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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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The next generation of precision agriculture may germinate in Silicon Valley, but it will have to take root in rural California, where growers soak up the majority of water diverted for human use.
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The city is investing millions in a clean energy plant that is expected to generate big savings.
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The mobile application, called Citizen Connect, allows users to directly alert municipal departments of their concerns and then monitor progress through emailed updates.
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For years, governors and legislatures have ordered state agencies to save on energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The results are mixed.
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Fuel cells can run on different sources, including fossil fuels such and renewables, but all use electro-chemical processes to create electricity with an efficiency similar to large-scale power plants.
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Water customers have cut their use when they can monitor consumption via the Internet on a daily basis.
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Many Bay Area residents appear to be putting aside some long-held notions about the environment, health and public costs to support bolder options to increase the water supply.
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New market analysis shows that tech companies pushing smart home devices like connected thermostats and light bulbs have some work to do before interest expands beyond early adopters.
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Drought, flooding and polluted runoff are forcing states and localities to reassess how they manage stormwater.
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A report from the Clean Energy States Alliance cites the Connecticut Green Bank and its Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy program that provides up-front financing to remove barriers to clean energy investment.
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Glendale, Calif., is one of the first jurisdictions in the U.S. to combine both smart electricity and smart water meters into a “smart grid.” What have they learned thus far?
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Since 2000, the clean energy generated in the U.S. has outpaced expectations, and a new report shows that its future depends on cooperation among the states, the feds and private innovation.
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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake released a draft of her Smarter City Task Force Report, which says the city must continue to innovate by taking greater advantage of technology to fuel new growth.
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Though expensive to install, a geothermal pump will save the city about $3,120 per year over a traditional heating and cooling system, according to city officials.
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On this edition of FutureStructure Radio - our continuing conversation with Illinois CIO Hardik Bhatt and Munish Khetrapal of Cisco.
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Some smart city ideas have taken a wrong turn, too often emphasizing expensive hardware rather than cheaper solutions using the Internet.
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Mayors and IT officials convene to highlight challenges and showcase innovation solutions at the inaugural event.
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A conversation with veteran public sector technologist Hardik Bhatt on where government is going, and where the IoE is taking the communities it serves.
