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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sydney

In 2020, the City of Sydney released a Smart City Strategic Framework to harness the opportunities brought about by digital disruption, to plan for uncertainty and to sustain a global reputation as a leading place to live, work, learn and visit.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Atlanta

Find out more about Atlanta’s smart city strategy, focused around equitability and inclusion.

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Podcast: The central role of cities in the sharing economy, with Chelsea Rustrum

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In the heart of the [smart] city, home is where the heart is

A home should not be a bubble in the smart city, but part of the connected fabric for better living and quality of life, says Phil Brunkard, Republic of Things.

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Smart energy trial aims to save UK households £100,000 in bills

Residential buildings04 Nov 2024

The trial by smart energy company Ivie enables homes with low-carbon tech to test a subscription-style, flat-rate tariff that is not dependent on usage.

Final heat network projects receive funding from UK programme

Climate action01 Nov 2024

Projects funded under the Heat Networks Investment Project will supply over 700 GWh of lower carbon heat and cut more than 81,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.

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.

Public space aims to bring New Yorkers back to water’s edge

Planning and redevelopment24 Oct 2024

Malt Drive Park is an expansive development along Newtown Creek waterfront in Queens and has been designed with sculpted topography to mitigate flood risk.

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 launches playbook to protect households from extreme heat

Climate action30 Sep 2024

US Department of Housing and Urban Development aims to provide best practices for mitigation, building community resilience and lowering cooling costs.

Edinburgh releases vision for new coastal neighbourhood

Planning and redevelopment04 Sep 2024

Draft plan for the environmentally friendly, coastal development in Seafield aims to help address the housing emergency that exists in the Scottish capital.

$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.

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.

Denver completes first full-electrification housing project

Climate action27 Aug 2024

Denver Housing Authority’s $661k project aligns with the US city’s climate action goals with houses making use of energy-efficient heat pump technologies.

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.

Liverpool City Region’s new transformation roadmap revealed

Economic Development22 Jul 2024

Liverpool City Region’s new roadmap has been approved, designed to respond to skills, transport, housing and climate challenges in the next four years.

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.

Community solar initiative launched in New York City

Solar power10 Jul 2024

The solar campaign has begun enrolling 1,700 units to an estimated 5,000 residents from seven properties across The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan.

Boston launches new planning department to ensure resilience and equity

Planning and redevelopment03 Jul 2024

The establishment of the new department is a major piece of mayor Wu’s vision to transform planning and development and create a green and growing city.

LoRaWan implemented across new homes in Swedish cities

Internet of Things18 Jun 2024

Netmore’s LoRaWan IoT connectivity will be added to 27,000 apartments across Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg to improve energy efficiency and operations.

Colorado launches latest smart cities challenge

News13 Jun 2024

Colorado Smart Cities Alliance is launching the fourth annual C² Challenge to source technology solutions that address specific problems faced by communities.

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.

NYC launches ‘Green Fast Track’ to speed housing development

Residential buildings04 Jun 2024

Streamlined environmental review process will reduce timetable by up to two years, and slash around $100,000 in costs per project for housing proposals.

Denver breaks ground on all-electric, affordable housing project

Residential buildings31 May 2024

The building utilises a $100,000 grant from Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency to facilitate all-electric design and heat pumps.

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.

Arup calls on cities to ensure social equity in retrofit programmes

Climate action20 May 2024

Its latest report advocates a place-based approach to meet net zero targets, but also to deliver safer, healthier and sustainable outcomes for communities.

More than £3m awarded to improve UK heat networks

Climate action15 May 2024

The fifth round of funding through the Government’s Heat Network Efficiency Scheme will support 33 heat networks across public and private sector organisations.

LoRa Alliance releases formal roadmap for LoRaWan standard

Internet of Things16 Apr 2024

The roadmap outlines significant enhancements to broaden market reach and simplify deployments, including improved connectivity in challenging environments.

Phoenix secures $1.2m for transit-oriented rail development

Rail Travel15 Apr 2024

These types of grants help cities plan with the community around major transportation projects to improve access to public transit and affordable housing.

Colorado Smart Futures Lab programme cohort unveiled

News10 Apr 2024

All of these companies are building smart cities technology solutions to issues confronting quality of life in communities across the state of Colorado.

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

Climate action26 Mar 2024

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.

Baltimore unveils resource to show impact of ARPA funding

Citizen engagement13 Mar 2024

Collaboration between university and Recovery Office provides a view of Baltimore’s conditions at neighbourhood-level prior to and during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

Vancouver and Vienna partner on sustainable affordable homes

Residential buildings16 Feb 2024

Vienna House will be built with sustainable building components and will use a digital twin to test and optimise components and systems such as passive airflow.

London properties most vulnerable to impact of heat revealed

Climate action24 Jan 2024

Arup has mapped London’s heat risk across homes, neighbourhoods and essential properties in the wake of climate change, informing the city’s resilience plans.

Bristol unveils plans for sustainable affordable housing

Residential buildings11 Jan 2024

Working with Edaroth, the council is creating the homes based on a new model created under the city’s involvement in the UN Climate Smart Cities challenge.

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.

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.

City of Valencia backs IoT project to combat energy poverty

Internet of Things10 Nov 2023

Project is leveraging IoT and decentralised wireless networks technology to gather real-time data about the wellbeing of Valencia’s most vulnerable citizens.

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.

San Francisco unveils affordable, transit-oriented housing

Residential buildings29 Sep 2023

Kapuso in the Upper Yard is a transit-oriented, affordable housing development, providing homes for low-income families, including public housing residents.

Pilot programme to decarbonise Boston’s housing stock

Residential buildings26 Sep 2023

Pilot to decarbonise Boston’s housing stock will support building owners with energy assessments, construction management, and forgivable loan financing.

Carbon credit scheme aims to retrofit British homes for free

Residential buildings15 Sep 2023

Houses will be retrofitted with equipment like heat pumps, financed by corporate buyers looking to fund local projects which deliver benefits in their areas.

City of London calls for investment to plug green skills gap

People and skills10 Aug 2023

City of London Corporation report highlights need for a skilled and diverse workforce capable of constructing, retrofitting, and managing sustainable buildings.

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.

Vancouver launches rental retrofit accelerator programme

Residential buildings10 Jul 2023

The Candian city aims to future-proof existing rental buildings, making them more resilient to the impacts of climate change as well as more energy-efficienct.

How Vienna became the world’s most liveable city – again

Citizen engagement06 Jul 2023

Thomas Madreiter, director of planning for the city of Vienna, explains how citizen participation and engagement on critical issues has shaped the city’s urban planning strategy to earn it the top ranking in this year’s Economist Intelligence Unit Liveability Index.

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