by John Addison | Oct 29, 2015 | Smart Cities
From LED lighting to zero-net energy (ZNE) buildings, our energy efficiency progress results in the U.S. at a 12-year low in using coal power. With the help of renewable energy and cheap natural gas, it is forecast that by 2020, coal use in the United States will be...
by John Addison | Oct 22, 2015 | Smart Cities
This blog post is a response to the Dear 2015 group blogging event prompt: The year is 2050. Write a letter to the people of 2015 describing what your city is like, and give them advice on the next 35 years. For more responses, see the Dear 2015 Event Page. April 22,...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Oct 21, 2015 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. There’s a really good chance Randell...
by Josef Goodman | Oct 20, 2015 | Smart Cities
In his essay on Leo Tolstoy’s vision of history, the philosopher and Oxford don Isaiah Berlin begins with a dichotomy. Borrowing a line from Greek poet Archilochus, Berlin writes, “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” He thereupon...
by Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director, Meeting of the Minds | Oct 19, 2015 | Announcements
For immediate release: When: October 20-22, 2015 Where: The Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbor Way South, Richmond, CA 94804 What: Meeting of the Minds is an annual, global leadership summit focused on the intersection of urban sustainability and connected technology. The...
by Mukhtar Latif | Oct 19, 2015 | Smart Cities
Vancouver is extremely unique as a relatively small city with a large international reputation. The people of our city are passionate about local issues and highly engaged, while our local government is pushing Vancouver to compete on a global scale. As a leader in...
by Tom Galizia and Jim O’Gara | Oct 14, 2015 | Smart Cities
Project teams from Deloitte and Cisco have explored how a SMART Cities Framework might be applied to transform the operation of the U.S.-Mexico border and collaborated with the Barcelona City Council in developing a framework to measure SMART City program performance....
by Rahul Chopra | Oct 13, 2015 | Smart Cities
High in the Berkeley Hills overlooking San Francisco Bay, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are getting ready to host Meeting of the Minds participants at FLEXLABTM, the world’s most advanced buildings efficiency test bed. FLEXLAB can evaluate the...
by Christine Duhaime | Oct 13, 2015 | Smart Cities
In her recent post, THNK Program Director Kaz Brecher explained how the Digital Finance Institute participated with THNK School of Creative Leadership on the Future of Capitalism challenge with the City of Vancouver to explore how digital currencies could be used to...
by Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director, Meeting of the Minds | Oct 12, 2015 | Smart Cities
Although Richmond, CA is only 16 miles northeast of the thriving city of San Francisco, the city has been largely cut off from the region’s vibrant economic and technological trends for decades. With a strong potential for future growth and a population keen on...
by Rick Azer | Oct 7, 2015 | Smart Cities
Earlier this year, I published the blog post Seven Factors behind the Rise of the Smart City Era, which revealed how networks, telecommunications, and the Internet of Everything facilitate development of Smart City applications and platforms. These factors converge to...
by Anthony Flint | Oct 6, 2015 | Smart Cities
This blog post is a response to the Dear 2015 group blogging event prompt: The year is 2050. Write a letter to the people of 2015 describing what your city is like, and give them advice on the next 35 years. For more responses, see the Dear 2015 Event Page. October 6,...
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