Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana recently announced the Downtown NOLA Energy Challenge, a competition between business owners across downtown New Orleans to reduce their energy usage. The city has partnered with the Read More
We interviewed Dave Strenski about the Smart 50 Award winner, Ypsilanti Fire Station Solar Installation in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Here’s a bit more about his project: By using a combination of volunteer labor, an anonymous donation, Read More
Kansas City, home of Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo 2018, has long been a leader among smart cities. We asked them what it means to receive a Smart 50 Award, and here’s what they Read More
The city of Kingston, Ontario has entered into a public-private partnership with the communications company, Bell, that will use Bell’s Smart City platform to provide a series of connected Internet of Things (IoT) applications with Read More
Smart Budapest, co-authored by Sándor Finta, Director of Architecture and Urban Planning, and Zsombor Barta, Head of Sustainability and Legacy, has been adopted by the Hungarian city as a road map to becoming a world Read More
The Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton in the UK has partnered with Fawley Waterside Limited, Cisco, IBM, Siemens, and Vodafone to build a new intelligent city on the outskirts of Southampton. “We Read More
The City of Cape Town, South Africa is asking its residents to submit ideas to make Cape Town a smart city. The city wants to know about technologies and products that could leverage its existing Read More
In a recent interview with Kansas City Chief Innovation Officer Bob Bennett, we explored smart city initiatives in the heartland and the challenges that come with leading the charge. (LB): There’s a lot of buzz Read More
Singapore Management University (SMU) recently launched a new four-year academic major – Smart-City Management and Technology. The new major is offered by the School of Information Systems along with the School of Social Science. Many Read More
In June 2016, the city of Columbus, Ohio received a $40 million grant from the US Department of Transportation and $10 million from Vulcan Inc. as part of the federal Smart City Challenge. Since then, Read More
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