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What If Automakers Had Acted on Their Own Climate Science From 50 Years Ago?

GreenTechMedia

They made presentations at conferences. Smart Cities Dive : Mayors Unveil $60B Plan to Support Midwest Energy Transition. In the 1960s, scientists who worked for General Motors and Ford discovered that the exhaust from their cars was very likely changing the climate. They briefed senior executives.

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Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience

GreenBiz

Cities are home to more than 50 percent of the global population and as a result are presented with ever-growing challenges, including finding a balance between social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability. Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience. Chris Castro. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 01:00.

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The Path Forward for Electricity and Smart Cities • 7/2/20

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Utilities play a major role in building future liveable, resilient, and smart cities. This social event runs for about an hour and includes a short presentation from the event co-host to give a perspective on the given topic. July 2, 2020. 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST. Virtual Event.

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Tencent gets proposal from MVRDV for green smart city

AGreenLiving

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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Smart metering – next steps in Europe

Smart Energy International

In a ‘Smart talk’ hosted by VF Holding CEO Jovan Vujasinovic, three experts – Sergio Lazzarotto, Executive Director of the DLMS User Associations, Roberto Zangrandi, Secretary-General at E.DSO for Smart Grids, and Tomas Llobet, Managing Director of ESMIG – gave their views on various issues on the next steps for smart metering in Europe.

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Tampa Electric Company wins 2023 Itron innovator award for advancing public safety and load management solutions

Smart Energy International

The Itron Innovator Award acknowledges TECO’s Smart Cities and Load Management programmes and recognises the utility for the improvements that benefit Tampa Electric customers. With smart streetlights, the utility can immediately detect lighting outages allowing for prompt response.

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Ed’s note: Innovation for utility challenges in a volatile world

Smart Energy International

Tom Deitrich, President and Chief Executive Officer, Itron during the keynote presentation. Across Itron’s nine key areas of activity, Dietrich highlighted three of them, all of which are relevant right across EMEA: Smart cities Water resource management Data and analytics.