by Jose Corona | Mar 31, 2015 | Smart Cities
In a time of historic income inequality, after a decade in which most American workers experienced stagnant or declining hourly wages, and as jobs are increasingly either high- or low-wage, the current challenge for the United States economy is evident: improving job...
by Hannah Greinetz | Mar 30, 2015 | Smart Cities
This series on propane autogas has been taking a deep-dive into the merits and challenges of converting vehicles to run on propane; the second article in the series made an attempt to qualify the benefits to society of converting 5% of San Diego’s fleet vehicles...
by Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director, Meeting of the Minds | Mar 24, 2015 | Announcements, Civic Innovation Spotlight Articles
As the world’s leading center of innovation, San Francisco has a significant impact on international economic activity and culture creation. As the Bay Area Council Economic Institute reports, “the region’s ability to play a role in the creation of entirely new...
by John Addison | Mar 23, 2015 | Smart Cities
Over 30 million are daily riders on bus rapid transit (BRT), which offers many of the advantages of light-rail, but at a fraction of the cost. Riders in 190 global cities find that BRT moves people faster than cars crawling in congestion, because BRT uses segregated...
by Roger Westberg | Mar 18, 2015 | Smart Cities
What is the most precious resource on earth? Gold, diamonds, or rare minerals? These items might come to mind first, but we can live without them. No, it’s water, something that every person needs to survive. Even though it is the most precious resource on earth,...
by John Addison | Mar 16, 2015 | Smart Cities
Advanced energy is now $200 billion in annual revenue in the United States. Solar power, wind power and natural gas are driving the 14 percent annual growth of advanced energy, according to a new Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) report, developed by Navigant Research....
by Sheeraz Haji | Mar 11, 2015 | Smart Cities
The topics in this blog will be covered through interactive and in-depth sessions at the 13th annual Cleantech Forum San Francisco from March 16-18, 2015. I invite you to join us. — Sheeraz Haji We have observed a significant shift in energy and resource markets from...
by Jeremy Goldberg | Mar 11, 2015 | Smart Cities
We are all “makers.” We dream. We tinker. We design. We develop. We trouble-shoot and we deploy. Across industry — public, private or government – we’re all making something; we’re all part of the maker movement. I participated in a recent panel at...
by Nash Barrett | Mar 9, 2015 | Smart Cities
A Unicef report recently proclaimed that “The future of humanity is increasingly African.” The report estimates the African population will more than double to 2.4 billion people by 2050. The clogged roundabouts of Accra, ruined roads of Congo and dangerous highways...
by Hannah Greinetz | Mar 3, 2015 | Mobility, Resources
In my last article, I focused on the seemingly overlooked benefits of using propane as fuel for our vehicles. The merits of propane have been recognized by city governments, propane alliances, and the Department of Energy through its Clean Cities program. And with the...
by Deborah Wince-Smith | Mar 2, 2015 | Smart Cities
What if I told you there is a vast energy resource available to us that is abundant, inexpensive, clean and cuts costs for business and industry? Sounds too good to be true, right? In fact, this resource is the energy that we use—or more accurately, don’t use—each...
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