices and the only city from Maharashtra to finish in the top-ten list announced by the central government under the...
Article - 09/07/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Waste management, Water and wastewater
Walk around California’s Catalina Island and you see plenty of water – sometimes water as far as the eye can see. But the island is one of those hardest hit by the extreme drought that is plaguing the state.A mandatory 25% reduction in water use...
Article - 09/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Built environment, Economic development, Water and wastewater
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Civic Resource Group joins Microsoft CityNext Associate SCC Partner Civic Resource Group International (CRG) is partnering with the Microsoft CityNext initiative, the technology giant’s effort to...
Article - 05/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
If you want gold or other precious metals, you have to go mining for them, right? Actually, they’re probably already sitting right atop your city’s streets -- perhaps millions of dollars worth.With every street a veritable gold mine, Council...
Article - 05/05/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Schneider Electric is taking its experience in energy management and automation to an Alabama school district where it will provide an extensive renovation that will ultimately result in a better environment for students and save the district a lot...
Article - 04/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Schneider Electric technology will automate new Las Vegas showplace Council Lead Partner Schneider Electric has signed a multi-year agreement to become the first "founding partner" of the new Las...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
A new report, Infrastructure Crisis, Sustainable Solutions: Rethinking Our Infrastructure Investment Strategies, says it’s not just our infrastructure that’s getting old. A significant number of the people who know how to fix our roads, electric...
Article - 11/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater