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The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

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Report: circular cities key to Europe's economy, environment

Planning and redevelopment17 Jul 2024

A new report, titled ’Building Prosperity’, recommends six strategies to bolster circular principles in building and developing towns and cities across Europe.

Neom launches sustainable food company

Sustainable development goals11 Dec 2023

Topian aims to redefine food production, distribution, and consumption through food solutions across five vertical pillars, including climate-proof agriculture.

Neom announces investments in future land and sea travel

Connected and autonomous vehicles26 Oct 2023

Neom is investing in autonomous driving company Pony.ai and electric seaglider company Regent to advance plans for zero-emission, multimodal transport.

Neom launches digital communications facility and data centre

4G and 5G19 Jul 2023

Located in Oxagon, it will enhance current and future digital connectivity, security and network resilience to meet the growing demands of the Neom region.

Built environment must collaborate on climate action

Climate action11 Jul 2023

IStructE urges architects, engineers and designers to create the built environment in a different way and use new material more sparingly and prioritise reuse.

Neom secures funding for Sindalah and shares vision for The Line

Greenfield sites16 May 2023

With SAR 3bn in financing from the Riyad Bank, the island development of Sindalah marks the first Neom region to be successfully financed with bank debt.

Neom progresses circular water economy strategy

Water23 Mar 2023

It is aiming to build a water supply infrastructure that will deliver up to two million cubic meters of desalinated water per day to the Saudi development.

Nokia to support digital infrastructure of Egyptian smart city

Greenfield sites09 Mar 2023

It will provide “intelligence everywhere” in the country’s New Administrative Capital city, which will also feature a cultural district and urban neighbourhoods.

Neom partners with Atkins to realise The Line smart city

Greenfield sites23 Feb 2023

The global engineering, planning, design and architectural company has been awarded a five-year contract to help create the car-free, linear city in Saudi Arabia.

Neom to collaborate with tech companies to boost AI adoption

AI and Machine Learning15 Feb 2023

Its subsidiary Tonomus will team with Oracle and Nvidia to accelerate artificial intelligence innovation for a range of use cases by government and enterprises.

Neom releases first video of its construction

Greenfield sites17 Jan 2023

The development in Saudi Arabia, which includes The Line smart city, has moved to the building phase with the first destination due to open its doors in 2024.

Major London sites to be powered by Dorset solar farm

Solar power22 Dec 2022

The power purchase agreement is, reportedly, the first of its kind in the UK to be signed directly between a renewables energy producer and a governing authority.

Neom’s Oxagon launches Kingdom-wide hackathon

People and skills09 Aug 2022

It will revolve around four industries mirroring several of Neom’s industrial ambitions, including water innovation to address scarcity and green hydrogen and e-fuels.

Neom reveals designs for The Line smart city

Greenfield sites27 Jul 2022

The Line aims to redefine the concept of urban development with public parks and pedestrian areas, schools, homes and places for work vertically layered and all daily needs reachable in five minutes.

Neom to tackle water scarcity with desalination plant

Water29 Jun 2022

The plant, powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, seeks to create a sustainable water supply for residential, industrial, and commercial use on the Saudi metropolis, which is being built on a greenfield site.

Neom awards tunnelling contracts for region's infrastructure

Greenfield sites15 Jun 2022

The tunnels work will provide over 28km in length and provide separate tunnels for high-speed and freight rail services – making the movement of people and goods faster, safer, and easier.

Waste-to-hydrogen plant planned for Suez greenfield site

Greenfield sites02 Jun 2022

The facility in East Port Said will produce clean hydrogen to power Egypt’s domestic energy transition and enable it to become an exporter of hydrogen and a major player in the hydrogen economy.

Neom to plant a million trees in regreening initiative

Greenfield sites30 May 2022

The living lab, built on a greenfield site in Saud Arabia and home to The Line smart city, is also establishing a protected area and conserving 95 per cent of its region.

Adelaide announces first 10-year masterplan in 30 years

Planning and redevelopment19 Apr 2022

The City Plan will guide the council’s current and future plans including a focus on climate action, greening of streets, its parklands management strategy, infrastructure and asset maintenance plans.

Neom’s latest subsidiary to develop smart energy and water systems

Greenfield sites24 Mar 2022

It will help the greenfield living laboratory site in Saudi Arabia fulfil its aim of ensuring all residents and industries are powered by affordable 100 per cent renewable energy.

Insight Report: Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of cities

White Papers06 Jan 2022

How the latest generation of connected urban infrastructure is changing the face of our cities and laying the foundation for the future of urban environments with case studies from Paris, Espoo, Leuven and Ontario.

WATCH - The technology enabling real-time action in Las Vegas’ city operations

Special Reports13 Dec 2021

The latest video interview from SmartCitiesWorld, sponsored by NTT and Dell Technologies, takes a deep dive into the innovative technology rollout across the city of Las Vegas that is helping authorities make better, faster decisions.

White Paper: The Promise of Connected Vehicle Data

White Papers03 Dec 2021

Vehicle data is your smart city’s ticket to a better safer and cleaner mobility experience. The report shines a light on the powerful impact that data is already having on smart city implementation.

Neom establishes floating industrial centre that will live in harmony with nature

News19 Nov 2021

Located on the Red Sea close to the Suez Canal, Oxagon follows the same principles and philosophies of The Line smart city in the region with sustainable industry built around communities.

Zurich to be showcased as a template for decarbonising cities

News15 Nov 2021

The 2000-Watt Smart Cities Association, Actual and the Peace Innovation Institute at The Hague are partnering to work with cities to help them accelerate their transition to decarbonisation.

Insight Report: What can we learn from new cities?

White Papers26 Oct 2021

Why what goes on under the ground is as important as what happens above it if we are to realise the benefits of smart urban living.

WATCH - Reinventing infrastructure in the smart city

Special Reports12 Jul 2021

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

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.

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.

Data centre announced for Egypt's newest smart city

Greenfield sites11 Feb 2021

Orange Business Services has announced it will design and build centre to provide cloud services for the country’s new administrative capital on a greenfield site, east of Cairo.

Saudi Arabia unveils its vision for a city without cars and streets

News13 Jan 2021

The Line is a zero-carbon, hyper-connected city in a 170km straight line on the Neom development near the Red Sea that will “reimagine and revitalise the future of urban living”.

Cityzenith to donate digital twin platform to key cities

News28 Sep 2020

The technology provider is launching the Clean Cities – Clean Future campaign to help the world’s most polluted urban centres become carbon neutral.

Preparing tomorrow’s city and utility workforce, today

Opinions22 May 2020

AVEVA’s Douglas Nunez discusses how cloud based learning is quickly and cost-effectively upskilling the utilities sector

Nevada ‘blockchain city’ to break ground in 2022, despite staffing changes

News30 Mar 2020

Blockchains said its Web3.0 platform for digital asset custody and digital identity management will also be released in 2022.

Digital transformation can improve your City Resilience IndexSponsored by AVEVA

Opinions10 Mar 2020

AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell shares five examples where cities have improved their sustainability and resilience, or maintained current levels of resilience while lowering costs.

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