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Innovative partnership powers Atlanta’s future

A pioneering initiative between Georgia Power, the City of Atlanta and a cohort of partners is showing what’s next in smart cities and demonstrating the power of public-private partnerships.

Can the train take the strain?

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The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.

Four ways machine learning is powering the mobility revolution

AWS’s Swami Sivasubramanian explores how machine learning is making transport and logistics smarter and more successful

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Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

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

Urban Exchange Podcast

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.

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The latest news in smart waste on smart city projects and initiatives across the world.

Denver deploys smart city tech for solid waste and recycling

Denver deploys smart city tech for solid waste and recycling

Smart waste14 Jun 2023

City and County of Denver’s entire fleet of more than 150 solid waste and recycling vehicles will make use of the technology to enhance residential services.

Rubicon rolls out smart waste services to more US cities

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.

Rubicon and Samsara team for smarter waste

Rubicon and Samsara team for smarter waste

Smart waste14 Sep 2022

The technology partnership will enable heavy-duty municipal fleet operations to optimise routes and citizen services via the cloud and maximise use of data.

City of Scranton signs three-year smart city partnership deal

City of Scranton signs three-year smart city partnership deal

Smart waste29 Apr 2022

Rubicon’s products to be installed in the City of Scranton’s entire solid waste and recycling fleet to digitise operations and use real-time data to drive greater efficiency.

Companies join forces for IoT-powered waste management collection

Companies join forces for IoT-powered waste management collection

Smart waste17 Dec 2021

Partnership between Sensoneo and Birdz will allow companies to combine expertise to bring a complete smart waste solution to the international market.

London mixed-use regeneration site set to be UK's first fossil fuel free development

London mixed-use regeneration site set to be UK's first fossil fuel free development

Commercial buildings23 Jul 2021

Across the Bankside Yards site, the use of all-electric energy via heat pumps, optimised facades and high efficiency building services systems will achieve net zero carbon in operation.

World Economic Forum announces technology pioneers for 2021

World Economic Forum announces technology pioneers for 2021

News15 Jun 2021

The line-up includes young tech companies representing 26 economies focused on areas spanning urban infrastructure and cleantech to logistics and mobility.

Thailand's “Silicon Beach” development builds 5G smart city network

Thailand's “Silicon Beach” development builds 5G smart city network

News26 May 2021

Ban Chan is connected to a motorway linking the cities of Pattaya and Bangkok, making it well-placed to take advantage of 5G use cases in several areas including industrial robots and telemedicine.

Smart cities to fuel growth of Asia-Pacific IoT market

Smart cities to fuel growth of Asia-Pacific IoT market

News22 Apr 2021

Increasing government focus on such initiatives is driving demand for digital IoT solutions in areas such as e-government, smart traffic management and smart power grids.

Smart waste monitoring solution supports pay-as-you-throw models

Smart waste monitoring solution supports pay-as-you-throw models

News25 Mar 2021

Sensoneo’s WatchDog enables haulers to automatically track and record all actions made during the waste collection process and supports programmes to incentivise waste reduction.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

Solar city goes live

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The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

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AI used to monitor and optimise Swedish road infrastructure

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

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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.

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White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

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White Paper: Directions in sustainability for industry

White Paper: Directions in sustainability for industry

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White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

This white paper covers how connected systems can help cities build sustainability and wellbeing into their indoor and outdoor spaces. We look at the scale of the decarbonisation challenge faced by cities, how cities can use connected technologies to create greener buildings and the vital role of retrofitting. We includes detailed analysis of the energy and cost-savings that energy efficiency programmes can bring in cities.