FutureStructure Infrastructure
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Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
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Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles.
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Dutch architects have produced a giant air filter that sucks in pollutants and blows out clean air.
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The D.C. region's Metro system is facing one serious problem after another. What's needed is a new focus on serving its customers.
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Dubai will be equipped with sensors throughout the city, delivering information that will lead to better allocation of resources and alert city officials of infrastructure problems.
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Earthquake monitoring can now detect a quake and warn people before it arrives.
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Public-sector participants see the White House's initiative as a means of accelerating investment and interest in building smart cities and the Internet of Things.
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The first set of zero-net energy homes, which are supposed to generate as much energy as they consume, are expected to be complete by the end of September.
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The future of two key energy policies – the EPA's Clean Power Plan and Renewable Fuel Standard – will decide whether bioenergy will continue to grow in the U.S. or not.
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Before constructing new infrastructure, government agencies are starting to evaluate projects' potential economic, environmental and social impacts first to prevent problems down the road.
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The Rocky Mountain Institute, a Colorado think-tank, is taking on Austin's transportation woes, and plans to overhaul the system by taking advantage of the new economy and clean-tech.
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A new study found that the smart grid and first-in-the-nation citywide gigabit Internet service has helped local education, health care, business, arts and culture, and municipal services.
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Under the proposal, solar-home owners would be charged $3 per kilowatt in what the utility describes as necessary to maintain the power grid.
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Using sensors and analytics, officials, citizens and businesses are more accurately predicting everything from crop yields to rainwater runoff.
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Urban areas must strategize to vie for future economic growth.
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The utility expects to add up to 200 megawatts of solar capacity and bolster its wind offerings, according to a planning document.
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A Boston startup has installed benches that can charge phones, sense heat and count pedestrian foot traffic.
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In a partnership with SolarCity, Kauai will begin harnessing solar energy to power about 2,132 homes onto the grid from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., when energy demand by Kauai residents is at its highest.
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The renewal of federal tax incentives hang in the breeze, but industry experts point to a policy extension as the cornerstone of continued growth for the green power source.
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The mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., is planning for his city's future by investing in technology in hopes of creating a Silicon/Tennessee Valley.
