Smart Cities: Building Tomorrow’s Infrastructure
Driver-less vehicles. Sensor-laden street lighting. Smart water. Cities across the nation are adopting innovative technology, transforming into “smart cities.” Smart Cities Week Silicon Valley, a bi-annual conference organized by the Smart Cities Council, brings together leaders from government and industry to share best practices about programs and pilots around the country and even the world, […]
Toward a Playbook for Public-private Partnerships
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a powerful organizing vehicle for taking on challenges and realizing opportunities — with the potential to transform cities, industries and societies toward smarter and more sustainable models. PPPs are perhaps best known for facilitating formal collaborations to deliver hard infrastructure and development projects — think roads, bridges, bike trails and urban […]
Collaboration With Utilities Seen As First Step in Growth of Smart Cities
Becoming a smart city starts with a small step, said one expert, but it’s an important one. Jesse Berst, chairman of the Smart Cities Council, said cities interested in starting a smart cities program should turn first to their local electric utility company to start a partnership. “There are many cities out there that are […]
Spokane: Building a Healthy, Clean and Smart City
Spokane is beautiful and smart. The picturesque city in Washington is deploying a network of air quality sensors on streetlights to monitor neighborhood pollution in its University District called Urbanova. It also plans to use Internet of Things technologies to tackle urban challenges like noise, traffic, and pollution. This week, Spokane won the Smart Cities […]
Spokane, Urbanova Selected for Sustainable Infrastructure Smart Cities Award
Spokane and Urbanova, a living laboratory collaboration and proving ground to design cities for the future, have been recognized with a Smart Cities North America Award (SCNNA) by global research and intelligence firm IDC. Winners of the award illustrate best practice examples of urban innovation with a particular focus on the use of technology and […]
Spokane Among Finalists for IDC’s 2018 Smart Cities North America Award
IDC Government Insights named finalists this week in the inaugural Smart Cities North America Awards (SCNAA), including Spokane’s Urbanova. The new awards were designed to recognize the progress North American communities have made in executing Smart Cities projects, as well as provide a forum for sharing best practices to help accelerate Smart City development in […]
Spokane and the Urbanova Project: How Can Utilities Stay Relevant?
In the era of digital integration and customer engagement, utilities are increasingly becoming consumer-driven businesses and keeping up with changes is essential. Anticipating future energy trends Heather Rosentrater, Avista’s Vice President of Energy Delivery, believes that staying relevant to the concerns of current times is vital for a company’s survival in the competitiveness of the […]
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Urbanova is a living laboratory to design cities for the future. Located in the University District of Spokane, Washington. We harness data to gain insights, empower people and solve urban challenges in new ways. Our goals are healthier citizens, safer neighborhoods, smarter infrastructure, a more sustainable environment and a stronger economy. We are bringing together […]
Spokane City Leaders Pursues Title of “Smart City”
It’s becoming more and more often that we find Spokane making lists for being a “hip city” or “most attractive city.” Now, the city is trying to work its way onto another list for being a “smart city.” Sunset magazine said Spokane is a top Northwest “Game Changing Place to Live.” The magazine, among others, […]
Washington’s ‘Living Laboratory’ to Build Out Its Sensor Network
How smoke from wildfires affects the air in urban settings will come under a close microscope in a “living laboratory” in the Pacific Northwest. A network of nine air-quality sensors will be installed into streetlights and on the tops of buildings across Spokane, Wash.’s, 700-acre University District, an urban area made up of neighborhoods and […]