This video contains highlights from Council Associate Partner ABB's Americas Technology and Partner Days 2015, which spanned an entire week and included the official opening of its new North American manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan -- making it the first major industrial robotics manufacturer to build robots in the U.S.
Council Lead Partner S&C Electric Company installed an innovative energy storage system, which will work alongside the Island’s existing diesel generators, to store excess energy to be used when demand requires it. This method will extend the life of the diesel generator, facilitate more renewable integration and reduce the amount of carbon.
The Vinnytsia City Council is committed to openness and has made it simpler and easier for its citizens to access administrative services online. Using Microsoft Office tools such as Sharepoint, Exchange and Lync, from Council Lead Partner Microsoft, disparate municipal services in the Ukraine city have been integrated into one institution called Transparent Office.
In this presentation to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Veolia North America CEO Terry Mah shares how businesses and communities are benefiting from environmental solutions that are delivered as part of the Circular Economy. Veolia is a Council Associate Partner.
The London Transport Museum created and exhibited this video to illustrate the NextCity strategy from Council Lead Partner Cubic Transportation Systems. The main goal of NextCity is to implement a single account across all modes of transportation, enabling cities to more efficiently manage revenue collection, better plan for demand and improve traveler convenience through the gathering of better and more relevant information.
Rapid Urbanisation:
Urban population to increase from 340 mnto 590mn by 2030 (40% population to be in urban cities from 31% currently)
Cities -Drivers of Economic Growth:
Current contribution of Cities to GDP: Over 60%, Increase to ~75% by 2030
Saturation of Metros and Low Quality of Life:
India ranks 135 among 182 countries in terms of quality of life
Indian cities scored 2.5-4.0 vis a vis global benchmarks of 9.3-9.6 on scale of 104
Cities must adapt to the challenges that modernity has brought along with it in this news digital era. One of these challenges is to reconcile technology with all aspects of the city. a concept better known as a smart city.
The smart city is a city that uses digital technology to run itself and manage resources efficiently. A city can be defined as smart, once all the eight key aspects that make the foundation of a city are identified as smart: governance, energy, building, infrastructures, mobility, technology. healthcare and safety.
Listen in as smart cities experts from around the world offer insights on challenges facing cities in this video from the 2015 Innovative City conference in Nice, France. You'll hear Council Executive Director Philip Bane as well as Michael Dixon, GM Smarter Cities for Council Lead Partner IBM.
Property managers for Atlantic Station, a mixed-use complex in midtown Atlanta, GA, wanted instant and efficient data access to the energy measurements of each structure in the complex for billing purposes.
Corporate Review interviews Imex Systems CEO Damodar Arapakota and Aldis Levalds, Director of Business Development, on the company's next-generation smart government technologies that help cities optimize and automate processes for more efficient delivery of services to citizens. Imex Systems is a Council Associate Partner.