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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
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
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
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
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 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
Amy Ericson, U.S. country president for Council Lead Partner Alstom, spoke at the World Bank Group about the interplay between carbon pricing and innovation that can lower carbon emissions for cleaner, more sustainable development. Alstom is...
Resources - 01/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy
California’s utility companies are up against a 2020 deadline to produce one-third of the state’s electricity using renewable generation sources, and this is generating concern about the stability of the state’s electric grid. In a California desert...
Resources - 01/12/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
Today’s dynamic power distribution systems require a solution that provides utilities with the visibility and control needed to perform work, share information in real-time, respond to outages efficiently and safely, and optimize performance of...
Resources - 01/12/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
Listen in as Laurent Schmitt of Alstom Grid, a Council Lead Partner, joins Gilles Rocchia of Socomec and Christine Pellen of RTE in a discussion of smart grid progress in France, where pilots and projects are getting citizens involved in smarter...
Resources - 01/12/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control
The GreenLys smart-grid development project, comprising Lyon and Grenoble, serves as the experimental platform for innovative solutions from energy generation to consumption. Click for a brief case study from Council Associate Partner Schneider...
Resources - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies
To meet greenhouse gas reduction goals, the city of Boston sought to reduce energy consumption through efficiencies and behavior change. Read in this case study how Boston leveraged Schneider Electric's StructureWare software for citywide energy,...
Resources - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement
This is part one of a webinar series from Council Associate Partner Elster that gets under the hood of the Advanced Meter Fort Collins (AMFC) project, where the successful implementation of technology is integrating and leveraging AMI data to create...
Resources - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control