AI-based monitoring spots water meter issues
GCN Gwinnett County, Ga., could recoup about $50,000 per month from 19 commercial water meters that have been incorrectly measuring flow, based on discrepancies discovered…
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100% zero-emissions trucks. How close are we?
Environmental Defense Fund While the delivery trucks and tractor trailers that distribute goods and cargo make up only about 4% of vehicles on U.S. roads,…
OASC Spain: Logroño Joins the Network
Open and Agile Smart Cities The city of Logroño, capital of the Spanish region of La Rioja, is the latest city to become a member…
Building a public, statewide IoT network for New York
GCN The nation’s first statewide public infrastructure for the internet of things is being designed by researchers at Cornell University. Working with community partners in…
TTC becomes largest battery electric bus fleet in North America with rollout of third e-bus model
Electric Autonomy The Toronto Transit Commission this week became the operator of the largest public battery electric bus fleet in North America, as the introduction…
The Free Food Market
Source: Planet Money – episode originally ran in 2015. When Susannah Morgan was running a food bank in Alaska, she always needed produce. Items like fresh…
Nature in Cities in a Post-Covid-19 World: Don’t Blame Urban Density in a Pandemic
The Nature of Cities If a post-COVID world can move towards more people-centered social infrastructure investment, with ambitious goals for nature in cities and Biophilic…
Building Beloved Community: An EcoDistricts AP Considers Her Work
Ecodistricts Home A large bur oak graces my front yard: with a double trunk, about 35 feet tall, she casts a shady and cooling radius…
These Days, Everyone Wants to Own a Microgrid
Green Tech Media The U.S. microgrid market is growing, with a record 546 microgrids installed during 2019. Most of those projects were below 5 megawatts.…
AI Startups Raise Funding to Help Utilities De-Risk Dangers of Climate Change
Green Tech Media California is becoming a poster child for the risks utilities face from climate change, from power lines starting wildfires to heat waves forcing…