Some cities in Europe have come up with unique ways of dealing with cigarette butts. Cigarette butts can take 15 years to decompose and can contaminate water with the 4,000 different chemicals which make up Read More
The City of Winchester, VA is testing drone technology to assess if using drones could be helpful in improving efficiency in several city programs. Part of the Innovative Municipalities initiative, the test scenarios will be Read More
There is a clear consensus. Smart streetlights deliver massive energy savings and lay the foundation for a vast array of smart city applications. However, several common challenges threaten success, introduce delays, decrease benefits, and increase Read More
The city of Newcastle in the UK recently launched a website – NCLEUS.com – featuring its smart and sustainable projects, businesses, and research. Newcastle was recognized as UK Smart City of the Year 2019, Connected Read More
The city of Ingleside on the Bay, TX is working with a multi-disciplinary group of researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) to develop a low-cost sensor network that will monitor climate change Read More
Liege University’s Smart City Institute recently published the fifth volume of their Smart Cities Guide for municipalities. The theme of this edition is the monitoring and evaluation of smart city projects. The Institute conducted a Read More
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