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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Chris Osgood from the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics will serve as Boston's first chief of streets.
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Many leading companies endorse efforts to reverse climate change and are stepping forward voluntarily, yet many industry trade groups don’t accept the science and oppose mandatory changes.
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Hillary Clinton’s commitment to making the United States more reliant on renewable energy and to increase the country’s solar energy capacity by 700 percent is very bold indeed. But is it feasible?
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A recent survey has found that energy costs can represent 25 to 30 percent of total operation costs for water and wastewater utilities, but that some companies are making substantial progress in improving their energy and water efficiency.
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A new agreement with SunEdison puts HP ahead of its clean energy schedule and will allow the energy provider to expand operations.
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Greening the county's antiquated sewer network can be accomplished through a series of regionally focused, strategically placed solutions, such as green roofs, permeable pavement and stormwater planters.
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The three-year, $1.6 million program also is designed to reduce emissions, encourage private-sector investment and raise awareness about electric vehicles.
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California officials say their existing climate change programs put the state on course to meet the agency’s new carbon-dioxide emissions target years ahead of schedule.
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Not that long ago, we hardly ever used or even knew the term. What changed?
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The White House unveiled a new standard that gives states two years to update their energy and pollution policies.
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Solar efficiency has gone up and production prices have gone down combined with the fact that credits for solar will soon be drastically reduced means the payback time for most residential solar investment is four or five years.
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Somerville, Mass., is partnering with green companies to meet its environmental goals — and hopefully help other cities meet theirs.
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Gov. Jay Inslee last week announced a plan that would call for enforcing existing law under the state's Clean Air Act.
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The company has proposed a two-tiered drone highway network that could revolutionize package delivery into cities.
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In January, the Portland Water Bureau in Oregon flipped the on switch for the first project in the U.S. to produce energy from in-pipe hydropower in a municipal water pipeline.
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Light rail advocates claim such transportation systems introduce a whole new type of development, one that appeals to both working millennials and retired snowbirds.
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Someday, solar energy could generate two-thirds of our electricity, shoving conventional fuel sources such as coal and natural gas to a backup role, powering generators that run only when supplies are tight.
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The policy change would expedite the building-and-safety review inspection.
