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By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the eighth of 17 themes defined in the standard -- health indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report)...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
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
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the fourth of 17 themes defined in the standard – environment indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report...
Article - 08/13/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Health and human services
For today’s Technology Generation, there’s a crucial difference between knowing how to use a computer, smartphone or tablet — and knowing how it works.The push is on to begin teaching more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills to...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources
Australia’s fastest-growing city is trying to stop a fast-growing problem: How to keep up the economic growth while still providing a place for low-income residents to live.As cities grow, low-income housing is often the first to be cleared out to...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the second of 17 themes defined in the standard – education indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report)...
Article - 08/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Health and human services, Policy and leadership