SmartBlockPHL – a part of the SmartCityPHL program in Philadelphia, PA – is a pilot project created with the goal of attaining a dynamic understanding of the urban environment. The city, Comcast, US Ignite, and Read More
The City of Warsaw in Poland, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Clean Air Fund are working together to improve air quality in the city. The Breathe Warsaw initiative will take advantage of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ experience partnering Read More
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) in Korea recently announced that it will be powering its public buildings with geothermal energy as part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan for Climate Action to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050. Read More
Take-aways from Distributech 2022 It is well understood that the technical foundation of smart cities depends on connectivity and power. However, integration and collaboration between these two sectors has historically been under incentivized therefore limiting Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is partnering with the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), data analytics specialist Capa Strategies, and community groups to map the hottest parts of 14 US Read More
As part of Las Vegas, Nevada’s overall heat mitigation and urban resilience strategy, the city is launching the City of Las Vegas Tree Initiative to combat the urban heat island effect. According to a 2019 Read More
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched an initiative – Communities LEAP (Local Energy Action Program) – to help cities, towns, and tribes develop clean energy projects and find funding for them from the Read More
The city of Chicago, IL recently released a citywide plan for trails and open spaces that will contribute to a network of community-led green infrastructure projects. The plan is intended to add 48 miles (~ Read More
The city of Bristol, England has introduced the Bristol Leap project as part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2030. The project – a private-public partnership including the cleantech integrator Ameresco Read More
Puerto Rico’s first intermunicipal microgrid – Microrred de la Montaña (Microgrid of the Mountain) – is currently being developed by microgrid developer XENDEE and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The microgrid will be managed by Read More
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