Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
smart cities, Tag
- The energy used in our digital consumption is set to have a bigger impact on global warming than the entire aviation industry
- Panasonic is building an incredible smart city outside of Denver Tue, 9 Jan 18, 12:07amPanasonic is just about everywhere you look these days, from car batteries to airplanes, and now the company is building one of their most ambitious projects yet: an entire smart city...
- Sensors, plants and waste heat: Adelaide hospital's bid to be most energy-efficient Mon, 5 Jun 17, 9:19amWhen it finally opens in September, the complex will have the latest energy efficiency technology – but will it be worth the $2.3bn spent?
- Santa Fe enlists Rubicon Global to curb waste and ramp up recycling Sat, 18 Mar 17, 8:44amHumans, especially Americans, are kind of slobs. We mess up the Earth by throwing out about 4.5 pounds of garbage per person on average every day. Two-thirds of that waste could be composted, but isn’t. And half...
- Data is the secret weapon in the battle to save Australia's urban forests Mon, 30 May 16, 10:20amAs cities expand and trees are sacrificed for housing and infrastructure, the cost of losing green spaces grows
- Dementia patients calm down when they're not too hot and not too cold Fri, 6 May 16, 12:50pmNew research has shown the aged care provider Warrigal that sustainable design affects residents’ wellbeing, as well as its bottom line
- The innovators: the smart systems driving motorists towards smarter cities Sun, 3 Apr 16, 7:13pmA Cambridge-based tech firm is pioneering apps to let you park more easily, tell local councils when to grit or even light up particular roads
- INFOGRAPHIC: How smart cities are creating a greener future Fri, 4 Dec 15, 7:37amAdvances in technology are quickly paving the way for smart cities. A smart city is an urban center that harnesses technologies, such as IT, to improve the quality of life of residents, manage available resources such as...
- Public art projects that double as renewable energy sources Sat, 7 Nov 15, 7:14amTwo Pittsburgh artists are encouraging cities around the world to install public art structures designed to generate power while educating viewers about renewable energy
- Los Angeles to network all 7,500 miles of LED streetlights through wireless and cloud technologies Wed, 8 Apr 15, 11:09pmLos Angeles has more streetlights than any other U.S. city, and a massive retrofit in 2013 replaced a phenomenal 141,089 of those bulbs with LEDs, all keeping the streets brighter and safer while improving on the municipality's...
- Philips to install LED streetlights in Poland for a 70 percent energy savings Tue, 24 Mar 15, 1:55amPhilips Lighting has announced that they have been selected to conduct a massive overhaul of over 5,000 streetlights in Poland's historic "floating garden" city of Szczecin...
- How the internet of things is making a business of slashing energy costs Tue, 17 Mar 15, 3:49amA worldwide network of objects already helps businesses to control energy use, but now there’s money to be made by bringing them together
- INFOGRAPHIC: How Future Cities Will Succeed Wed, 25 Dec 13, 9:00amWhat will the smart city of tomorrow look like? Industry Perspectives: Creating Smart and Sustainable Cities is a new report and infographic published by the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute and Autodesk that summarizes...
- New Parker Mobile App Gives Users Real-Time Parking Info Fri, 7 Dec 12, 4:23amCircling, block after block, looking for a parking spot is a fact of life for urban drivers everywhere — but it doesn’t have to be. Smart parking startup Streetline has produced the Parker mobile app that will save...
- Iskandar Malaysia to be a Model Sustainable and Socially Equitable City of the Future Sat, 3 Nov 12, 8:32amIskandar, an area that covers 2,217 square kilometers at the southern tip of Malaysia, is the center of its country’s sustainable development strategy as an ultra-green and socially integrated city of the future...