Empowering Smart Cities Toward Net Zero Emissions
August 5, 2021 | International Energy Agency (IEA)
The report builds on extensive consultations with over 125 leading experts and organisations, and presents case studies from 100 cities in 40 countries. The examples illustrate the wide range of opportunities and solutions that can help city-level authorities make full use of efficient and smart energy systems.
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Jacobs, Peachtree Corners, and Qualcomm Collaborate to Deploy Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Technology in Georgia Smart City
June 2, 2021
Jacobs, Peachtree Corners and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. this week announced joint efforts to deploy end-to-end smart solutions in one of the nation's first smart city environments powered by connected vehicle technology and infrastructure. As a part of the working relationship, Qualcomm Technologies serves as ecosystem enabler by providing technology solutions, while Jacobs manages the installation commission project delivery. The program aims to demonstrate the continued momentum of smart cities and spaces, with Peachtree Corners serving as a model for other municipalities as they look to deploy smart solutions and programs.
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Johnson Controls and the City of La Crosse Launch Multi-phase Plan to Generate $11 Million in Cost Savings
May 31, 2021
The plans are made possible through a performance contract, a modern funding approach that transfers the risk to Johnson Controls by using operational energy cost savings over time to help fund the improvements. In total, over $9 million in investments will be made without diverting from the city's capital budget. In addition to the performance contract the City of La Crosse leveraged locally available grants totaling over $360,000.
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Puget Sound Energy Selects Landis+Gyr for Smart Street Lighting Controls
April 1, 2021
Using Landis+Gyr's Gridstream AMI network, PSE plans to deploy 25,000 street light controllers over the next five years. With the ability to measure consumption using the billing-grade metrology in the street light controller, PSE will be able to more effectively gauge the energy being consumed and also use adaptive controls to lower power consumption in identified locations and during specific times of day.
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Renewables in Cities 2021 Global Status Report, Second Edition, is Released
March 31, 2021 | REN21
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Renewables in Cities Global Status Report (REC) series provides an overview of the status, trends and developments of renewable energy in hundreds of cities, ranging from mega-cities to small and medium-sized cities and towns. With more than 330 data contributors and peer reviewers and over 30 individual interviews from around the world, the report is endorsed by an Advisory Committee of more than 20 organisations, including major renewable energy players and city networks.
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CPS Energy and the City of San Antonio Forge Smart City Agreement with AT&T and Itron
December 10, 2020
As part of this SmartSA agreement, CPS Energy and the City of San Antonio launched a smart streetlight sensor pilot program. Smart streetlight sensors can provide near real-time operational performance of the utility's assets, while enhancing service levels for their customers. Additionally, the City of San Antonio will leverage these smart streetlights to test sensors focused on air quality, temperature, ambient noise, parking and flooding.
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U.S. Department of Energy Provides $65 Million for Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Communities
October 14, 2020
America's 125 million homes and commercial buildings currently use almost 40% of U.S. energy, 74% of its electricity, and account for the great majority of peak electricity demand. Connected communities can leverage the latest advancements in building science, like state-of-the-art sensors, controls, and analytics, to more flexibly manage and deploy grid-scale energy efficiency and distributed energy resources.
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E.ON Shows Possibilities of Smart Streetlights
June 25, 2020
The so-called smart poles in the German city of Essen not only provide light but can also serve as charging points for electric cars, enable intelligent parking space management via sensor technology, collect data on air quality or provide the area with fast Internet access via W-Lan routers.
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SMUD Releases Mapping Tool That Identifies Areas in Need Based Upon Key Indicators
May 6, 2020
SMUD recently released a new mapping tool that uses collective data to identify areas in Sacramento County most in need. The map includes a number of GIS layers including education, tree canopy, EV charging, food deserts, and public transportation information in order to maximize and improve the equity of regional decision-making.
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Delivering on the Promise of Smart Cities: From Vision to Outcomes
February 6, 2020
A new white paper from Navigant Research examines the challenges cities face as they evolve their smart city programs and highlights cities that are addressing those issues successfully. It also provides guidance for cities looking to accelerate the adoption of smart city solutions.
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NREL has developed a new comprehensive nMetric to quantify the efficiency of transportation systems while taking time, affordability, and energy use into consideration.
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Indra and Monash University are collaborating to develop, implement and test a distribution management platform across the Clayton campus of the Monash University in Victoria, to control a grid-connected Microgrid comprising a variety of distributed energy resources (DER).
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To help U.S. cities meet - or beat - their renewable energy goals, the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), World Resources Institute (WRI), and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) have kicked off a joint effort to help cities procure over 2.8 gigawatts of renewable capacity - more than the total existing solar capacity in Nevada, Florida or Texas.
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The Internet of Things Security Institute (IoTSI) announced today that it has released an IoT Security Framework for Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure. Alan Mihalic President of the IoT Security Institute says the objective of the IoTSI 's to provide the cyber and privacy frameworks that can be implemented from the base build through to the build completion.
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The company is working to integrate solar, battery and heat pump technology into its customer offer and has estimated that the co-location of domestic battery storage alongside today's solar installations alone could enable over 4.5GW of flexible power capacity, one and a half times more than a new nuclear plant.
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2019 Predictions - Smart Cities and Smart Spaces
January 15, 2019
As we forge ahead in 2019, the smart city industry will continue to develop and mature as the Internet of Things (IoT) become more and more connected. Gartner noted that smart spaces will evolve in five dimensions in 2019: openness, connectedness, coordination, intelligence and scope - meaning individual technologies for these spaces are working together to create a collaborative, interactive environment. However, the success criteria for use of technology is often defined by the user experience.
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