Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
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Smart street furniture in Australia: a public service or surveillance and advertising tool?
Smart street furniture – powered and digitally networked furniture that collects and generates data – is arriving in Australia. It comes in a variety of…
Electric Cars and the Power Grid
Electric car (EV) sales are predicted to surge in 2021 as China and the European Union tighten emissions standards and calls for all-electric auto markets…
City climate leadership a model for sustainability
The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action. There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 targets and 231 indicators…
Smart meters giving Missouri customers incentive to save energy during peaks
Evergy and Ameren Missouri are both rolling out optional time-of-use rates to customers as they install smart meters. Missouri’s two major electric utilities are introducing…
How Japan’s ‘opt-in’ smart city could change urban living
This article is part of the Global Technology Governance Summit The city of Aizuwakamatsu in Japan has introduced an opt-in service for smartphone disaster alerts. It’s…
Greening our homes could kickstart an economic recovery – but we need new ideas
Ask an economist what they’d do first to kickstart a green recovery and they’ll probably say ‘retrofit’. That’s because greening our homes is essential if…
The UK has some of the least energy-efficient housing in Europe – here’s how to fix this
Samot/Shutterstock Sankar Sivarajah, University of Bradford Poorly constructed housing can seriously affect people’s health and wellbeing. And with the UK having some of the oldest…