Luca Curci Architects designs a zero-energy smart city of the future
Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 11, 2020
"The Link" is a net-zero energy smart city for the future.
Tencent gets proposal from MVRDV for green smart city
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2020
After two years of development, MVRDV has unveiled their competition entry for Chinese tech giant Tencent’s next campus—a green and futuristic smart city shaped like a continuous undulating mountain range.
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Smart grids to dominate smart city spending through 2026
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 25, 2022
A new report released by Juniper Research states that investments in smart grids across the globe will dominate smart city developments made between 2020 and 2026. Shanghai, owing to its Citizen Cloud, has managed to centralise consumer shopping, ensuring access to over 1,000 smart city services and products.
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First Smart Forest City in Mexico will be 100% food and energy self-sufficient
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Milan-based architecture firm Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled innovative designs for a nature-infused smart city in Cancun, Mexico that will serve as a model for resilient and sustainable urban planning.
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Smart Cities and Curb Management: Innovating for success
CleanTech Group
JUNE 3, 2021
Curb spaces have historically been a source of parking revenue for cities, but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for regulating a.
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Innovation Through Collaboration in the Maritime Sector
CleanTech Group
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The future was most definitely blue at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona last week. The post Innovation Through Collaboration in the Maritime Sector appeared first on Cleantech Group. The Tomorrow Blue Economy event featured the latest.
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The State Of Greenfield Smart Cities In Africa
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Grand projects like these certainly exist in developed nations, but the developing world hosts its own share of greenfield smart city aspirations.
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UAE smart city deploys smart strategies to become living lab
Smart Energy International
JULY 8, 2022
The end goal is to become a living lab to continuously improve upon its smart capabilities. As a smart city, Alnama makes use of various technologies and will support start-ups and businesses in its green-technology hub in the hopes of closing the loop between food, water, energy and waste.
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Smart city modelling partnership to explore system planning platforms
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 30, 2022
GIS project management startup Matidor and global built environment consulting firm Arup have announced a partnership to develop platforms to support energy system planning and analysis for smart city modelling. Smart city partners.
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Toyota’s Portable Hydrogen Cartridges Debut
Hydrogen Fuel News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
This innovative technology promises to significantly impact the future of hydrogen-powered vehicles and energy consumption in everyday life. These trials are part of a broader initiative led by Toyota to integrate hydrogen energy into daily life, beginning with Woven City—a futuristic smart city under construction in Japan.
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The advantages of STS interoperability in smart cities
Smart Energy International
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
When you’re talking about energy transfer in a smart city, interoperability offers a multitude of benefits that enhance the efficiency, security, and functionality of the smart-metering systems (post-payment and prepayment) that are connected to the AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure).
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Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience
GreenBiz
MARCH 11, 2021
As for my work in the city, I’m happy to say Orlando is shaping up to be one of the smartest and most sustainable cities in the country at the forefront of innovation and sustainability.
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Report says smart lampposts can assist Covid response and recovery
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 27, 2021
In Barcelona, the City Council has developed a camera-based solution attached to lampposts in the Las Ramblas area to ensure public health on beaches and implement crowd control measures to help tackle Covid. Lockdowns have cost Europe €2 billion per day[1], equivalent to the cost of investing in 2 million smart lampposts every day.”
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These are the "smartest cities" in the US and Europe
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Smart cities are a concept that has been gaining popularity in recent years. The IMD defines a smart city as one that has become more efficient, environmentally friendly and/or socially inclusive through the use of technology. These can include city services such as electricity, traffic management and public parking.
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Dan Evans, Itron Senior Director of Smart Cities, on the Chicago smart lighting project
Smart Energy International
APRIL 6, 2022
With the completion of the city of Chicago’s Smart Lighting Programme, Yusuf Latief talked to Dan Evans, Itron’s Senior Director of Smart Cities, about the programme’s implementation, challenges and benefits. The utility bill will be based on actual usage rather than a flat rate formula.
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Bloom Energy’s Latest Advancements and Market Insights
Hydrogen Fuel News
MARCH 3, 2025
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Key Innovation One of Bloom Energys standout technologies is its solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems. Bloom’s innovations in this field have also catalyzed integrations with hydrogen production capabilities. The company has projected revenues ranging from $1.65 billion to $1.85 billion for the year.
Tampa Electric Company wins 2023 Itron innovator award for advancing public safety and load management solutions
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 31, 2023
which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, announced that Tampa Electric Company (TECO), one of Florida’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, is the winner of the 2023 Itron Innovator Award, which recognises an Itron customer that leverages Itron’s partner enablement program. Itron, Inc.,
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IoT satellite-based LoRa program and white paper launch
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 4, 2022
The rapid collection, processing and management of data is vital for optimising industrial processes and changing society through innovation, whether by supporting the wider development of Smart Cities or the transition to renewable energy. Melia continued: “Big data is the new currency in a world of accelerating change.
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Ed’s note: Innovation for utility challenges in a volatile world
Smart Energy International
APRIL 5, 2022
Pointing to infrastructure as a top challenge along with the environment and social imbalances, he continued that it is our obligation to do more, using new technology to innovate and drive sustainability. Itron Chief calls on industry to accept ‘sacred obligation’ to society.
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Event - WFES Smart Cities Expo & Forum
Green Market Oracle
JANUARY 5, 2020
WFES Smart Cities Expo & Forum will take place on January 13 – 16, 2020 at the National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. To see the speakers list click here. To see the program click here To register click here Subscribe in a reader
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Spain’s Fuengirola embarks on smart city transformation
Smart Energy International
MARCH 31, 2022
The City of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain is to deploy Itron’s smart city platform including an IIoT device optimised mesh network and the SLV device and data management platform. The solution will enable the City of Fuengirola to deploy a wide range of smart city applications.
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Work on UK's 'largest' smart city green energy system kicks off in Peterborough
Business Green
JULY 26, 2020
Work to create the 'UK's largest' city-wide smart energy system has gotten underway in Peterborough as part of a council-led scheme to cut household bills and CO2 emissions by connecting up low carbon electricity, heat networks and electric vehicle charge points.
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Itron Inspire EMEA 2022: Utility best practices and innovation
Smart Energy International
APRIL 29, 2022
Across Itron’s nine key areas of activity, Deitrich highlighted three of them, all of which are relevant across the EMEA region: Smart cities Water resource management Data and analytics. As new innovations and projects come to be on the road to carbon neutrality, new problems will start surfacing requiring innovative solutions.
Planet Satellite Data + AI Enables the Kingdom of Bahrain to Manage Smart Cities
Planet Pulse
AUGUST 12, 2024
This innovative approach has led to an increase in effectiveness of building permit validation activities by the municipalities, highlighting the system’s significant impact on efficient urban management and planning. Basim Yacob Alhamer, President of the Survey and Land Registration Bureau.
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Technology Trending: Smart home EV charging, DEWA’s customer centre, smart city app
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
EV charging comes to Samsung’s SmartThings, DEWA’s customer care centre goes voice-based and a San Antonio ‘smart city’ app(roach) that could be emulated are on the week’s technology radar. It’s a conversation starter, bringing us closer to our community and transforming the way the city connects with visitors and residents.”
Laurence Kemball-Cook: 'Building a diverse team from the start is crucial to developing holistic and impactful solutions'
Business Green
AUGUST 27, 2024
The founder and CEO of energy-from-footfall firm Pavegen discusses rolling out new tech to smart cities and stadiums and what makes universities and start ups 'hotbeds' for innovation
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Transforming India’s Urban Landscape: Smart Cities Embrace Green Building Concept
Econaur
JUNE 9, 2023
Introduction: India, a rapidly urbanizing nation, is at the forefront of revolutionizing its cities through the integration of smart technologies and sustainable practices. With the concept of smart cities gaining momentum, the country is now taking a bold step towards embracing the green building concept.
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The Path Forward for Electricity and Smart Cities • 7/2/20
Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
JUNE 10, 2020
Utilities play a major role in building future liveable, resilient, and smart cities. About Plug and Play Plug and Play is the ultimate innovation platform, bringing together the best startups and the world’s largest corporations. July 2, 2020. 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST. Virtual Event. Register.
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New York City chooses three hardware vendors for curbside charging pilot
Charged
AUGUST 10, 2022
New York City has launched a pilot to demonstrate how access to charging could be improved for the 50% of residents that park their cars on-street. Steve Richardson and Nick Dobie, Co-Founders of Connected Kerb, said: “There are around two million light-duty vehicles in New York City, accounting for 80% of transport emissions.
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Leicester-based air quality specialist secures place in top UK SMEs
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 7, 2024
The EB100 award celebrates business excellence in the UK, ranking enterprises across a range of criteria including innovation, industry contribution and year-on-year growth, and highlighting them in an official league table every year.
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What will the smart city of the future look like?
Climate-KIC
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Smart energy company Drayton, have created an interactive graphic that will tell you just how long it will be until your city is filled with extraordinary and innovative technology. Simply enter your age and the piece will reveal what you could see come to a city near you from as soon as 2019. One of […].
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Infrastructure and resiliency set to accelerate smart water systems uptake – study
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
The result of this, however, is a rising demand for smart water systems to integrate into smart city-esque infrastructure to bolster resilience against such events; so states a new research report. The report comes in from Guidehouse Insights.
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€2,1mn to finance 14 innovative EU interoperability solutions
Smart Energy International
JUNE 30, 2022
In their drive to develop and innovate interoperable technologies for the European electricity sector, InterConnect has announced a call of €2.1 million ($2.2 million) in funding for the development of 14 interoperability solutions. Each application will receive a maximum amount of €150,000 ($156,000) to develop the solutions.
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Tencent gets proposal from MVRDV for green smart city
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 27, 2020
After two years of development, MVRDV has unveiled its competition entry for Chinese tech giant Tencent’s next campus — a green and futuristic smart city shaped like a continuous undulating mountain range. Tencent gets proposal from MVRDV for green smart city. ” + MVRDV Images by Atchain and MVRDV.
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AI in Waste Sortation: Robotics, Algorithms, & More
CleanTech Group
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Innovation in waste management comes in bursts. What Drives Automation in Waste Management? Today, the promise of automation through artificial intelligence (AI) offers. The post AI in Waste Sortation: Robotics, Algorithms, & More appeared first on Cleantech Group.
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Sustainable city valued at $1bn to drive net zero goals
Smart Energy International
APRIL 4, 2022
. “Mirroring the Sultanate’s goal of driving transformational change to attain a green, circular economy and emissions reduction, the city embraces the highest standards of sustainability and attests to our vision of creating an eco-conscious community that is harmoniously aligned with the distinct geography of the region.”.
DISTRIBUTECH International’s all-star program features SDG&E as host utility
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 10, 2023
City View: Insights into the City/Utility Smart Cities Interface. Duncan Wardle is the Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, working with Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar and Disney Parks to innovate and create magical new storylines and experiences for consumers around the globe.
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Beach battery powers Dutch coast smart grid project
Smart Energy International
APRIL 17, 2024
Innovation is key to addressing this challenge. This battery exemplifies a smart solution to optimise grid capacity utilisation. Living Lab Scheveningen The development of the smart beach grid takes place within the Living Lab Scheveningen, a smart city testbed and learning area along the Scheveningen boulevard.
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NEOM launches utility infrastructure development subsidiary
Smart Energy International
MARCH 25, 2022
These are THE LINE, which is envisaged as a 1 million inhabitant zero carbon city, OXAGON, an industrial innovation city for which tenants are already being sought, and TROJENA, a sustainable mountain tourism destination. Have you read? We cannot and will not be able to do it alone.
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Tomorrow. Mobility World Congress comes to an end after showcasing the latest innovations that will be shaping the mobility of the future.
U.S. Green Technology
JANUARY 2, 2023
Mobility will be one of the main drivers of future growth, and on average, each €1 invested in sustainable innovative mobility can generate benefits of up to €3 by 2030. The 2022 versions of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) and Tomorrow. Mobility World Congress (TMWC) wrap up on November 17, after combining more.
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Smart sensors market to surpass $208bn by 2031
Smart Energy International
APRIL 5, 2022
In the mind of this, rising adoption of these systems across residential and industrial applications is creating prominent business avenues in the global smart/intelligent sensors market. Government authorities across the globe are focusing on smart cities.
Mississippi utility co-op deploys fiber network for broadband and smart grid connectivity
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 20, 2022
Connectivity modules selected for Taipower’s AMI project Brunei and Actility deploy LoRaWAN network for smart city services UK’s Alt Han pilots hybrid wired and wireless radio for smart meter connectivity. The fiber network is a foundation by the co-op to offer other smart city services as well. Have you read?
Creative Destruction: the COVID-19 Economic Crisis is Accelerating the Demise of the Fossils
Mr. Sustainability
AUGUST 31, 2020
Innovations meeting material and cultural needs accelerate. As the old economy collapses, innovations “cluster” to become the core of the new economy. We are now at the start of the sixth great wave, driven by renewable energy combined with electromobility and smart-city technology. Waves of innovation by Stephen Khan.
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Itron Chief calls on industry to accept ‘sacred obligation’ to society
Smart Energy International
APRIL 5, 2022
He emphasised the importance of innovation and collaboration to ensure the work the energy sector does truly addresses the need for resilience, reliability and continuity within grids and supply chains, making an impact now and enduring for generations to come.
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