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A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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

The latest Urban Exchange takes us inside the world of digital financial innovation and how it supports urban resilience, with experts from Cape Town and StateUp.

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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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Organisations’ lack of data poses challenge to decarbonisation

Data management & software26 Nov 2024

Availability and access to right data is key challenge to decarbonisation efforts, despite 54 per cent of firms having mature or advanced data-driven operations.

Urban Glen “live-work-and-cultural” development unveiled for Hangzhou

Planning and redevelopment26 Nov 2024

Development is part of a wider transformative urban initiative aimed at establishing a dynamic art and cultural destination within the historically rich city.

C40 collaboration to help cities tackle extreme heat

Climate action25 Nov 2024

A $1.05m grant from climate and energy solutions provider Carrier will support C40 to promote sustainable cooling solutions in buildings and neighbourhoods.

Incubator selects startups for building innovation programme

Climate action21 Nov 2024

Three clean technology startups have been awarded $250,000 each in non-dilutive funding to help accelerate energy-efficient, resilient building technologies.

Unified security platform creates a truly smart building

Commercial buildings13 Nov 2024

22 Bishopsgate in the heart of the City of London has installed a unified security platform that means the more it is used, the more intelligent it becomes.

City AI Series: Levelling up operational efficiencySponsored by Dell Technologies & NVIDIA

AI and Machine Learning28 Oct 2024

Tune in for the next instalment of the ‘AI in Cities’ interview series with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, where we explore levelling up operational efficiency.

Seattle provides grants for retrofits and digital equity

Climate action24 Oct 2024

Awards of $3.5m will help install decarbonising retrofits in buildings while applications are open for Technology Matching Fund Grants, aimed at digital equity.

New Rochelle unveils plans for transit centre redesign

Planning and redevelopment11 Oct 2024

Redesign is a cornerstone of the City’s transformative downtown redevelopment strategy, positioning it as a model for equitable and sustainable urban growth.

Smart Cities and Communities Survey 2024: let us know your priorities

News09 Oct 2024

SmartCitiesWorld is partnering with Honeywell for our latest smart city survey which aims to find answers to some of the critical challenges faced by cities today.

How Calgary commercial buildings are reducing emissions

Commercial buildings04 Oct 2024

The properties were recognised in BenchmarkYYC Awards, part of a City programme that helps owners measure, track and compare their building’s energy efficiency.

Manchester’s 1.7bn innovation district opens its doors

Planning and redevelopment03 Oct 2024

The project sees the transformation of University of Manchester’s North campus into a district to advance innovation across sectors, including digital tech.

US utility announces investment in latest climate tech cohort

Climate action03 Sep 2024

The companies are leading the way with products, services and technologies that are focused on reversing or mitigating the damage done by climate change.

$240m grants to support adoption of climate-friendly building codes

Climate action02 Sep 2024

Investing in America Agenda will raise the bar for energy efficiency in buildings across the country, lowering energy costs and combatting climate change.

Lake Ontario cooling system expanded to serve more buildings

Water30 Aug 2024

Enwave claims the expansion has effectively increased its cooling capacity by 60 per cent, with the capability of providing service to an additional 40 buildings.

Biden administration awards $12.62m for clean energy projects

Climate action29 Aug 2024

The programme will distribute $12.62m to 32 local governments, two states, and one Tribe to improve energy efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Incubator announces programme for building decarbonisation

Climate action21 Aug 2024

IN² aims to support corporations and communities towards sustainability goals by providing practical implementation guidance and access to validated technologies.

Putting efficiency first in decarbonising the built environment

Commercial buildings21 Aug 2024

Gareth Tang, Head of Smart Utilities and Infrastructure, at ST Engineering’s Urban Solutions business, breaks down the technology that enables buildings to go green in the push for environmental sustainability in cities.

Retrofit projects help support City of London net zero goals

Commercial buildings05 Aug 2024

The buildings will benefit from significant energy efficiency upgrades, such as LED lighting and heat pumps, along with sustainable landscaping features.

Stuttgart’s energy company adopts building management system

Commercial buildings19 Jul 2024

Stadtwerke Stuttgart headquarters serves as lighthouse project for state-of-the-art building and energy management systems in new partnership with Siemens.

Finalists chosen for New York State eco proptech competition

Residential buildings18 Jul 2024

Finalists will partner with leading real estate companies to advance their low-carbon solutions for heating tall buildings.

Reimagining the built environment

Commercial buildings05 Jul 2024

CIBSE and Arup have collaborated on the Building Performance Reimagined project to transform the landscape of building engineering and sustainability.

Report identifies how to abate building emissions by 80%

Climate action28 Jun 2024

The World Economic Forum report provides a roadmap for transforming the global building sector as well as unlock $1.8 trillion in global market opportunities.

Honeywell solution controls energy usage at the plug level

Commercial buildings25 Jun 2024

Connected Power enables building managers across North America to autonomously power down unused outlets based on space usage schedules or occupancy data.

Canberra tackles embodied carbon emissions

Climate action21 Jun 2024

Government of the Australian Capital Territory is establishing a nationally consistent approach to measuring emissions in the commercial construction sector.

Department of Energy defines a zero emissions building

Climate action11 Jun 2024

Definition provides guidance to support new and existing commercial and residential buildings to move towards zero emissions across the entire sector.

Industry bodies expand digital twin partnership

Digital twins07 Jun 2024

The Smart Cities Council and Digital Twin Consortium want to accelerate the adoption of digital twins in smart cities and buildings and other vertical sectors.

California forms alliance to drive heat pump adoption

Batteries and renewables06 Jun 2024

Heat pump partnership brings together state agencies, manufacturers, utilities, and other market actors to support the state’s heat pump and climate targets.

London university reduces carbon emissions by 10 per cent

Climate action23 May 2024

Savings were achieved in the first stage of its net-zero strategy, which included installation of LED lighting in all buildings and upgrades to building systems.

Sacramento plan to transit buildings to electric appliances

Climate action21 May 2024

Development of the City’s strategy involved community engagement to establish equity and effectiveness criteria, which guided formulation of core policies.

Mitsubishi joins Berlin airport smart city project

Planning and redevelopment21 May 2024

Berlin TXL project was launched in 2021 to create a smart city on the five-square-kilometre site of the former Berlin Tegel Airport, which closed in 2020.

Why we must follow through on DoE decarbonisation blueprint

Climate action09 May 2024

Mahesh Ramanujam of the Global Network for Zero urges the public and private sectors to work together to accelerate decarbonisation of the built environment.

Smart building deployments to grow by 95 per cent by 2026

Internet of Things09 May 2024

Report from Juniper urges service providers to implement AI at the core of portfolios due to its ability to detect operative anomalies through data analytics.

Virgin Mobile Saudi and Hitek partner to develop smart cities

4G and 5G23 Apr 2024

The companies will initially focus on smart buildings and develop an advanced intelligence and analytics platform, connecting people, assets and spaces.

Sustainable life sciences building opens in Watertown

Commercial buildings19 Apr 2024

Clean energy transition company Catalyze has unveiled the purpose-built life science building in the Massachusetts city equipped with solar and storage system.

Can generative AI help buildings run more efficiently?

AI and Machine Learning26 Mar 2024

Aria from BrainBox AI claims to assimilate seamlessly into day-to-day building management processes to deliver insight to building and facility managers.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment

Climate action26 Mar 2024

The SmartCitiesWorld Summit, which takes place 26-27 June, will act as a call to action for cities to make the transformation of the built environment a central part of their climate action strategies.

How three cities are building sustainability and resilience

Editor's Blog15 Mar 2024

London, Toronto and Vancouver are implementing strategies to make their built environment and critical infrastructure more sustainable and resilient.

Could AI half annual carbon footprint of built environment?

AI and Machine Learning13 Mar 2024

Report by global proptech venture capital firm Pi Labs provides analysis of the potential for AI to decarbonise the built environment using just four use cases.

Toronto enables building owners to report energy and water use

Climate action12 Mar 2024

Reporting and benchmarking will support owners of large buildings in their efforts to improve environmental performance, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Decarbonising the built environment

Editor's Blog08 Mar 2024

The push towards greater carbon transparency and enhancing emissions reporting underscores the collective commitment to sustainability in the built environment.

Call for “carbon transparency” at first UN buildings summit

Commercial buildings07 Mar 2024

Arup and the WBCSD warn that without understanding where carbon comes from, it will be impossible to make the scale of cuts needed to meet the Paris Agreement.

UK Green Building Council issues Scope 3 emissions guidance

Commercial buildings06 Mar 2024

Built environment professionals are urged to include embodied carbon assessments within Scope 3 reporting for more accurate representation of carbon footprints.

Taking a whole-of-building approach to energy optimisation

Commercial buildings15 Feb 2024

ST Engineering claims its integrated, AI-powered platform can deliver total energy savings of up to 25 per cent to accelerate building decarbonisation.

Automated buildings control platform builds in cybersecurity

Commercial buildings25 Jan 2024

Honeywell’s Advanced Control for Buildings platform also claims to deliver faster network speeds that, “in an industry first”, makes use of existing wiring.

Companies team to digitise commercial buildings

Commercial buildings10 Jan 2024

Honeywell and Analog Devices aim to help buildings upgrade to digital connectivity tech without replacing existing wiring, reducing cost, waste and downtime.

SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2023

News31 Dec 2023

Which cities, trends and technologies made the smart cities headlines over the past 12 months? SmartCitiesWorld brings you its 10 top stories of 2023.

London heat network to create decarbonisation blueprint

Climate action20 Dec 2023

Heatropolis heat network in King’s Cross, one of London’s most high-profile regeneration zones, is set to play a key role in decarbonising heat across the UK

Canadian cities advance emissions-neutral buildings

Climate action15 Dec 2023

Calgary and Edmonton are working with environmental charity Ecotrust to support information-sharing on reducing emissions in the built environment sector.

Seattle passes landmark law to create greener buildings

Commercial buildings14 Dec 2023

Owners of existing buildings larger than 20,000 square feet are required to take steps to incrementally reduce their building’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Cop28: US departments team to decarbonise building sector

Climate action08 Dec 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Energy will work together on domestic efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the building sector.

Stockholm inaugurates landmark wooden building

Commercial buildings08 Dec 2023

The Wisdome Stockholm building showcases the use of wood as a building material, highlighting it as an important part of the solution to battle climate change.

Why we need a common framework for net zero buildings

Climate action28 Nov 2023

World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Arup are calling for an internationally agreed definition for net zero buildings in a new report.

C40 Cities’ roadmap aims to decarbonise built environment

Climate action21 Nov 2023

The two-year Visible initiative will support city leaders in London, Madrid and Oslo to pilot equitable and viable construction and renovation models.

Developer unveils plans to create £5bn UK climate tech hub

Planning and redevelopment02 Nov 2023

The Earls Court Development Company plans to create a commercial space for the UK’s clean and climate technology sector on a cleared site in West London.

University of Tokyo collaborates on smart building programme

Commercial buildings26 Oct 2023

It is working with the private sector to launch the Smart Building System Research Initiative to accelerate the role of building systems in the green transition.

Calgary to host fifth climate action symposium

Climate action16 Oct 2023

Calgary will stage 12 free public sessions over five days to discuss the impact of climate change and explore what actions the city and citizens can take.

New York City launches smart city accelerator programme

News13 Oct 2023

New York smart city accelerator programme will enable agencies, private companies and academia to test and evaluate eight pilot technology projects per year.

Support for a tax to help decarbonise commercial buildings

Commercial buildings21 Sep 2023

Research by greentech firm Pavegen finds two-thirds of UK respondents would support a New York-inspired “brown tax” to help decarbonise commercial buildings.

NYC launches major plan to cut building emissions

Climate action14 Sep 2023

The new strategy delivers on goals outlined in PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, New York City’s long-term strategic climate plan released in April.

Siemens inaugurates climate-neutral campus in Zug

Commercial buildings12 Sep 2023

The campus combines real and digital worlds and makes use of heat pumps and water from Lake Zug while planted flat roofs provide additional insulation.

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