As part of the Green New Deal for Boston, Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the City of Boston’s Environment Department are launching an electric school bus pilot program in a bid to reduce vehicle emissions, Read More
Princeton University Professor Anu Ramaswami and her team have developed a tool for city planners to help them design a series of actions that will set them on the path to carbon neutrality. The actions Read More
ReFED has recently updated and relaunched its Food Waste Policy Finder – an online tool that provides a database of legislative and regulatory policy at the federal, state, and local levels pertaining to food waste Read More
New York City’s FloodNet is a five-year project with a network of 500 sensors that will provide real-time data from areas in the city that see routine flooding. The project is a collaboration between the Read More
The City Council of Plymouth in southwest England is using robotic vehicles – called Waste Sharks – to collect plastic litter in the sea. The Waste Sharks are part of the council’s Preventing Plastic Pollution Read More
Highlights From Smart Cities Connect Conference We are witnessing the real-time evolution of smart cities, marked by several keystone events. The movement officially kicked off in December 2015, when the US Department of Transportation launched 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
The Breathe London pilot initiative was recently launched to provide real-time, hyperlocal air quality data. The initiative is a private sector-academic partnership between Imperial College London’s Environmental Research Group and the media and infrastructure company Read More
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the Advanced and Urban Aerial Mobility Cities and Regions Coalition. The coalition initially includes the cities of Amsterdam in The Netherlands; Orlando, FL; Los Angeles, CA; and Sao Read More
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