Sponsored Daikin stock chillers provide school money and time-saving solutions 10th May 2019 Issue: Sometimes it takes a less-than-ideal situation to achieve a solution that can provide the best customer outcomes. For example, when Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Tampa, Florida started having difficulties with two of their aging air-cooled chillers, they needed a replacement as soon as possible. As a short-term solution, the school lined up an […]
Sponsored How smart city technology can improve quality of life 6th May 2019 Doug Peeples, readiness editor at the Smart Cities Council, explains how local governments can use smart city initiatives to improve quality of life in their communities.
Sponsored How cities are satisfying the public’s new appetite for mobility options 15th April 2019 Smart Cities Council Global Managing Editor Kevin Ebi, explains how cities are trying to satisfy the public’s new desires for mobility options.
Sponsored Why and how to partner with your electric company 25th March 2019 Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst explains why the local power utility is the best collaborator and supporter in the progression towards becoming a smarter city.
Sponsored What will it take to fill the smart cities workforce gap? 25th February 2019 The technology employment market isn’t what it used to be. According to participants in a Smart Cities Week panel discussion focused on recruiting, training and retaining a skilled smart cities workforce, the days are gone when a promising but relatively unskilled applicant could land a position and learn what he or she needed to know […]
Sponsored Tradition Energy helps the City of Green Bay reduce natural gas costs 28th January 2019 Tradition Energy, the nation’s largest and most experienced energy management and procurement advisor, recently helped the City of Green Bay, Wis., reduce its natural gas procurement costs by approximately 20% for more than 50 of its facilities. The City of Green Bay utilized a cooperative purchasing contract – available through U.S. Communities (now part of […]
Sponsored Three keys to successful smart cities initiatives 14th January 2019 What makes a smart cities project successful? Innovation and technology leaders from the U.S. and Canada shared their insights at Smart Cities Week in Washington, D.C., and their thoughts fit into three key themes. It’s about people — more than technology Whenever we talk about smart cities, we tend to focus on the technology. But […]
Sponsored How NYC’s open data platform shines a light on the way the city works 2nd January 2019 Open data, data that is made public, is valuable for cities internally because it enables different departments to share information conveniently and quickly among themselves. And it also can be a valuable resource for the community. New York City takes it a step further, adding to its open data platform annually and encouraging citizens to […]
Sponsored Are open data programs really a good fit for cities? 17th December 2018 Governments, private businesses and cities are all latching on to the open data trend as the benefits (and value) of shared data become increasingly clear. Open data programs and policies can do a lot to help cities become more efficient, more responsive to citizens’ needs and more transparent in their operations. Three experts in the […]
Sponsored Detroit’s different take on electric scooters 10th December 2018 As electric scooters began to proliferate on downtown streets and sidewalks roughly a year ago, cities had different reactions to the phenomenon. Some cities banned electric scooters until the providers obtained permits and other cities restricted their numbers until they could figure out how to regulate the tiny two-wheelers. The city of Detroit and its […]
Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina 13th October 2020
