Copenhagen has been voted the world’s best city for cyclists, with approximately 400 km of cycle paths and about 40 percent of the capital’s population commuting to work by bike. Through the public bike share Read More
Cenex, a center of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies in the United Kingdom, is embarking on a project to investigate how cities can increase energy efficiency and decrease carbon emissions by integrating Read More
IBM Global Entrepreneur program connects startups to IBM’s network of clients, partners, business leaders, and technology. The program recently cited 10 innovative startups that are building solutions to promote the creation of smart cities in Read More
Electric roads are being tested in a number of countries world-wide. Roadway powered electric vehicles collect any form of potential energy from the road surface to supply electricity to locomotive motors and other equipment within Read More
The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO in Stuttgart, Germany has no ordinary parking garage. It serves as a living lab to test the Micro Smart Grid and control systems that have been developed in-house. Read More
The Honeywell Smart Building Score was developed as a framework for the quick, comprehensive, and easy assessment of any building. Based on defined parameters of capability, coverage and up time, the framework scores 15 elements Read More
The city of Schenectady, New York is moving ahead with its Smart City initiative. Mayor Gary McCarthy created the Mayoral Smart City commission to take advantage of new technology for superior delivery of government services Read More
The Finnish city of Tampere, the second largest in the country, recently announced its plans to invest six to ten billion Euros by 2030 in order to become a fully-integrated smart city. “Our plan is Read More
APEC, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, is calling for case study submissions from public and private sectors for the 2016 APEC Energy Smart Community Initiative (ESCI) Best Practice Awards. The award program focuses on successful efforts within Read More
The Urban Food Street project was started in 2009 when residents in the Queensland, Australia suburb of Buderim were shocked at the price of produce in traditional grocery stores. Limes were selling for about $1.50 Read More
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