Sofa Summits
How Smart is the UK’s Smart Meter Project?
Smart meters calculate electricity, gas & water consumption in a much more detailed way than conventional meters, putting more...
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Jul 5, 20172 min read
Making the most of City Data
A smart city is one that puts people at the centre of development, incorporates Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in urban...
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Jul 4, 20172 min read
The iSCAPE Project | Improving the Smart Control of Air Pollution in Europe
iSCAPE is the most ambitious EU project to improve air quality in European cities with the use of photocatalytic technology, what this...
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Jul 3, 20172 min read
Smart City Moscow
In recent years Moscow has become a global leader in introducing smart technologies. Currently, the inhabitants of the capital can...
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Jul 2, 20173 min read
ESPRESSO Project – Helping Cities with Standards
Innovation in information technology and communication is a key element in the transformation of cities. From a technological...
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Jul 1, 20172 min read
Environmental Stress Warning Systems
Technology offers cities the chance to have more eyes and ears than they have ever had before. Sensors are proliferating everywhere,...
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Jun 30, 20174 min read
SCLL17 – The Conference of Today for a Smarter Tomorrow
Smart Cities Live is the latest edition in a series of smart city events that have been taking place across Europe since 2015, with other...
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Jun 29, 20172 min read
Horizon 2020 Showcase – CITYKeys Project
Within the EU’s HORIZON 2020 Programme, the CITYKeys project is being developed, an initiative that seeks to develop a results evaluation...
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Jun 28, 20173 min read
What is Horizon 2020 and how have these Projects Helped European Cities?
In the coming weeks we will be bringing you a series of articles about different Horizon 2020 projects, but before we do that we thought...
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Jun 27, 20172 min read
Super Smart Street Lights Installed in Essex
Last week we published an article on how cities and municipalities could make use of existing lighting infrastructure to aid their smart...
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Jun 24, 20172 min read
London wants to be the Smartest City in the World
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, opened London Tech Week with a speech this week in which he stated his aim to make London the smartest city...
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Jun 23, 20173 min read
Social Housing for the 21st Century
The key function of social housing is to provide safe, affordable accommodation to citizens on low incomes. Rents are kept artificially...
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Jun 22, 20172 min read
The United States and the Paris Climate Agreement – California Fights Back
President Trump recently made the decision to pull the United States from the Paris climate agreement stating “a reassertion of America’s...
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Jun 21, 20172 min read
The Circular Economy is about more than just Recycling!
When you speak to people about the circular economy a lot think that it is just about recycling, making sure that goods are re-used and...
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Jun 20, 20173 min read
Estonia – the First Truly Digital Country
Most people are aware that Estonia lead the way when it comes to digitalising the services that they offer to their citizens. In fact it...
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Jun 19, 20172 min read
Biofuel Buses – a no brainer really!
One of the key success factors for any city is the effectiveness of its transportation system, but these systems are constantly evolving...
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Jun 16, 20173 min read
Smart Lighting will make the Cities Safer – just not the way you thought
What is the one piece of infrastructure that cities have almost everywhere? You may say roads, yes the roads and transport network are...
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Jun 15, 20172 min read
How can data be used to make cities safer?
The common assumption is that the stored data constitutes a reservoir from which information can be extracted and analysed in order to...
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Jun 14, 20172 min read
Open Government: Better Reykjavík
Open Government: Better Reykjavík The City of Reykjavík offers their citizens the opportunity to present ideas, opinions and solutions to...
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Jun 12, 20172 min read
Crowdfund London: Create. Fund. Launch.
Did you know that if you live in London have a great idea for a local community project that you can receive up to £50,000 from the Mayor...
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