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This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion is now available OnDemand and brings cities together for bilateral learnings on the challenges and potential solutions to sustainability by utilising intelligent transport systems (ITS). The CSO of the City of Vilnius - European Green Capital 2025 are among the speakers.

Panel Debate (OnDemand): Technologies and policies to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment

This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion focuses on how to decarbonise the built environment, from municipal buildings to public indoor and outdoor spaces.

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A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

Urban Exchange Episode 2: Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, City of Rotterdam

Cities on the Frontlines: Advancing Urban Resilience for Climate Adaptation

Lauren Sorkin, Executive Director at the Resilient Cities Networks, catches up with the City of Rotterdam’s Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb on citizen engagement, climate change and much more.

Smart Cities Reports

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 9 - Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Leader - Progress at COP27 and climate finance

Preview: The latest episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast sees Lauren Sorkin, Resilient Cities Network, chat with Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Leader to talk COP27 and climate finance.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 8 - Making cities green, resilient and inclusive in a changing climate

Preview: The latest episode of the Urban Exchange brings together the principal authors of the World Bank’s latest extensive report on urban climate to discuss the 10 key findings.

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Why buses will be the catalyst for electrified public transport

Rebuilding green: Analysing the Biden infrastructure plan

John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight, explains why major reskilling, outreach work by government and the right messaging will be key to realising benefits.

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Salt Lake City shares vision for transit-oriented hub

Planning and redevelopment22 Apr 2024

The Rio Grande District Vision & Implementation plan is intended to serve as a redevelopment roadmap for around 11 acres of land west of the city’s Downtown.

New solar farm project powers up in California

Solar power17 Apr 2024

The Fallon Two Rock project promises to infuse green energy into the community, sufficient to power 400 homes annually as well as supporting the local economy.

How cities are powering the energy transition

Editor's Blog12 Apr 2024

Exploring innovative approaches taken to harness renewable energy, electrify transportation, and integrate smart technologies in the drive to decarbonise.

A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Climate action11 Apr 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

Colorado Smart Futures Lab programme cohort unveiled

News10 Apr 2024

All of these companies are building smart cities technology solutions to issues confronting quality of life in communities across the state of Colorado.

Could electric vessels on River Thames help to power London?

Sea travel10 Apr 2024

Using a principle similar to night storage heaters, the Electric Thames project aims to show how electric vessels could accelerate the journey to net zero.

EPA awards $20bn for US clean energy and climate projects

Climate action08 Apr 2024

Selected applicants have supported thousands of individuals, businesses, and community organisations to access capital for climate and clean energy projects.

Northeastern University installs on-grid rooftop solar

Solar power05 Apr 2024

Installed by cleantech integrator and developer Ameresco on top of the US university’s Snell Library, it will provide 157.78 kWp DC of power for the building.

Collaborative climate action around the world

Editor's Blog05 Apr 2024

From urban forestry to geothermal heating, how cities and organisations are taking bold steps to reduce carbon emissions and achieve net-zero targets.

UK university explores the use of geothermal heating

Batteries and renewables04 Apr 2024

University of Warwick is working with SSE Energy Solutions on the project that could help it achieve its 2030 net zero target and become more sustainable.

Chicago airport teams to explore sustainable energy options

Air Travel21 Mar 2024

The NREL will advise the CDA airport authority on environmentally sustainable initiatives for new passenger facilities planned through its O’Hare 21 project.

OnDemand Panel Debate: Paving the way towards sustainability with proactive strategies & intelligent transport system

Webinars06 Mar 2024

DoE announces latest energy efficiency grant recipients

Climate action04 Mar 2024

More than $17m will fund a range of energy efficiency improvements and clean energy technologies in 30 communities as part of the Investing in America Agenda.

SSE supports school trust to slash emissions by 90 per cent

Batteries and renewables29 Feb 2024

Funded through UK Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, the £14.3m project will overhaul heating systems across buildings in South London and Kent.

European mobile operators leading race to net zero

Climate action28 Feb 2024

The GSMA’s 2024 Mobile Net Zero climate report spotlights regional leaders in cutting carbon emissions since 2019, led by a 50 per cent reduction in Europe.

Europe’s next-gen energy systems still face old-school bureaucracy

Planning and redevelopment15 Feb 2024

Khatia Shamanauri and Fintan Burke explain how local requirements posed serious challenges for one EU-funded district heating project and are emblematic of a wider problem.

Chicago climate infrastructure grants boost resilience

Climate action06 Feb 2024

The 22 small businesses and nonprofits receive between $75,000 to $250,000 and focus on areas such as renewable energy electric vehicles and green stormwater.

Dallas City Profile: net zero and decarbonisation plans

Climate action06 Feb 2024

From the SmartCitiesWorld Dallas City Profile, get a better understanding of the city’s plans to achieve net zero and decarbonise the built environment.

Melbourne renewable energy project pilots battery storage

Batteries and renewables02 Feb 2024

Power Melbourne’s latest pilot stage will see three battery energy storage systems installed to release energy back into the grid when it’s needed most.

Chattanooga focuses on energy resilience and quantum tech

AI and Machine Learning29 Jan 2024

Research effort will focus on using Chattanooga’s advanced and integrated energy and communications infrastructure to develop technologies and best practices.

Boston public housing development chosen for geothermal pilot

Batteries and renewables29 Jan 2024

New system will replace existing gas distribution service with an electric heat system, supporting the City’s goal to decarbonise public housing by 2030.

Helsinki explores use of tunnel for renewables production

Planning and redevelopment29 Jan 2024

The development project aims to study the extension of existing service tunnel and investigate its utilisation for geothermal heating and waste heat recovery.

City of Enid breaks ground on renewable natural gas plant

Batteries and renewables26 Jan 2024

The City of Enid public-private collaboration is the first municipally owned landfill in Oklahoma state to produce pipeline-quality renewable natural gas.

DoE funding helps climate change observatory to go net zero

Batteries and renewables25 Jan 2024

The Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, the benchmark site for monitoring the global increase in greenhouse gases, will be the first NOAA net-zero facility.

Transforming waste and air into sustainable heating projects

Climate action25 Jan 2024

Green Heat Network funding has been awarded to UK projects harnessing waste heat energy from industry and sewerage and low-carbon heat pump implementations.

Community Choice energy providers issue $1bn in green bonds

Economic Development17 Jan 2024

The California Community Choice Financing Authority, partnering with MCE, has successfully issued over $1bn in green bonds, fostering clean energy projects.

Energy networks set up in LA County under PoweredUp programme

Batteries and renewables11 Jan 2024

Electriq will launch 10 new sustainable, community solar and battery storage networks in municipalities across Los Angeles County under one contract.

Boston selects utility for Community Choice energy programme

Batteries and renewables04 Jan 2024

The programme provides Bostonians with the option of directly reducing their own carbon footprints and is a core part of the city’s climate action plan.

Panel Debate (OnDemand): Technologies and policies to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment

Webinars01 Jan 2024

This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion focuses on how to decarbonise the built environment, from municipal buildings to public indoor and outdoor spaces.

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

Webinars10 Dec 2023

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Cop28: Tackling the complexities of the energy transition

Climate action06 Dec 2023

Modelling by EY showcased at Cop28 reveals there is not one energy transition, but multiple ones unfolding at different paces and in different ways globally.

Cop28: Finance partnership to accelerate Asian energy transition

Climate action05 Dec 2023

To reduce emissions while achieving its development goals, Asia needs to accelerate and scale up innovative financing solutions for its energy transition.

IBM accelerator programme focuses on water management

Water17 Nov 2023

Roadmap of sustainability courses to benefit learners across communities underrepresented in technology and address market need for green and technology skills.

Community solar: enabling a clean energy transition for all

Solar power17 Nov 2023

Coalition for Community Solar Access’ Derek Chernow explains how community solar is growing across the United States, and its potential to be a key cog in the clean energy transition.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

Smart Cities Reports16 Nov 2023

Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.

Which cities have made the 2023 environmental action A List?

Climate action14 Nov 2023

Scoring criteria for emissions reduction targets have been strengthened to align with science-based climate targets in this year’s A List from non-profit CDP.

What is required to engineer the path to net zero?

Climate action09 Nov 2023

Study argues there is a clear need for governments and businesses to cooperate internationally to make expansion of low carbon energy as efficient as possible.

Following the path to smart and sustainable cities

White Papers06 Nov 2023

Discover how cities around the world are using the latest technologies, from AI to digital twins and video sensors, to spark a revolution in urban sustainability and efficiency.

Are utilities confronting the challenges of the energy transition?

Smart grids26 Oct 2023

A report by Itron provides insights from utilities on building the future energy grid in the US and reveals that public demand is driving the energy transition.

Vilnius named 2025 European Green Capital

Climate action23 Oct 2023

Vilnius aims to become climate-neutral by 2030, reducing emissions with measures such as increasing renewable sources and renovating heating infrastructures.

US climate tech accelerator invests $12.5m in latest cohort

Climate action17 Oct 2023

Elemental Excelerator is funding 15 climate companies for the development of transformative technologies in areas like carbon removal and resource extraction.

Barnsley completes energy upgrade project with Ameresco

Climate action11 Oct 2023

Barnsley in the north of England has completed a £4m energy upgrade project with cleantech integrator Ameresco as part of plans to be carbon-neutral by 2040.

Three urban tech use cases changing cities for good

Editor's Blog09 Oct 2023

As the adoption of technology continues in cities, SmartCitiesWorld looks at three projects and technologies that can make an impact both now and in the future.

Berlin widens funding for plug-in balcony power plants

Solar power09 Oct 2023

Owner-occupied residential properties can apply for €500 towards the cost of plug-in balcony power plants as part of Berlin’s drive to be climate-friendly.

Green Energy City in Minecraft aims to boost green skills

People and skills05 Oct 2023

Green Energy City in Minecraft from the InnoEnergy Skills Institute blends gamification with green energy education to become a green skills learning resource.

Sesame Solar commits to donate its Nanogrids to Ukraine

Solar power02 Oct 2023

Sesame Solar renewable energy Nanogrids could be customised to provide mobile power used for disaster response, power outages, communication centres and more.

How airport car parks can support the UK’s energy transition

Batteries and renewables26 Sep 2023

Study by UK Power Networks has found that long-stay car parks could play a key role in the UK’s energy transition, helping to power a city with green energy.

Support for a tax to help decarbonise commercial buildings

Commercial buildings21 Sep 2023

Research by greentech firm Pavegen finds two-thirds of UK respondents would support a New York-inspired “brown tax” to help decarbonise commercial buildings.

Initiative supports energy transition in the Global South

Climate action19 Sep 2023

Ikea Foundation grants $20m in funding to champion the renewable energy transition in the Global South nations of Indonesia, South Africa and Vietnam.

AIIB and Bloomberg Philanthropies to scale clean energy deployment in Asia

Batteries and renewables05 Sep 2023

Capital mobilisation to secure access to renewables for all by 2030.

UK council launches pioneering solar car port

Solar power16 Aug 2023

It is anticipated Northumberland County Council will save between £100,000 and £150,000 on energy costs each year, which can be invested in council services.

Two solar projects go online in Contra Costa and Napa

Solar power09 Aug 2023

Each site will generate enough carbon-free electricity to save 149 metric tons of greenhouse emissions, equivalent to planting and growing over 2,464 trees.

Thailand claims world’s largest factory rooftop solar project

Solar power09 Aug 2023

The solar panel unit on the facility in Amata City Rayong industrial park southwest of Bangkok will be equivalent in size to more than 18 football pitches.

Sharing and collaborating on green innovation in Stockholm

Climate action02 Aug 2023

Carl Piva, chair of Stockholm Green Innovation District, illustrates the role that the organisation is playing in pushing public and private sector sustainability efforts forward in Sweden’s capital and beyond.

Tallinn to install solar power plants on municipal buildings

Solar power31 Jul 2023

Buildings, which include schools and libraries, are chosen based on analysis of actual hourly energy consumption during sunny periods in the previous year.

Berlin approves billion-euro fund for climate protection

Climate action26 Jul 2023

Money will be disbursed on a project-by-project basis to accelerate climate action in the building and energy sectors, transport and mobility and the economy.

Solar co-op launched to help Denver residents go green

Solar power17 Jul 2023

The Solar Switch programme aims to offer homeowners and small businesses a convenient way to learn about and install rooftop solar panels and battery storage.

Ericsson unveils proof-of-concept for sustainable 5G network

4G and 5G14 Jul 2023

The site in Texas showcases hybrid energy management tech, combining on-site solar and energy storage systems to integrate clean power and increased resiliency.

Major step in City of London’s geothermal heating system

Batteries and renewables14 Jul 2023

The Salisbury Square civic development in the Square Mile will be supported by a standalone closed loop cooling and heating solution, removing the need for gas.

Singapore announces winners of GreenTech Challenge 2023

Climate action13 Jul 2023

The challenge is designed to accelerate the development of innovative sustainability solutions in Singapore and help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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