The four main challenges are around sustaining business during construction, carbon footprint for energy retrofits, power outage emergency communication, and hand sanitiser refill.
The high ratio of green spaces per 10,000 of the population, and availability of electric vehicle charging stations contributed to London’s leading position.
Under the terms of the €150m contract, Keolis Sverige will replace the city’s biodiesel and biogas-powered buses with fully electric ones and adapt three depots.
This collaboration, which is supported by the Bloomberg Philanthropies American Cities Climate Challenge, will kick off a 12- to 18-month programme to test 18 e-buses from three manufacturers.
Programme aims to create an ecosystem for the commercialisation of carbontech – technologies that capture, convert, and store carbon dioxide into valuable end products or services.
Data suggests that mounting the EVSE chargers at 10-feet elevation on wooden utility-owned poles will reduce installation costs compared to ground-mounted stations by 70 per cent.
Fundamentals has worked with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks and UK Power Networks to proactively identify network faults before failure using preventative maintenance.
StreetMan has allowed the town to identify various network and hardware issues and load balance the gateways to stabilise the network in the Maine town.
Urban Tech Helsinki, set up with Aalto University, will focus on clean energy, mobility, sustainable construction, the circular economy, waste management and urban food production.
Lori Lightfoot is advancing four strategies that aim to help Chicago achieve its 2025 and 2035 clean energy targets as well as maximise local benefits to communities.
Plug and Play will build an innovation platform in Korea based on its relationship with leading corporations, start-ups, and government entities in the country.
The opening comes a year after the City of Houston released its first-ever climate action plan with the Greentown Houston incubator playing a key part in the city’s energy transition.
The plan will include more advanced technologies such as robotics, augmented and virtual reality as well as blockchain as their commercial applications are more mature.
Siemens is supporting the city’s drive towards zero-emission public transport with charging infrastructure to power 24 new electric buses for the Ostrava Transit Authority.
The Bloomberg Philanthropies’ challenge was launched in January 2021 and will select 50 “champion cities” to test their ideas for several months this year.
Drawing from case studies around the world, a new report highlights how a new generation of smart lampposts is helping cities to respond to and tackle the pandemic.
The trial by UK Power Networks used AI computer simulation to demonstrate that more than 500 EV chargers could be connected around a single electricity substation in London.
Draft plans include ensuring that all new council operational buildings are constructed to the highest energy criteria and electrifying all council car and van fleets.
Transformation of the historic Tin Building in Mahattan will include embedded micro-LED technology in its façade, creating a seamless connection between the physical and digital experience.
It will operate on Dublin City University campuses and aims to improve e-scooter safety and explore smart city use cases for computer vision-equipped micro-mobility vehicles.
The ferries, which will enter service between 2022 and 2024, will transport up to 540 passengers across the Tagus river and will be pivotal to Lisbon’s public transport system.
The DesignLights Consortium’s draft policy is intended to mitigate the negative impacts of lighting at night, while providing appropriate visibility for people.
Built using mainly renewable and reusable materials, Sonova claims the centre operates carbon-neutrally and requires hardly any building services installations.
With technology set to play a key part in the global recovery from the pandemic, we explore evolving funding methods that are helping cash-strapped cities get smart.
