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Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Bechtel tunnel worker tells BBC why she does itCrossrail: Who wants to work in a tunnel? is how the headline reads on the BBC News Magazine site. Who indeed? The article features several of the 12,...
Article - 01/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity
There’s no doubt that 3D printers are closer than ever to becoming mainstream. As the printers drop in size and price, people are now using them in ways that would have been obscenely wasteful just a few years ago, such as making their own action...
Article - 01/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Computing resources
Becoming a smart city is about more than deploying systems that use sensors, meters and advanced data analytics. It’s also about creating systems that improve the dynamics inside city hall.That, at least, is partly the premise behind a new business...
Article - 01/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Policy frameworks and tools
The Smart Cities Council seeks to improve the livability, workability and sustainability of the world’s communities. We seek a better future for all.To accomplish that, we now offer the opportunity for regional stakeholders everywhere to affiliate...
Article - 01/29/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, China, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, North America
The Institute for Sustainability and Mayor of London's Office put out a call for innovative technologies that will improve wayfinding and navigation in five districts that are members of London's Smart London Districts Network. The network brings...
Article - 01/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
If you're a regular visitor to our site, you know that Itron is a technology innovator helping cities around the globe solve some of their most pressing problems. We're proud to call Itron a founding member of the Council and a Lead Partner – and...
Article - 01/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The Council's Smart Cities Readiness Guide highlights how advances in information and communications technologies (ICT) will transform the delivery of essential health and human services in powerful ways – and how smart cities will ride the wave to...
Article - 01/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Computing resources
MasterCard, African Development Bank collaborate on financial inclusionBroadening access and usage of digital finance tools to promote shared prosperity is the aim of a broad collaboration between Council Lead Partner MasterCard and the African...
Article - 01/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council Partners…Ooredoo bringing smarter healthcare infrastructure to QatarCouncil Lead Partner Ooredoo will help develop Qatar’s first cloud-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice Management System. As...
Article - 01/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity
New York-based think tank Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has been naming its version of the world's most intelligent communities based on its community indicators of success since 1999. This year's top 7 represents a range of different approaches...
Article - 01/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Transportation, Connectivity
As cities around the world face climate change mandates, energy efficiency should be a no-brainer. It's something everyone can help with, including everyday citizens as this story illustrates.If you were to ask most people, they would probably tell...
Article - 01/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics, Citizen engagement
New York City’s pay phones are beginning to disappear, but chances are nobody will miss them. They’re being replaced with new kiosks that offer everything except a private, enclosed space.The new kiosks, called LinkNYC, will not only make phone...
Article - 01/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Telecommunications, Connectivity
A new report from ABI Research suggests the market for smarter municipal refuse collection will grow at a 43% CAGR in the next few years. Specifically the report refers to smart bins and remote fill-level solutions for waste management."This sector...
Article - 01/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Transportation, Waste management, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
University of Massachusetts student Amir Ehsani Zonouz won the first Siemens' Mobility IDEA (Improving Design and Engineering for All) Contest. The initiative offers prizes for innovative ideas to help solve five of the toughest challenges facing...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The primary goal of a transit system has been to get a rider from point A to point B. Collecting fares has typically been an afterthought, which is why that process is usually set up for the transit system’s convenience – not the rider’s.A...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
A recent survey revealed only about a third of all cities have a robust, citywide cybersecurity policy. Another third (roughly) have policies on a department-by-department basis. And another third no policies at all.No cybersecurity policies...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Security and privacy
Australia -- already one of the driest continents on the globe -- has grappled with prolonged drought in recent years. That’s prompted public authorities to launch an assortment of projects designed to conserve and reuse water resources.The latest...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Water and wastewater
Scroll down for a peek at recent developments involving Council Partners…Alstom pact targets smart, energy efficient homesCouncil Lead Partner Alstom Grid will work with IJENKO, a European company that provides a cloud platform for Internet of...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity
Here’s something you don't see every day – a giant company doing pro bono consulting engagements (each valued at USD $500,000) to improve the lives of citizens in cities around the world. But Council Lead Partner IBM has been doing just that with...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership
There is a lot pressure on Chinese farmers. China is home to 20% of the world’s population, but only 10% of the world’s arable land. With such a shortage of farmable land, it’s critical that farmers use land to its full potential. And China isn't...
Article - 01/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Health and human services, Connectivity
Can you imagine a day without serious crime? Or a double-digit decline in crime rates without a double-digit increase in the size of your police force?Policing success stories like these are happening in cities from New York to Los Angeles thanks to...
Article - 01/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics
I've long said the utility model is seriously broken and in need of a 21st Century overhaul. So I was intrigued to hear Silver Spring Networks, a Council Associate Partner and major player in the smart grid space, announce that Hawaii Electric...
Article - 01/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
After a big disaster, there’s a rush to provide people with food, water and shelter. Those are critical needs, sure, but they’re just at the surface of what people really need to get their lives back on track.The first-ever Middle East Summit on...
Article - 01/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications, Connectivity
There's new help for cities trying to figure out how they will meet aggressive climate change mandates much less pay for them.The first widely endorsed standard for cities to measure and report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was launched last...
Article - 01/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools
International CES, better known as the Consumer Electronics Show, isn’t normally thought of as an automotive event, but Council Lead Partner Qualcomm made a huge splash with its first connected concept car. While its car turned heads for some of its...
Article - 01/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
Ideas you can use department: The story below is about new U.S. energy efficiency standards for fluorescent lights. But the larger point is the use of policies, regulations and codes to affect change. Want your city to be smarter? Your most...
Article - 01/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Policy and leadership
Scroll down for short takes from Council members and a new section where we'll introduce smart people you should know about…GE tapped for landmark project with Saudi Electricity Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) selected Council Lead Partner GE for a...
Article - 01/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity
Kenya has an extensive population that’s infected with HIV and until very recently, they have been getting poor care – if they get any at all. Council Lead Partner Qualcomm is helping to change that.Pick 100 Kenyans at random, and odds are at least...
Article - 01/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness, Health and human services, Telecommunications, Connectivity
Earlier this week we highlighted some decidedly mixed opinions from around the globe on how smart cities progressed in 2014. The results came from an informal survey of city leaders, smart city vendors, academics and others who attended our Smart...
Article - 01/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity
There’s no doubt that a developer’s job is harder than ever. Populations are exploding and becoming increasingly urban. Developers have to build enough housing while building a sense of community and minimizing the environmental impact.Old methods...
Article - 01/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
When your city is short of cash and raising taxes just isn’t an option, what can you do? Some cities are getting the money they need by doing a better job of collecting the on the taxes they already collect. And technology is making it easier to for...
Article - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Analytics, Computing resources, Finance and procurement
Glance through the announcement below from Council Lead Partner Mercedes-Benz and you will see that electric vehicles (EVs) are finally going mainstream. The company has found a way to put its ultra-low-emission electric drive and batteries into a "...
Article - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity
In years past we've highlighted smart cities predictions from various organizations that track trends. But this year we thought it would be interesting to see what our own smart cities insiders say about the progress they've witnessed in 2014, the...
Article - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Public safety and security, Transportation, Policy and leadership
In its coverage of the Council's Smart Cities Now forum held at Qualcomm headquarters in San Diego, the U -T San Diego highlighted the challenges that cities will face as populations increase and why smart solutions matter. The full U-T report is...
Article - 01/05/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Smart Cities Now forum held at Qualcomm headquarters in San Diego in December 2014 was the subject of an extensive news piece by Chad Vanderveen writing for FutureStructure. A brief excerpt appears below; you can read his full story here.The...
Article - 01/05/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer were among featured speakers quoted in the Times of San Diego report on the Council's Smart Cities Now forum in San Diego. Read the full report here; a brief excerpt...
Article - 01/05/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
When it comes to wasting energy, offices are among the biggest offenders. Just look around city hall or other public facilities for examples. Between lighting conference rooms no one is using and air conditioning offices where no one is working, a...
Article - 01/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity
Council Lead Partners Cisco and GE are attracting increasing attention for their efforts to bring Big Data to the Internet of Things. But while much of the early focus is on what’s good for business, there’s a lot for cities to get excited about,...
Article - 01/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Analytics
CivicConnect’s mission is to enable cities “as enterprises” to improve efficiency and sustainability while providing citizens, visitors and workers the tools they need to more easily explore and navigate their cities.CivicConnect provides the...
Company Information - 01/20/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, North America, Compassionate Cities, RG Global
Much has been written about India's quest to build 100 smart cities. This brief video from India's Ministry of External Affairs provides a high-level overview of India's plans to tranform its urban landscape and its diplomatic efforts to reach out...
Resources - 01/29/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership