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

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SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024: experience ‘Tokyo 2050’ todaySponsored by The SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Showcase Program Executive Committee

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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

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

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DT Hub launches programme to fast-track targeted digital twin solutions

Digital twins24 Jul 2024

Gemini Firebox facilitates collaboration between digital twin innovators and infrastructure owners to promote real-world applications of digital twin tech.

Unlocking private investment for greener neighbourhoods

Climate action21 Mar 2024

The UK’s Net Zero Investment Taskforce says to retrofit homes we must also try to retrofit a financial system to a purpose for which it was not created.

Digital twin competition launched with Glasgow Airport

Digital twins27 Feb 2024

Glasgow Airport’s Living Lab digital twin competition aims to facilitate the development of digital twin technology solutions tailored for the aviation sector.

Connected Places Catapult appoints incoming CEO

People and skills17 Jan 2024

Erika Lewis will join the UK innovation accelerator from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology where she is director, cybersecurity and digital identity.

UK station to be a testbed for passenger tech and innovation

Rail Travel19 Oct 2022

A partnership between Network Rail and Connected Places Catapult will see Bristol Temple Meads become the country’s first station innovation zone, trialling technologies designed to upgrade passenger experience.

Catapult Digital Twin Hub announces board and strategy

News19 Jul 2022

The inaugural members of the strategic board have been tasked with helping to build its community and drive the creation of connected digital twins to address critical challenges.

Cop26: research reveals £500bn net-zero investment opportunity

Commercial buildings03 Nov 2021

UK Cities Climate Investment Commission calls for “place-based demonstrators” or neighbourhood pilots where green investment opportunities can be gathered together as a package.

Start-ups to take part in UK smart city accelerator at MediaCityUK

News14 Jan 2021

They will be developing and prototyping solutions to discover how cities can use technology to adapt to a post-Covid world with the aim of securing investment at the end of the programme.

Smart city accelerator launched in MediaCityUK testbed

News09 Oct 2020

The programme is aimed at UK based start-ups and scale-ups which have market-ready technology solutions that aspire to help people live, work, play and learn in new innovative ways.

National organisations join Scotland's 5G roll-out

News25 Aug 2020

The Infralink programme, funded by The Scotland 5G Centre, will engage with public sector property owners and telecom providers to significantly improve mobile connectivity.

Milton Keynes invites applications to 5G accelerator programme

News10 Aug 2020

Innovation challenges are based around exploiting 5G technology in the four areas of mobility data, health and wellbeing, low carbon energy and energy data.

Planning consultation citizen engagement tool wins future housing pitch contest

News14 Nov 2019

The Future Fox won a start-up pitch contest focused around housing solutions at Connected Places Catapult’s CityX event yesterday in London.

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