by Colin Soutar | Oct 27, 2016 | Society, Technology
While we are increasingly aware of threats to our personal information, the reach of such threats really can be baffling. Who would have guessed that one day your refrigerator may put your identity information at risk? As the Internet of Things’ (IoT) reach continues...
by Sue Lebeck | Oct 25, 2016 | Environment, Resources, Society
By Sue LebeckSue Lebeck is the Chair Emeritus of the City Protocol Task Force (CPTF), an open collaborative R&D community hosted by the City Protocol Society (CPS) to help create the Internet of Cities. Sue is also technology advisor to the Cool City Challenge,...
by John Addison | Oct 25, 2016 | Governance, Infrastructure, Resources
The 80-foot wide display showed California renewables at 41 percent of total generation as I watched for 20 minutes during a warm September morning. I was at the nerve center of California’s grid – CAISO (California Independent Systems Operator). CAISO is a...
by Alvaro Casalins | Oct 24, 2016 | Governance, Technology
We began working for the government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA) in January 2009. To be honest, I don’t think we had the slightest idea about what was to come. Looking back, I believe there was a mix of long term perspective (clear vision) with a somewhat...
by Tamas Budavari | Oct 19, 2016 | Governance, Infrastructure, Society
Since the 1970’s, a certain urban pessimism has pervaded both academic research and public policy on Baltimore. Nothing, it seemed, could be done to stem the tide of divestment. Policy conversations focused on ‘right-sizing’ and even ‘mothballing’ the urban landscape....
by Gary Hawkins | Oct 19, 2016 | BVSII Blog Series, Infrastructure, Technology
This post is part of a series on Smart Cities from Black and Veatch. For more, visit the series archive.The “smarting” of utilities and cities is underway. However, many in the industry would stamp our smart city progress thus far as meh, even though the foundational...
by Scott Stallard | Oct 18, 2016 | BVSII Blog Series, Infrastructure, Technology
This post is part of a series on Smart Cities from Black and Veatch. For more, visit the series archive. Previous blog posts in this series have explored the people and processes that are coming together to make the smart city vision a reality. It will not be shocking...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Oct 18, 2016 | Urban Innovator of the Week
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. Gene Powell wears a lot of hats. His first passion...
by Jennifer James and Steph Stoppenhagen | Oct 17, 2016 | BVSII Blog Series, Infrastructure, Technology
This post is part of a series on Smart Cities from Black and Veatch. For more, visit the series archive. Cities at their core are about citizens — the intermingling of diverse sets of people who live, work, visit and play there. Together they create a rich...
by John Addison | Oct 17, 2016 | Environment, Governance, Resources
Kitty Bu starts each morning in Beijing checking the air quality report; many days she must keep her one, three and five year old inside all day. Estimates range from 600,000 to 1.6 million that die prematurely in China each year due to air pollution. Since China’s...
by Gary Hawkins | Oct 16, 2016 | BVSII Blog Series, Governance, Technology
This post is part of a series on Smart Cities from Black and Veatch. For more, visit the series archive. Without doubt, human kind has made incredible technological strides in the last 100 years. Electricity, semiconductors, computing, the Internet, and near...
by David E. Vogel and Kit Ratcliff | Oct 13, 2016 | Economy, Infrastructure
This blog explores the creation of a broad-based stakeholder coalition within metropolitan Albuquerque that would bring together both formal and informal leaders in ways that will increase citizen participation and effectiveness in influencing growth and change within...
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