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Électricité de France, a Council Lead Partner and one of the world's largest utilities, introduces super efficient combined-cycle gas turbine technology at its new plant in Bouchain, France designed to conserve natural gas and reduce greenhouse...
Resources - 11/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy
Scroll down for a video on the launch of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) Global Sustainability Series, investigating the role of the private sector in engaging with the U.S. government, host governments and NGOs to help...
Resources - 10/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement
Learn how Loos.fm in the Netherlands utilized plastic recycling to build a pet pavilion that was cost-effective and eco-friendly, and created a public space to benefit the community in this short video from Council Lead Partner IBM.
Resources - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Waste management
With an expanding population, the second largest city in Illinois wanted to improve building inspection communications for increased efficiency with leaner staffing levels. Read in the "NaviLine Helps Aurora Do More with Less" case study...
Resources - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Computing resources, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Watch this brief video with Lorie Cosio-Azar, Project Officer for the city of San Diego Environmental Services Department, to learn why Council Lead Partner GE's energy-efficient LED street lighting fixtures and wireless lighting controls will save...
Resources - 10/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
This video takes you behind the scenes of the new world-class Silver Line, phase one of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail near Washington, D.C. The new rail line was built by Dulles Transit Partners led by Council Lead Partner Bechtel. It opened in July...
Resources - 09/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment
Disaster can strike any city or region. They often erupt suddenly with little or no warning. In this video, Dr. Peter Williams, IBM CTO Big Green Innovations, discusses why cities around the globe need to be resilient and how the new UN Scorecard...
Resources - 08/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy
ThyssenKrupp Elevator wanted to gain a competitive edge by focusing on what matters most to their customers: reliability. Watch the video to see how the company drew on the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to develop smarter elevators.
Resources - 07/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
Building smarter, more sustainable cities requires the support of public, private and civic stakeholders. Envision Charlotte is charting a new course. By taking a holistic and integrated approach to engaging these disparate groups and demonstrating...
Resources - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Citizen engagement
Located 50 kilometers east of Helsinki, the Finnish capital, is Porvoo, an old medieval town situated in the picturesque scenery of the Finnish archipelago.In the summer of 2011, the scenery at the local recycling stations was less picturesque;...
Resources - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Waste management, Instrumentation and control
In this video, Adam Shaw of News Super Videos visits Tianjin Eco-City - a city from scratch under development in north east China - to see how it plans to balance urban expansion and the impact on natural resources and the environment. Council...
Resources - 05/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Examples and case studies
If you've wondered how self-driving cars would fare on city streets, this video is your chance to take a look. Google is testing its self-driving cars on the streets of Mountain View, California where its headquarters are located. For more on self-...
Resources - 05/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment
The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France, is among Europe’s foremost research universities and is the second-largest university in France with some 43,000 students. The University’s Energy Department needed to better manage facility...
Resources - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Computing resources, Data management, Examples and case studies
In a typical year, over 35 million passengers and 96 thousand tons of cargo pass through the Barcelona El Prat Airport. AENA is responsible for airport operations, and its smart airport solution boasts a dynamic, intelligent infrastructure. The...
Resources - 03/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies
In this briefing for SCC members, Council Associate Partner ABB highlighted its deep portfolio of intelligent solutions that are at the heart of a city's critical infrastructure -- solutions relied upon for everything from the supply of power, water...
Resources - 03/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
The Council motto is Livability, Workability, Sustainability. Most people would say that outdoor billboards detract from livability. But here's a story about several designs that perform a useful function while they also advertise. They were...
Resources - 06/10/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Citizen engagement