Sponsored Baltimore’s ambitious strategy to dramatically reduce food waste and feed the hungry 26th November 2018 Food rescue and recovery programs aren’t new. We’ve reported on their strategies and technologies they use before. The benefits to keeping food that restaurants, stores and others can’t use out of landfills are numerous: feeding the hungry, reducing air pollution and wasting fewer resources like the water and energy it took to grow it. The […]
Sponsored Cities aren’t smart if they aren’t on: Why cities and utilities must partner 5th November 2018 Smart cities and electricity go hand in hand. “What a momentary outage means to a customer today is very different than what it meant 15 years ago,” said Gregg Knight, chief customer officer of CenterPoint Energy. “Our city isn’t smart if it isn’t on.” About a hundred representatives of cities and utilities gathered in Houston, […]
Sponsored How close collaboration is advancing Birmingham 22nd October 2018 More than 150 people who represent the full spectrum of those who live, work and lead the city of Birmingham participated in the city’s Readiness Workshop, part of its package for being one of five winners of the 2018 Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge. “Our city is in the middle of an evolution that is […]
Sponsored Tearing down silos 10th October 2018 Cary, N.C., is increasing interdepartmental cooperation to better serve its citizens.
Sponsored Three ideas to close the digital divide in your city 10th September 2018 By Kevin Ebi, Smart Cities Council Pick 10 Americans at random and you’ll find that at least one of them doesn’t use the internet. The latest research from the Pew Research Center finds 11% of Americans don’t go online. There are some common traits among them. They tend to be older, though they aren’t exclusively elderly. […]
Sponsored Readiness Challenge: How Las Vegas’s spirit of innovation will benefit all 13th August 2018 Kevin Ebi, global managing editor of the Smart Cities Council, explains how Las Vegas took advantage of its Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge to focus on mobility, civic engagement and public safety.
Sponsored Why and how to partner with your electric company 30th July 2018 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 How smart city technology can improve quality of life 23rd July 2018 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 16th July 2018 Smart Cities Council Global Managing Editor Kevin Ebi, explains how cities are trying to satisfy the public’s new desires for mobility options.
Sponsored Three tech tools that can keep our citizens and first responders safe 25th June 2018 Smart Cities Council Readiness Editor Doug Peeples explains technologies that public safety departments can use to better serve citizens.
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