If you’re like me (and Oprah), you crave “tweet-able moments”: those scraps of conversation that set something off in you and reach the truly real. Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo in National Harbor was Read More
More than 150 government leaders gathered with industry and academic experts in National Harbor, Maryland at the Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference October 8 – 10, 2019. There was an unprecedented number of first-time city Read More
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced that it will invest 102.7 billion won ($85.8 million US) over the next three years to establish the S-Net (Smart Seoul Network) – a 4,237-km independent communication network to Read More
The Belgian city of Ghent’s urban food policy is one of four winners of the UN Climate Action Award in the category of Planetary Health. The policy, Ghent en Gerde: Creating Structural Change through Local Read More
The city council of Joplin, Missouri has approved the use of federal and state grants received for tornado recovery projects for a smart city initiative and a $30,000 membership to the non-profit organization, U.S. Ignite. Read More
The City of Deerfield Beach, Florida and Siemens have announced the official start of a city-wide energy efficiency project to reduce the city’s environmental footprint. The Commission of Deerfield Beach approved a 17-year, $9.2 million Read More
The City of Minneapolis, Minnesota recently launched a mobility hub pilot program to increase access to low-carbon transportation options. The mobility hubs are intended to provide easy public access to convenient, low or no carbon Read More
A team of researchers from Penn State led by Dr. Krishna Jayakar, Professor of Telecommunications, have categorized smart cities worldwide into four distinct types. The categories may help city planners identify and copy models that Read More
Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) have been assessing how urban agriculture could help achieve the sustainability goals set by Phoenix’s city council in 2016. The goals involve transportation, water stewardship, air quality, and food. Read More
The United Nations Economic Council on Europe (UNECE) and the Green Building Alliance (GBA) have signed an agreement to launch Pittsburgh’s International Center of Excellence on High Performance Buildings. The center will use UNECE’s Framework Read More
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