Envision Energy, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the Met Office (the UK’s national weather service), and Aarhus University’s Center for Energy Technologies (CET) are collaborating to advance research in renewable energy forecasting. Read More
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s 15-year “lighting master plan” – EnvisionABQ – will involve converting over 20,000 streetlights to LED, implementing an Internet of Things (IoT) architecture, and deploying a central management system in Read More
The San Jose Smart City Vision has the stated goal of making San José America’s most innovative city by 2020. The city is looking a three factors to achieve this goal: core values, key goals, Read More
One of the stated goals in the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint is the creation of 200 hectares of rooftop greenery by 2030. Due to limited land space, sky rise greenery has increasingly become an essential component Read More
The city council of Cardiff, Wales is launching a new smartphone app this week – Park Cardiff – designed to help drivers locate available parking spaces. 3,300 vehicle detection sensors have been embedded into the Read More
Cities and towns across Australia are moving ahead with community energy projects utilizing a range of technologies including wind, solar, bioenergy and mini-hydro. Clean Energy 4 Goulburn in New South Wales has plans to build Read More
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz have successfully designed a smart greenhouse that uses solar panels to generate electricity and produces healthy crops. The greenhouses use Wavelength-Selective Photovoltaic Systems (WSPVs), -a new technology Read More
The city of Glasgow, Scotland has received over £24 million since 2013 from the Innovate UK agency to fund the advancement of its digital infrastructure and open data from which it expects to gain benefits Read More
The City of Minneapolis has joined the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact – an international protocol that seeks to develop food systems based on the principles of sustainability and social justice. Almost 160 cities have Read More
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), Alberta Innovates (AI) and Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) have recently announced $28.8 million Canadian in funding for cleantech projects across the province of Alberta. The eleven projects were chosen from Read More
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