The idea behind the program is for cities to work with Honeywell and Accelerator for America to expand smart city efforts to "support safer, more efficient, resilient and equitable communities."
In an effort to help cities develop individualized smart city plans, Honeywell and Accelerator for America have launched a “Smart City Accelerator Program.”
Weiterlesen: US: Honeywell, Accelerator for America Launch Smart City Program
Nicor Gas and Southern Company are partnering with Habitat for Humanity to build the smart communities, which will use a combination of renewable, electric and natural gas technologies.
Nicor Gas and Southern Company are announcing a new partnership with the Fox Valley and Northern Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliates to create Smart Neighbourhood communities in the Chicagoland (Chicago metropolitan) area.
Weiterlesen: US: Illinois: Net-zero Smart Neighbourhoods planned for Chicago metro area
A small Florida city supports initiatives with the help of a living model.
Coral Gables, Fla., has a remarkable tool used to spur smart city growth: an online digital twin, accessible to the public.
Established with the assistance of Amazon Web Services, the digital twin collects data in real time and allows web visitors to explore Coral Gables through an interactive satellite map.
Weiterlesen: US: Florida: Coral Gables Spurs Smart City Growth with a Digital Twin
Real-time, bi-directional data can help cities determine not just what residents are doing – but why, according to the Smart Cities Council.
Before smart cities explore digital twin capabilities, they must figure out how to treat their data as a citywide asset, one expert says.
Weiterlesen: US: Digital twins need more than infrastructure data, expert says
Lynbrook, N.Y.'s Internet Outage Continuity Plan takes an in-depth look at how the local government can maintain critical services — even in the face of a six-month-long Internet outage.
A New York village is planning for the possibility of a major Internet outage — the kind that could last six months.
“There will be a time when an outage occurs due to a major solar flare, terrorism or human error, lasting weeks or months on a regional or national level,” Lynbrook Village Administrator John Giordano told Government Technology.
Weiterlesen: US: No Internet, Now What? A New York Village Plans for the Worst