“Diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility—that is a thread throughout, it is not an afterthought.”
From optimizing school bus routes using machine learning to testing new ways to gather data on air quality, Metro21: Smart Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has worked on a wide range of projects over the years. The organization’s aim is to look for ways that cutting-edge technology can benefit cities and their residents. Karen Lightman joined Metro21 in 2017 and is now executive director. The institute, established in 2015, serves as an intermediary between local government and nonprofit partners who have identified problems they want to solve and faculty researchers seeking to test their work in real-world settings.
Weiterlesen: US: Why Smart Cities are About More Than Just Tech
As the director of innovation and technology and chief innovation officer for Coral Gables, alumnus Raimundo Rodulfo runs the city's smart city infrastructure.
Raimundo Rodulfo '16 and his team are on the verge of helping the City of Coral Gables' administration roll out citywide electronic processes and a high-tech, new development service center off Biltmore Way, which will be a one-stop shop for all permitting, code enforcement, planning and zoning needs. It’s part of a broad campaign to modernize the city’s systems—a task that Rodulfo and the city’s leaders have been working toward for years.
Weiterlesen: US: Florida: Transforming Coral Gables into model smart city
Arup and Matidor are partnering to create smart city tools that enable cities to model urban planning scenarios and calculate energy efficiency in real time
Built environment consulting firm Arup is partnering with geographic information systems (GIS) start-up Matidor to co-create smart city modelling tools for energy optimisation.
Weiterlesen: US: Arup and Matidor to co-create smart city modelling tools
Access to broadband Internet can dramatically alter quality of life and economic prospects in rural areas, including long-neglected tribal nations. New federal funding is helping to fill some of the gaps in the high-speed network.
If you want to share a large digital file in Lovelock, Nev., you might save time if you first gather about 40 miles’ worth of fiber-optic cables and bury them in a shallow trench alongside Interstate 80. That’s the low-tech gruntwork that makes the high-tech future possible, and it’s what’s happening next year for the rural town 90 miles northeast of Reno, thanks in part to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Weiterlesen: US: Rural Areas in Nevada See Broadband as Key to Progress
Arup and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group have published a guidebook for city authorities, developers and communities to help deliver net-zero at neighbourhood level.
A new guidebook sets out to underscore the importance of neighbourhood action in tackling the climate crisis and offers a framework and approach for delivering net zero.
Weiterlesen: US: Neighbourhoods urged to use 15-minute city principles to become greener