The city of Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Electric Power Board is partnering with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville to build a solar-battery microgrid at its municipal airport. The airport already has a Read More
Researchers at the University of Sussex in England – known as Team PollinATE – plan to compare local growing methods with those used 5,000 miles away in the Indian city of Kolkata. Team PollinATE aims Read More
According to Environment Canada, up to 15 percent of the total water entering the country’s supply line system is lost to leaking pipes. In an effort to help reduce water loss and mitigate the cost Read More
Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow (QUEST) and Pollution Probe – an environmental non-governmental organization – chose six pilot communities in Canada to participate in the development of the Smart Energy Communities Scorecard. The communities Read More
CARTA is the public transportation provider for the City of Chattanooga. Over 25 years ago, CARTA introduced one of the largest electric bus fleets with the launch of its Downtown Electric Shuttle Program. Following the Read More
Essex County Council and Hertfordshire County Council in England are partnering with technology firm Telensa to pilot new smart city services. The pilot will begin in March of this year and will initially run for Read More
SG Bike, a Singapore-based bike-sharing company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the telecommunications company M1 to explore the use of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) in the bike-sharing business. They will collaborate on NB-IoT Read More
A new urban farming program in the City of Buffalo, NY aims to bring fresh produce to Buffalo’s East Side – classified as a food desert – and encourage young people to consider career paths Read More
You may have heard about the Array of Things, one of the most highly publicized and groundbreaking projects in smart cities to date. If you haven’t, you’re in for a treat. We interviewed the Smart Read More
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a report – produced by the Interagency International Cybersecurity Standardization Working Group (IICS WG) – which examines what needs to happen next for the development Read More
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