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
The 8th Swiss Prime Site Startup Accelerator workshop recently awarded 4 companies who are focusing on the topics of smart cities, smart buildings, and mobility. Data Ahead Analytics works on data integration, modelling, and visualization Read More
The Committee for Sydney’s 2019 Smart City Awards have been announced: Best Community Engagement and Social Outcomes Project: City-on-Wheels from Briometrix. Briometrix has developed a device to track the movements of a wheelchair in an Read More
Manhole explosions can become a problem in cities in the winter as they usually occur when a mixture of melted snow and road salt washes into them, leading to the cables arcing. In America’s biggest Read More
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