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When a comprehensive energy efficiency upgrade is completed for the 82 buildings on three community college campuses in the San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD), the district will be the first in California to integrate building...
Article - 07/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
There’s no question that cities are growing fast. Meantime, there’s more attention than ever on cutting carbon emissions in an attempt to mitigate climate change.The two trends seem mutually exclusive, but a new report shared by Council Lead Partner...
Article - 07/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
Mississippi-based Camgian Microsystems, a Council Associate Partner, this week officially released its new Internet of Things (IoT) platform – Egburt -- which aims to revolutionize the way cities and other enterprises collect and monitor their...
Article - 10/31/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Developers working on Saudi Arabia’s next smart cities are also getting smart about the construction of them. The same mobile technologies that help the smart cities operate are also helping to make development easier and at less cost.They’re...
Article - 09/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
China's economic growth in recent decades has raised the living standards of hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens and led to China becoming the second largest economy in the world. But that growth has come at a cost. More and more cars clogging...
Article - 07/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Analytics, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
We've seen it before -- developing regions leapfrogging the developed world. South Korea, for instance, is the acknowledged world leader in broadband access after starting from way behind. And now we are seeing signs that India may become a leader...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
We told you earlier about Microsoft's powerful foray into smart building management. It is impressive for its ability to work with myriad devices and myriad building management systems. That kind of integration is oh-so-difficult but oh-so-necessary...
Article - 06/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Microsoft's foray into smart building management represents the holy grail -- namely, an application that improves sustainability and improves resident satisfaction while also paying for itself. If we can help cities get started with high-payoff...
Article - 04/22/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies