Gateway Greening, in St. Louis, Missouri is partnering with The Giving Grove to plant sustainable community orchards in the city. A Giving Grove orchard with an average of fifteen trees is capable of producing over Read More
The University of Purdue is partnering with the Indiana Housing and Community Development Agency and industry partners to conduct a four-year research project examining how households consume energy. The project is being funded a $3.6 Read More
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) in Washington, DC is conducting a six to seven-month “demonstration program” for dockless bike sharing – a system that lets riders park anywhere they would a personal bike as Read More
The European Commission recently announced the ‘Digital Cities Challenge’ which is open to EU member states. The fifteen cities selected will receive a 14 to 18 month program of support in the form of policy Read More
Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a smart quad-generation plant capable of producing all four key utilities – electricity, water, air-conditioning and heat – simultaneously Read More
The Seychelles – an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off East Africa – is launching a new program – ‘Smart Energy in Public Spaces’ – focusing on energy efficiency in state buildings and street lighting. Read More
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has received a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation in order to study how controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) compares to conventional field agriculture in terms of energy, Read More
WaterView – an Italian startup founded by three engineers from the Politecnico di Torino in Italy – has introduced an innovative way to measure rainfall intensity. The technology re-purposes sensors that are already available (e.g., Read More
The City Council of St. Petersburg, Florida recently approved a three-year agreement with Streetline – a smart parking firm that delivers data and advanced analytics solutions – to install on-street sensors throughout the downtown area Read More
New federal legislation seeking to accelerate the development of smart cities technology has recently been introduced in Congress by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Representative Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), and Representative Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.). The ‘Smart Read More
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