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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 22 - Digital solutions shaping the urban landscape

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The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

Without serious consideration for Scope 3 emissions, we will be unable to reach global net zero goals and improve the quality of life of building occupants, says Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO of Global Network for Zero.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

Smart Cities Reports10 Oct 2022

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

Smart Cities Reports29 Nov 2021

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Las Vegas with its unprecedented growth, urban development, and leaps of imagination.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seattle

Smart Cities Reports25 Aug 2021

We explore Seattle’s journey to becoming a data-driven city and how it plans to continue to develop its smart city strengths

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – London

Smart Cities Reports19 Mar 2021

The long term-impact of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union and the country’s poor performance in the Covid-19 pandemic, are among the complex set of challenges it faces if London is to remain one of the world’s most influential and enviable cities.

White paper: Understanding Resiliency : What it means to be a resilient city and tools to support

White Papers09 Aug 2021

This whitepaper will provide a better understanding of the necessity for resiliency strategies, the challenges of implementing resiliency and digital tools to support cities and territories to build more resilient, sustainable and safe places to live.

White Paper: Artificial Intelligence Within Cities – The Next Stage in Societal Digital TransformationSponsored by Fiware

White Papers16 Jul 2021

In collaboration with Matthew James Bailey (leading authority, pioneer, and consultant in innovation, AI and AI Ethics, Smart Cities, IoT, and a renowned author), this brand new white paper focusses on the role played by artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future experience of Smart Cities.

Northwestern University strikes deal to deliver energy savings

News08 Jul 2021

The strategic partnership with cleantech integrator Ameresco will help the Evanston-based institution address its energy-related deferred maintenance challenges with no up-front capital required.

Dubai utility aims to create world’s tallest and smartest net zero government building

News07 Jul 2021

Al-Shera’a, the new HQ of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, will feature an array of AI solutions across systems and spaces, including a digital concierge for every employee and visitor.

As construction booms, India must tackle its AC addiction

Opinions05 Jul 2021

Vivek Gilani, director of cBalance and a partner in Ashden’s Fair Cooling programme, gives insights into how India must keep cool sustainably.

Tech companies partner to advance Singapore's Green Plan 2030

Commercial buildings01 Jul 2021

Envision Digital and ST Engineering will co-develop Singapore’s first fully integrated net zero carbon digital building suite, which will serve as a lighthouse project for cities across the world.

Smart city innovation lab opens in Munich

News29 Jun 2021

The Munich Urban Colab will enable creatives and cultural workers to work on sustainable solutions for liveable cities as well as in collaboration with the city administration and citizens.

Helsinki urban tech incubator teams with local universities

News23 Jun 2021

This marks the first time that Helsinki and its three universities will engage in incubator-related cross-organisational cooperation with the aim of drawing new experts and businesses to its metropolitan area.

Cleantech accelerator aims to decarbonise New York state buildings

News22 Jun 2021

The Clean Fight’s second cohort will focus on older buildings in need of more extensive updates, but are less resourced compared to Class A buildings.

Chicago announces first net-zero high-rise for Loop site

News16 Jun 2021

The $102m, 20-story structure, planned by the Community Builders at Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court, was announced winner of Chicago’s C40 Reinventing Cities competition.

AI used to examine construction following earthquakes

Commercial buildings14 Jun 2021

An open source project hosted by the Linux Foundation with support from IBM and Call for Code will use machine learning to help inform quality assurance for construction in emerging nations.

New buildings to be run entirely on electric in Sacramento

Commercial buildings10 Jun 2021

With the adoption of the New Building Electrification Ordinance, Sacramento joins 45 other cities that have passed electrification ordinances, including San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland.

Seoul uses blockchain and IoT to monitor risky buildings

Data management & software10 Jun 2021

A pilot test project will be carried out on 46 buildings in December with 824 further targeted for 2022 that are more than 30 years old or designated as facilities prone to disasters.

London mayor declares a “retrofit revolution” to create ultra-low carbon buildings

News04 Jun 2021

The package of measures aims to tackle the climate emergency as well as issues such as fuel poverty and sustain and create new green jobs in the UK capital.

Planned transport hub in Manchester prioritises streets for people over vehicles

Transport hubs03 Jun 2021

The developer claims streets and public space across the neighbourhood will immediately become cleaner and safer as on-street parking is removed and vehicle movements are reduced.

Landmark Manhattan office tower installs smart windows

Commercial buildings01 Jun 2021

The 40-storey 825 Third Avenue claims to be the first office building in New York City to use smart windows that also incorporate View’s immersive experience technology.

Nairobi progresses smart green city project

Commercial buildings24 May 2021

Dubai-based Hilshaw Group has been onboarded as exclusive advisor and overall project and financing consultant for the 4,500 acre Athi River project, which will be home to a self-contained community.

Oil leaks

Editor's Blog21 May 2021

Michael Lewis, the forensic chronicler of the 2008 financial crash in The Big Short (among many, many other incredible books), made a headspinning comment this week: "There are six times more people over the age of 60 than under the age of 30 working in computer systems."

Cornell urban tech hub issues recommendations for ‘rebooting’ NYC

News14 May 2021

The Jacobs Urban Tech Hub has put forward 10 tech-related recommendations that will enable the city’s administration to more effectively use technology to serve all New Yorkers equitably and efficiently.

Making haste with waste

Editor's Blog14 May 2021

What’s important to you where you live? Waste is one area that is overlooked all too often, perhaps understandable given what it literally is, but you quickly realise when your city isn’t getting things right

Helsinki calls for proposals to redevelop harbour area

News12 May 2021

Helsinki has announced a design competition focused on Makasiiniranta at South Harbour and is calling for entries that “activate and enliven” the seafront to create a new public realm.

City of London reveals CGI images of the Square Mile's future skyline

Commercial buildings10 May 2021

City of London planning committee chair said the images clearly illustrate that the City office is here to stay, and the future of the Square Mile remains bright.

San Antonio opens call for entries to its residency and city civic challenge

News07 May 2021

The four main challenges are around sustaining business during construction, carbon footprint for energy retrofits, power outage emergency communication, and hand sanitiser refill.

Bus conductors

Editor's Blog07 May 2021

You wait for stories on electric buses and then two come along at once. This week saw Gothenburg in Sweden and Charlotte in the United States announce plans to electrify their public transport networks.

Who lives in a house like this?

Editor's Blog30 Apr 2021

There’s no place like home. And up until recently there has been no place that has built via a 3D printer. This week Elize Lutz and Harriet Dekkers got a digital key to their two bedroom bungalow in the Beatrix canal in the Eindhoven suburb of Bosrijk.

Chicago mayor announces plans for a green recovery

News27 Apr 2021

Lori Lightfoot is advancing four strategies that aim to help Chicago achieve its 2025 and 2035 clean energy targets as well as maximise local benefits to communities.

Plug and Play accelerator launches in Seoul

News27 Apr 2021

Plug and Play will build an innovation platform in Korea based on its relationship with leading corporations, start-ups, and government entities in the country.

Soft power

Editor's Blog23 Apr 2021

Momentum is building. Earth Day this week saw world leaders falling over themselves to promise even further cuts to climate emissions in a sign that our leaders are taking this issue seriously.

Record-breaking entries for 2021 Global Mayors Challenge

News22 Apr 2021

The Bloomberg Philanthropies’ challenge was launched in January 2021 and will select 50 “champion cities” to test their ideas for several months this year.

SmartCitiesWorld partners with the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organisation

News22 Apr 2021

Through a media partnership, both organisations will share content and work together on events and other initiatives that support shared goals to build smarter and more sustainable cities.

Could mass IoT deployment be key driver of sustainability?

News21 Apr 2021

Report sets out to explore the impact that new and emerging technologies will have on electricity, fuel and water usage, CO2 emissions, and e-waste.

Super-connected innovation hub announced in New Jersey

Commercial buildings20 Apr 2021

Intended to bridge disciplines, institutions and people, Cove JC is a super-connected live-work-play ‘supercluster’ just minutes from Manhattan in the heart of the East Coast life sciences/tech corridor.

Reality bites

Editor's Blog16 Apr 2021

Joe Biden has hit the ground running as US president, determined to make up for the somewhat eventful four years of his predecessor in office, rebuild international alliances and, critically, put climate at the heart of his presidency.

Edinburgh council proposes how it will become a net-zero organisation by 2030

News16 Apr 2021

Draft plans include ensuring that all new council operational buildings are constructed to the highest energy criteria and electrifying all council car and van fleets.

Iconic NYC building to integrate largest US installation of interactive LED glass

Commercial buildings15 Apr 2021

Transformation of the historic Tin Building in Mahattan will include embedded micro-LED technology in its façade, creating a seamless connection between the physical and digital experience.

Strategic alliance aims to co-create smart city solutions

News15 Apr 2021

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

Zero-energy office building that adapts to the climate opened in Switzerland

Commercial buildings13 Apr 2021

Built using mainly renewable and reusable materials, Sonova claims the centre operates carbon-neutrally and requires hardly any building services installations.

Green investment by Canadian cities could create three million jobs

News12 Apr 2021

Analysis by C40 Cities highlights the economic and health benefits for Canadians of investing in city-led efforts to secure a green and just recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

XR and AI companies team to build the smart spaces and buildings of the future

News08 Apr 2021

Transmira and Kognition will collaborate as part of a consortium of XR companies to develop and implement latest technology and vanguard best practices to create the next generation of smart cities.

The fourth generation of cities

Editor's Blog01 Apr 2021

It’s a strange time. Of course, it has been a strange time for well over a year but optimism surrounding vaccination rates in countries like Israel, the UK and Chile is being sharply tempered by fresh and sudden lockdowns in Europe, vaccine scepticism in some countries and a deadly and passive approach to the virus in Brazil.

(Almost) everything flows

Editor's Blog26 Mar 2021

First off, I would like to apologise to you for being unable to find a smart cities angle on the hapless ship stuck in the Suez Canal. I am sure you all have been as horribly fascinated with the story as I have and I regret being unable to write about it.

Scottish councils offered funded IoT solutions

News25 Mar 2021

The funded IoT accelerator packs will be offered to councils across the country, allowing them to investigate and evaluate the power of the Internet of Things and smart solutions.

Should we still keep it simple?

Editor's Blog19 Mar 2021

Can simplicity be damaging? This is a question I have been chewing over for most of the week. Many careers, journalism included, reward keeping it simple. It doesn’t mean limited or unambitious - it means engaging and inclusive.

New York arts centre uses capacity-monitoring tech to reopen safely

News18 Mar 2021

The Shed in Manhattan is implementing GoGuide, which can be integrated with existing building technology systems for capacity-monitoring across the location as well as for individual spaces.

Waterfront Toronto launches competition to find Quayside partner

News18 Mar 2021

Announcement comes a year after Sidewalk Labs has shelved its controversial smart city plans, for the location, citing the impact of coronavirus and “unprecedented economic uncertainty”.

Digital twin built into luxury development

News18 Mar 2021

The technology from Cityzenith will be used in the development and maintenance as well as day-to-day usage by residents of Lamina Tower, being built at the Jeddah Corniche resort on the Red Sea.

Global consultancy opens 5G labs in Paris and Mumbai

News17 Mar 2021

With smart cities as one of its focus areas, each of Capgemini’s 5G labs bids to help organisations across every industry to ‘pivot’ their business to take advantage of 5G and the edge.

Helsinki announces energy challenge winners

News17 Mar 2021

Goal of the competition was to find urban heating solutions that can be implemented in Helsinki by 2029 and that potentially could contribute to decarbonising city heating around the world.

Final phase underway for British Columbian urban village

Residential buildings16 Mar 2021

The multifaceted community will reshape Kelowna’s skyline, and aims to spark growth and foster a sense of connection and community among its residents and commercial tenants.

IoT utilised to smarten buildings in Scottish Highlands

News12 Mar 2021

Smart IoT technology is being used to save costs and reduce the carbon footprint of schools, care homes, leisure centres and council offices as part of a new £400,000 project.

Phase one of $45m Renew Boston Trust initiative completed

News10 Mar 2021

Solar canopy at Boston Police Headquarters completes the first round of energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades across City of Boston buildings.

Moscow launches smart construction site

News10 Mar 2021

The site uses a range of technologies to automate on-site processes, while also reducing construction time and identifying and preventing emergencies and accidents at an early stage.

Eindhoven social housing development integrates a vertical forest

News08 Mar 2021

Trudo’s social housing project aims to bring together modern design, renewable energy and advanced IoT technology, demonstrating the latest trends in smart urban residential development.

From tiny acorns

Editor's Blog05 Mar 2021

George Orwell had a point when he once wrote: “The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your other actions, good or evil.”

Partnership aims to create smarter buildings using digital twins

News05 Mar 2021

Esri UK and Tetra Tech are combining their technologies in response to the increasing demand for indoor mapping for facilities management and indoor navigation at large offices, campuses and hospitals.

Ushering in new era of smart buildings and healthcare for Singapore

News03 Mar 2021

Vantiq and PrimusTech are collaborating on the development and deployment of real-time applications that further the digital transformation of hospitals and commercial buildings.

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