UCLA and the city of Los Angeles’s water and power utility (LADWP) are working together to research ways to enable the city to manage water supplies more sustainably and to become more energy efficient and Read More
SP Group – an energy utilities group in the Asia Pacific – launched the world’s first smart grid index to help utilities measure and advance in key dimensions of grid development. Currently, utilities worldwide apply Read More
The city of Tampere, Finland recently published “The Smart City Cookbook” to provide an introductory guide to planning and managing smart city activities. The Smart City Cookbook is based on best practices gathered from cities Read More
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced a five-year, $5.25 million initiative to take a citizen-centered approach to studying autonomous vehicles (AV) and how the technology will affect urban mobility. The pilot Read More
A new project, the Greater Phoenix Smart Region Initiative, is a public-private nonprofit partnership that includes the Arizona State University Center for Smart Cities and Regions (CSCR), the Arizona Institute for Digital Progress (IDP), and Read More
Portland State University is investing $3 million over the next three years in The PSU Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative and the The PSU Digital City Testbed Center. The new research centers will focus on Read More
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced that the cities of Seattle, Washington and Atlanta, Georgia are the first of twenty winners of its American Cities Climate Challenge. The two-year acceleration program includes a technical assistance and support Read More
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced a five-year, $5.25 million US initiative to take a citizen-centered approach to studying autonomous vehicles (AV) and how the technology will affect urban mobility. The Read More
Officials from the city of Brooklyn, New York recently announced joint sponsored legislation to expand urban agriculture and maintain community shared space at Ashford Street Abundant Garden. The new legislation will insure the Department of Read More
I recently had the privilege to speak with Jordan Finegan, a Smart Cities Consultant at Denver’s Office of Technology Services and Public Works, about Denver’s Living Lab and her role within the project. As a Read More
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