Infrastructure
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The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer. -
National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages.
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A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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The EnLighten App, from Connected Signals out of Eugene, Ore., gives drivers real-time updates about how long lights will stay green or red.
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The #shadeballs viral sensation has created some unintended consequences.
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Americans love excess and the personal comfort created by a blasting air conditioning unit is no exception. The Rocky Mountain Institute hopes to change the culture without reducing comfort with its new Innovation Center.
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High-tech data analysis and a dynamic community relations program are helping Riverside County reduce water consumption and meet stiff state-mandated cutbacks.
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California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, Canada, are doing their part to promote reduced roadway emissions through new policy that provides government resources and financial incentives to adopt such vehicles
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With oil resources declining and penalties on greenhouse gas emissions increasing, the future of aviation is dependent on finding an alternative power source. Electricity may be the answer.
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This type of renewable energy has been shown as three times more stable than solar or wind power -- it is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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The Chinese government is making substantial investments in green buildings as it upgrades cities and constructs new ones.
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Duke is working with a contractor to determine the feasibility of unmanned aerial vehicles, which could improve the utility's response to storms and other outages
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This electricity infrastructure operations center is designed for research to help guard against threats ranging from natural disasters to international attack, and to make the grid more flexible, reliable and efficient.
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Singapore is deploying innovation in its quest to be more eco-conscious.
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Can Tesla revolutionize the world by making an affordable electric car for the masses, much the way Henry Ford did with the Model T in 1908?
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The debate over energy policy has been raging for decades, but has intensified as Maine has become one of the most oil-dependent states -- and the site of an insurgency of renewable energy initiatives.
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Drone-captured images map data crucial for gauging river health and habitat conditions essential to the survival of local wildlife.
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The proprietary technology can sort compostables, recyclables and usable garbage out of a single-stream trash bin system, diverting more than 95 percent of waste from the landfill.
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The ride-hailing company has invested in autonomous-vehicle research, and its CEO Travis Kalanick has indicated that consumers can expect a driverless Uber fleet by 2030.
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Drones hover at an uneasy intersection of state laws and FAA regulations, civil claims for nuisance and trespass, and new state legislation.
