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A new sensing skin is showing promise in finding flaws in concrete structures before they result in catastrophic failure.The skin was developed by researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland who say it...
Article - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Instrumentation and control
The mayors of Las Vegas, Nevada and Gresham, Oregon were first place winners in the 2014 Mayors' Climate Protection Awards announced at the recent U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering in Dallas. The annual awards program recognizes mayors for...
Article - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Policy and leadership
By Gary WachowiczThere’s a data-driven transformation underway today, built on the Internet of Things and big data, that promises to transform how city services will be delivered in the near future. In this era of rapid urbanization and decreasing...
Article - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Analytics
Scroll down for short takes from Council members…Alstom will help manage NYC's electricity demand: As part of a Department of Energy Smart Grid Demonstration Project, Council Global Partner Alstom has won a contract to deliver Demand Response...
Article - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation
Sometimes it’s hard to map out exactly how open data helps create smarter cities. But a new project from MIT Media Labs is helping people see the benefits of open data with maps.The Social Computing Group at the MIT Media Lab is tapping open data...
Article - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Analytics, Data management
Electric Light & Power -- an influential publication that targets utility industry professionals -- featured a story by Council Editorial Director Liz Enbysk that focused on why it is so important for utilities to get in front of the smart...
Article - 06/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Eric WoodsThe path to better control of street lighting has been blazed by the adoption of light-emitting diode (LED) technology. The continuing fall in the price of LED street lights is making them an attractive proposition for cities around...
Article - 06/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Tech-bent Chicago is diving deeper into data collection by installing artfully and smartfully designed fixtures on about 50 city lamp posts.The Chicago Tribune reports that the intriguing fixtures will conceal a dozen data-collection sensors that...
Article - 06/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Data management, Instrumentation and control
A mobile app that encourages friendliness -- both the neighborly and environmental kind -- won the $5,000 AppMyCity! contest at the recent New Cities Summit in Dallas.Called Peerby, the Dutch-built app enables people to borrow things quickly from...
Article - 06/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
What’s the best strategy for getting people to ditch their cars and ride the bus? How about trying a friendly conversation.CityLab reports that a U.K.-based transportation consultant is doing just that and seeing results. The firm Steer Davies...
Article - 06/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement
As part of a Department of Energy Smart Grid Demonstration Project, Alstom has been awarded a contract to deliver Demand Response Management System (DRMS) to Con Edison. Con Edison provides electric service to 3.3 million customers in New York City...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Energy
Water Technology magazine features an article by Council Chairman Jesse Berst on the infrastructure challenges that cities face today and three ideas that can help accelerate infrastructure improvements. Below is an excerpt from the article, which...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Smart technology solutions alone rarely make cities more livable or sustainable. They need to happen within a city's overall development policies. The city of Buffalo, New York is a good example of how this works. In its effort to effectively...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment
Scroll down to read about some interesting developments involving Council members.PlayPump system earns Itron best Community Project at African Utility Week Council Global Partner Itron won top honors for Community Project at the 14th annual African...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
SCC Global Partner IBM is partnering with the Indian city of Palava to help it become a showcase of that country’s smart cities vision.India announced ambitious plans to have 100 new smart cities in the coming years, and IBM says Palava will serve...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Examples
This month a Chicago man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a pair of robberies at a transit stop. He’s in prison because of his face. Chicago police used facial recognition technology to identify him. Pierre D. Martin is the first to be busted...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security
Cisco – a Council Global Partner – is teaming up with the Spanish telecommunications company GOWEX in an effort to rapidly expand the number of cities served by smart Wi-Fi.Through the partnership, the companies expect to bring free, smart Wi-Fi...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity
A growing number of cities are finding they can make significant livability improvements literally overnight.They’re doing it with hackers. While “hackers” often get a bad rap in news stories about data breaches, the term actually refers to anyone...
Article - 06/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity
Cincinnati's water challenges aren't unique. As Tony Parrott, executive director of Greater Cincinnati Water & Wastewater, explains it, the city is faced with aging infrastructure, combined sewer flows and declining water usage.But what may set...
Article - 06/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Sure, the Environmental Protection Agency continues to push America to reduce its carbon emissions. But at the local level, your city planning commission may have more clout than the EPA.That’s what F. Kaid Benfield of the Natural Resources Defense...
Article - 06/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment