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Shipping cargo has always involved a fair amount of trucking and a pilot project from Council Associate Partner Siemens hopes to make that part of the journey much more environmentally friendly.Siemens is building the first electric highway, it...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Instrumentation and control
CityNext, the smart cities initiative from Council Lead Partner Microsoft, just celebrated its first anniversary and the company is using the occasion to highlight some of its key results so far.The initiative brings together partners, solutions,...
Article - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Are hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars still a contender in the race for zero-emission automobiles? Or are battery-propelled electric cars so established that fuel cell cars -- vehicles that run on electricity using a fuel cell powered by hydrogen --...
Article - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation
Excerpted from Smart Grid Watch with permission from Siemens, a Council Associate Partner.Autonomy and flexibility can support energy resilience, while also benefitting the power grid. Earlier this year, the Savona campus of the University of Genoa...
Article - 08/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for this week's short takes from members…Enevo wins smart waste collection deal in Czech Republic: Council Associate Partner Enevo announced a major service agreement with ASEKOL s.r.o., a Czech and Slovak nonprofit recycling company...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Waste management, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the third of 17 themes defined in the standard – energy indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report) and 54...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Energy, Policy and leadership
A new Leaderboard report from Navigant Research examining the competitive landscape in the building energy management systems market identifies Council Associate Partners Schneider Electric and Siemens as market frontrunners.The report...
Article - 08/01/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control
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
Nestled in the Canadian Rockies, the remote town of Field relies on one 25-kV distribution feeder, provided by BC Hydro, to supply its 300 residents with power. But providing reliable power to Field is challenging. Read about the solution that...
Resources - 08/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Examples and case studies
With a local developer intent on Wisconsin's first utility-scale solar farm in the city of Jefferson, a couple of major obstacles had to be overcome. Click the "Utility scale solar project" pdf link below to learn how Council Lead Partner S&C...
Resources - 08/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Examples and case studies