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Find out how to unify municipal water systems and provide complete visibility of the entire water cycle, from source to reclamation and customised for each stakeholder’s unique needs.

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SmartCitiesWorld talks to AVEVA’s Rashesh Mody about the changing face but enduring importance of infrastructure.

Podcast: in conversation with Marc Hannis, Principal, Innovation Fund, Ofwat

Marc Hannis is the latest guest on the SmartCitiesWorld podcast, talking about the need for more innovation and collaboration in the water sector.

Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

How can edge computing and 5G help cities rebuild post Covid? Two executives from Wipro explain how.

The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.

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Energy data-sharing beta test aims to help the UK move to net zero

Energy data-sharing beta test aims to help the UK move to net zero

Data privacy and security06 Jul 2021

Open Energy’s goal is to make energy data sharing radically easier, giving users access to energy data held by thousands of organisations and institutions across the UK.

Argentinian city improves resilience and equity through urban farming

Argentinian city improves resilience and equity through urban farming

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The sustainable food production project by the municipality of Rosario has won the grand prize in the WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities 2020-2021 Prize for Cities.

Hamburg schools chosen for renewable energy pilot through AcceliGOV challenge

Hamburg schools chosen for renewable energy pilot through AcceliGOV challenge

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Green electricity start-up Bioo will provide education kits to 10 high schools in the German city to educate students on its technology, which generates electricity from soil and plants.

Premium e-bike bids to usher in new era of urban transportation

Premium e-bike bids to usher in new era of urban transportation

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Described as a reimagined form of urban transport, Civilized claims its Model 1 e-bike is also a credible alternative to the second car or moped and can carry cargo.

Telecoms giant collaborates on blockchain solution to enable future smart cities

Telecoms giant collaborates on blockchain solution to enable future smart cities

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Orange and Smartkey are unveiling what claims to be the first Blockchain-of-Thing Sim card, designed to enable access control and other smart city functions to be managed on a phone.

OASC and Vastuu partner to create more ‘meaningful’ data-enabled services

OASC and Vastuu partner to create more ‘meaningful’ data-enabled services

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Company is the latest to join OASC’s enterprise partner programme and the two sides will work together to develop and introduce innovations with Finnish cities, based on interoperability standards.

Indian research centre launches smart city start-up challenge

Indian research centre launches smart city start-up challenge

News06 May 2021

The month-long programme will give selected start-ups an opportunity to pitch to smart city technology multinational companies as well as smart city officials.

Strategic alliance aims to co-create smart city solutions

Strategic alliance aims to co-create smart city solutions

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Singtel and Surbana Jurong are joining forces to accelerate the digital transformation of key industries, initally focusing on smart and sustainable integrated facilities management.

Mexico City pilots climate-adaptive cycle path built from plastic waste

Mexico City pilots climate-adaptive cycle path built from plastic waste

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The cycle path in Chapultepec Forest offers temporary water storage and drainage features and is made from over 2,200 pounds of plastic waste, the equivalent of half a million plastic bottle caps.

Study reveals how cities are using tech and data to drive social development goals

Study reveals how cities are using tech and data to drive social development goals

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ESI ThoughtLab collaborated with a coalition of government, business, and academic leaders to conduct the global benchmarking study.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

UK train station harvests kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps

The project at Leighton Buzzard station aims to show how untapped footfall energy at transport hubs represents a real opportunity to provide sustainable energy sources.

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ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

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In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, the question ’how can I build resilience for ...

We built this city (on LPWAN)

The interoperability offered with LPWAN networks enables the benefits of a truly smart city environment to be shared by ...

Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban livesSponsored by Huawei

Closed ecosystems mean limited choices, limited innovation, limited success, writes York Yuekun.

Accelerating city digitisation and avoiding silos with interoperable IoT data model and LPWA networksSponsored by Kerlink

Open and interoperable data models will help cities speed up the deployment of smart technologies, writes Stephane D...

The 14 pillars of a smart city

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5 ways to get more from your existing water and wastewater assets now Sponsored by AVEVA

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Less is more: Why smart technology is thriving in the suburbs

Fast-growing neighbourhoods are the perfect testing ground for the latest connected technologies. Toby Olshanetsky, co-...

Removing the roadblocks to smart city ROI

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Water utilities look to smart water technologies and investments in 2019

John Fillinger, Director of Utility Marketing, Badger Meter, rounds up his top smart city water trends for 2019.

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Keeping the water flowing (or not) in the smart city

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