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Dublin to implement district heating network for Docklands

Climate action17 Oct 2024

Dublin District Heating Project will deliver a sustainable heating network to residents and businesses, helping reach Ireland’s long-term climate targets.

Applications invited for AcceliGOV no-cost smart city pilots

Resilience18 Sep 2024

The projects address pressing urban challenges and span solutions focused on weather unpredictability, waste, wastewater, parking and cybersecurity.

£150m Green Future Fellowships launch to scale UK climate tech

Climate action11 Sep 2024

The Royal Academy of Engineering launches a £150m fellowship to fund 50 innovative projects tackling climate change, offering financial and non-financial support.

Routeware adds Rubicon smart city platforms to portfolio

Smart waste28 Aug 2024

It will see Routeware offering purpose-built platforms for both municipalities and waste haulers and continues its drive to transform waste and recycling.

Liverpool City Council to pilot smart solar bins

Smart waste15 Aug 2024

When close to being full, a compactor is triggered to crush down litter allowing the bin to take up to 100 per cent more than standard bins before emptying.

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.

Roosevelt Island creates NYC’s first Miyawaki pocket forest

Parks and green space09 Apr 2024

“Miyawaki method” creates dense, biodiverse forests that improve climate resilience and overall ecological sustainability in the areas where they are planted.

Finnish cities explore re-use potential of artificial grass

Sustainable development goals29 Feb 2024

Helsinki and five other cities will gather experiences on the reuse of artificial grass and survey recycling solutions available in Finland and Europe.

New York bids to become cleanest major city in the US

Smart waste07 Feb 2024

An automated, side-loading garbage truck and a new data-driven containerisation strategy mark the latest phase of New York City mayor Eric Adams’ war on trash.

City of Enid breaks ground on renewable natural gas plant

Batteries and renewables26 Jan 2024

The City of Enid public-private collaboration is the first municipally owned landfill in Oklahoma state to produce pipeline-quality renewable natural gas.

Transforming waste and air into sustainable heating projects

Climate action25 Jan 2024

Green Heat Network funding has been awarded to UK projects harnessing waste heat energy from industry and sewerage and low-carbon heat pump implementations.

AcceliGOV invites applications to pioneering urban pilots

Resilience16 Jan 2024

Leading Cities is inviting municipalities and private companies to apply for the pilot offerings designed to tackle distinct urban development challenges.

2023 Call for Code competition winners announced

Climate action07 Dec 2023

Winning teams from Hexaware Technologies, Persistent, and the University of Sydney develop AI-powered solutions to help overcome sustainability challenges.

City of Surprise chosen to pilot plastic waste solution

Smart waste05 Dec 2023

The city will pilot 3D print technology from Automedi, the 2022 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge winner, to help reduce and transform plastic waste.

Edinburgh smart city programme completes first phase

News04 Oct 2023

Edinburgh’s smart city projects have already tackled issues such as digital inclusion and air quality and helped the council deliver services more effectively.

Phoenix smart city partnership to drive efficiency

Smart waste25 Sep 2023

Deal will put Rubicon’s smart city software at the heart of Phoenix’s Public Works Department, providing waste and recycling collection to some 418,000 locations.

Measuring the carbon impact of connected devices

Smart waste21 Sep 2023

Carbon IQ provides detailed measurement and insights on the carbon impact of connected devices, including refurbished devices, throughout their lifecycle.

How Exeter is turning plastic waste into benches

Smart waste03 Aug 2023

This pioneering collaborative project sees the waste plastics enter the circular economy rather than being sent to the energy-from-waste plant in the UK city.

Mapping tool provides real-time picture of sewer risk

Smart waste19 Jun 2023

The geospatial system reveals hotspots to prioritise where work is needed across the network to improve network performance and protect the environment.

Tallinn launches smart waste sensor pilot

Smart waste30 May 2023

The project addresses the issue of the majority of waste containers being only half-full when emptied while up to 10 per cent of them are overflowing.

Atlanta enters smart city deal to drive public works ability

Smart waste15 May 2023

The agreement will put Rubicon’s smart city software at the heart of Atlanta’s Department of Public Works and will help its operations become fully digital.

UK waste management company upcycles its fleet to electric

Electric vehicles02 May 2023

Biffa will work with Lunaz to transition its existing diesel refuse trucks to clean-air electric powertrains through upcycling and electrification technology.

Miami signs three-year smart waste contract with Rubicon

Smart waste05 Apr 2023

Rubicon’s smart city product is being used by Miami’s entire solid waste and recycling fleet of 95 vehicles, digitising operations and increasing efficiency.

San Francisco awards final rounds of climate action grants

Climate action04 Apr 2023

The city is awarding more than $1m in additional grant funding to projects that support the San Francisco Climate Action Plan and zero waste and GHG goals.

Zhaoyuan progresses smart city plans with Taoping

Smart waste30 Mar 2023

The city will work with the smart tech provider on a range of environmental governance projects in areas such as wastewater treatment and garbage removal.

Urban-X accepts new climate tech innovators into accelerator

Climate action29 Mar 2023

Solutions developed by startups focus on areas such as greenhoguse gas emissions visualisation, forest fire detection and community feedback in urban planning.

Smart waste app wins top prize in UAE hackathon

Smart waste08 Mar 2023

The app, developed by three students from the University of Sharjah, will be trialled in a waste collection system by public-private partnership company Bee’ah.

Rubicon rolls out smart waste services to more US cities

Smart waste06 Mar 2023

The company is helping the cities transition from manual processes to digital operations and balance waste and recycling routes to provide an equitable service.

Alpha Wireless and Bigbelly join forces for 5G deployment

4G and 5G10 Feb 2023

Technology offering features the Tellybelly waste and recycling platform, designed to host and conceal network equipment and streamline densification.

Autonomous street sweeper launched in Shenzhen

Smart waste12 Jan 2023

Taoping’s solution was selected to help alleviate costly daily cleaning, while providing an attractive, much needed rest station for park patrons to use.

Cities offered free solution to reduce plastic waste

Smart waste15 Dec 2022

Leading Cities is inviting local governments and private organisations to apply for a free plastic waste recycling pilot that will also reduce waste collection costs.

Barcelona and Munich pledge to become zero-waste cities

Smart waste24 Nov 2022

The cities have committed to Zero Waste Cities Certification, a European third-party assessed certification standard, developed by the Mission Zero Academy NGO.

Spanish municipalities obtain zero waste certification

Smart waste22 Sep 2022

El Boalo, Cerceda, Mataelpino in Madrid and Torrelles de Llobregat in Catalonia have been awarded Zero Waste Cities Certification, a European standard evaluated by third parties.

Aberdeen receives funding for next phase of heat network

Smart grids30 Aug 2022

Heat for the network will be supplied by an energy-from-waste plant to be built at East Tullos to dispose of non-recyclable waste from Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray councils.

Hydrogen-powered refuse trucks fleet deployed in Europe

Batteries and renewables17 Aug 2022

It is estimated that each hydrogen refuse truck makes a saving of 30,000kg of CO2 each year, reportedly the equivalent of 18 return flights between London and New York.

Mass-produced robo roadsweepers to be tested in Guangzhou

Smart waste28 Apr 2022

The 50-strong fleet will be deployed in the Nansha District of the Chinese city and will be able to perform comprehensive environmental services, such as sweeping, sprinkling and disinfection spraying.

5G small cell site aggregator adds 20,000 locations to marketplace

4G and 5G12 Apr 2022

Working with Bigbelly, Digital Locations aims to solve the outdoor/indoor 5G cellular signal problem by providing a small cell site solution in areas where people most frequently gather.

Comcast establishes dedicated smart cities division

Lighting08 Apr 2022

It will deliver connectivity and consulting services and connect customers with companies that provide applications in areas such as smart lighting, parking and waste as well as digital kiosks.

Smart waste solution aims to eradicate “waste tourists”

Smart waste01 Apr 2022

Sensoneo’s IoT-based tool allows municipalities and waste collectors to manage access to semi-underground bins and large-capacity containers as well as implement a pay-as-you-throw system.

Edinburgh to deploy smart waste management technology

Smart waste30 Mar 2022

Intelligent sensor data will be used to develop and drive improvements for better waste management, transmitted using North’s IoT Scotland network, allowing the city council to improve services.

Automated waste ‘sharks’ tackle plastic pollution in UK port city

Smart waste29 Mar 2022

Plymouth City Council is using the remotely operated marine vehicles to “gobble up” plastic litter in the sea as part of the council’s Preventing Plastic Pollution project.

Houston enters into three-year smart waste agreement

Smart waste17 Mar 2022

Texan city will use Rubicon’s smart city technology to help improve residential waste and recycling services and increase efficiency of municipal fleet operations.

Bogotá ranked top for its zero-waste efforts

Smart waste10 Mar 2022

Charity fundraising website Savoo ranked Bogota first and Bangkok second as the top zero-waste city based its analysis on a number of criteria like how many zero-waste stores and flea markets are available in a city, as well as recycling rates and plastic bag regulations.

Landmark smart building to be built on site of former Hong Kong airport

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