The City of Melbourne, Australia created the Resilient Melbourne Citymart Challenge with the goal of finding creative, feasible, and impactful ideas to help to reduce transport congestion, and ideally also make the experience of travel Read More
The French energy company Engie SA – along with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and France’s Schneider Electric SE – is helping build a small, self-contained power grid on Semakau Island – a small island off Read More
The city of Kansas City, Missouri recently released an open data portal that visualizes the area’s digital divide – the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the Internet, and those who Read More
The Mayor of São Paulo, João Doria Jr., recently outlined his smart city vision for his city, which includes digitizing public services provision and enhancing public security through the use of technology. He has prioritized Read More
New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) School of Engineering and Computing Sciences Associate Professor Remi Charron, Ph.D., an expert in high performance homes, has been granted $40,000 by BC Housing to create an energy management Read More
Researchers at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom (UK) have demonstrated that vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology can be used to take enough energy from idle electric vehicle (EV) batteries to be pumped into the grid and Read More
Jerusalem will be Israel’s first city to receive the Communications Ministry’s approval to set up an independent wireless communications network utilizing cutting-edge millimeter wave technology. Millimeter wave spectrum is the band of spectrum between 30 Read More
The AgTech X Co-Lab recently opened in New York City with plans to offer hands-on experience, the use of hydroponic equipment, educational events, and access to resources for all. Its mission states that it is Read More
The city of San Diego is discovering that partnering with utility companies can provide numerous benefits for the city, residents, the energy companies, and other partners. “You can’t have a smart city without a smart Read More
Keele University in Staffordshire, United Kingdom has received 15m sterling in funding to create the largest smart grid test bed of its kind anywhere in Europe. The 5-year project, led by Professor Zhong Fan, seeks Read More
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