Smart Building News Towards a low-carbon future — SETIS The Information System for the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) The European Strategic Energy Technology (SET)-Plan aims to transform energy production and use in the EU with the goal of achieving EU worldwide leadership in the production of energy technological solutions capable of delivering EU 2020 and 2050 targets. The move towards a low-carbon Europe requires innovative research, effective strategic planning and an emphasis on timely and appropriate action. SET-Plan and SETIS Overview The European Strategic Energy Technology (SET)-Plan aims to transform energy production and use in the EU with the goal of achieving EU worldwide leadership in the production of energy technological solutions capable of delivering EU 2020 and 2050 targets. SET-Plan A fourth Communication, in 2013, is expected to reinforce the modalities of the SET-Plan implementation, as the overarching umbrella for energy research and innovation for the Horizon 2020 initiative.
ABC Advantage Insights The tiny minds of environmental "prophets of doom"by the ABC Advantage Team - Thursday, January 10, 2013 OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 17, 2012/ Troy Media/ – Are human prosperity and well-being an illusion, bought at the expense of Nature? Human beings add nothing to the world, on this view, and subtract everything. But however much this view may appeal to, say, the apostles of environmental doom and gloom, the opponents of the oil sands and fish farming and pipelines and biotechnology, it is wrong. READ MORE HERE... Comments (0) | How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Building Databy the ABC Advantage Team - Monday, August 06, 2012 "Building data has the potential to change everything as we know it in our industry, and change can be scary. Comments (0) | Why switch from Pneumatics to DDC? Comments (0) | Zero-Energy Buildings: How Do They Do It? Overview To some extent, the BMS have gotten to this point because of the business and financial aspects surrounding it. Comments (1) |
Smart Cities in Europe Zero-Energy Buildings: How Do They Do It? | Vista Window Films Blog While programs like the U.S. EPA’s ENERGYSTAR or the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system encourage and reward energy efficiency, it makes sense that the ultimate energy-efficiency objective is to achieve zero-energy status. It might seem far-fetched, but there are 21 buildings already doing this in the United States; 78 others already have the capability to do so, or are well on their way. Zero-energy building projects are being completed all across the country in a variety of climates, from California to Florida toVermont, and several other states in between (like Ohio, Missouri, and Minnesota). Zero-energy buildings (ZEBs) are so energy-efficient that their annual energy balance (their consumption minus the electricity they generate) equals zero or less than zero. So how are these buildings actually achieving zero-energy status? Square footage. To learn more about zero-energy buildings and the U.S. Is zero-energy status something you’d like to achieve with your facility?
Intelligent Cities - Smart Cities - Innovation Εcosystems » Global Investment in Smart City Technology Infrastructure to Total $108 Billion by 2020 Navigant Research May 23, 2011 Urbanization is a defining trend of the 21st century, and for the first time in human history, more people now live in cities than in rural areas. As the world’s population continues to grow in the coming decades, and urban populations grow even faster, “smart” information and communication technologies will be at the forefront of the effort to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of urban systems and services, both in developed and emerging economies. A new report from Pike Research forecasts that investment in smart city technology infrastructure will total $108 billion during the years from 2010 to 2020. By the end of that period, the cleantech market intelligence firm anticipates that annual spending will reach nearly $16 billion. “Smart city models are at a nascent stage, and smart cities will take many different forms in different parts of the world,” says senior analyst Eric Woods.
Welcome ! | Opencities Open Cities challenges are designed around four themes: open data, crowdsourcing, urban labs and fiber-to-the-home. The challenges are open for individuals and organizations and aim to foster the development of products and services based on the platforms provided by the participating cities. The Innovation Challenge Share your ideas and win! The Open cities project calls for developers to collaboratively brainstorm in our Open Data Forum about these two Open Data problems: >read more Open Cities app challenge App Winner: BlindSquare Are you developing apps using open data? This challenge calls for apps using any kind of open data. Urban Lab challenge Project Winner: LPW (Leaves Performative Walls) Test your project in a real urban environment! This challenge offers participants a chance to install their product in a dedicated space in the city. Open Platform for Broadband Services Test your broadband service in real life! Crowdsourcing challenge Make your city SMARTER!
Communications (Telecommunication Systems Required for a Smart City) : Smart Cities : Hitachi Telecommunication Systems for Realizing a Smart City In order to realize a smart city, it is important to use IT to connect a variety of everyday living services to public infrastructures, such as electric power, railways, and water. To this end, a communication network is necessary to establish all sorts of connections, including human to human, human to machine, machine to machine. A communication network that can connect all sorts of things is required that can achieve a convenient and comfortable lifestyle for people, while at the same time giving consideration to ways of reducing the system's impact on the natural environment. Telecommunication Systems Connecting Everything As part of the realization of a smart city, communication systems are an indispensable part of the public infrastructure. Telecommunication Systems Connecting a Smart City A Network Usable While Living Unaware of Its Existence Living Unaware of the Network A Network that Revitalizes Businesses