Urbanova Reaches Milestone with Smart and Connected Streetlights Pilot
Urbanova, a smart city living lab in Spokane, Washington’s University District, has reached a key milestone with its Smart and Connected Streetlights Pilot, installing sensors on and collecting data from 10 streetlights across the district. Urbanova founding partner Avista will install an additional 29 LED fixtures with dimming capabilities in the fall. With the pilot, […]
What’s Next for Smart Energy? Urbanova May Provide Answers
The world of energy has changed dramatically over the past decade. What will it look like in another 10 years? It may look like Urbanova, a living lab in Washington state. Itron, a Global Lead Partner of the Council, is one of the founders of this community of the future. Renewable energy sources are one […]
Smart Utilities Enabling Smart Cities: One Last DistribuTECH Takeaway
The wise utility belongs to the smart city. And vice versa-if it’s done right. A group of leaders and consultants argued their case at DistribuTECH in San Diego that utilities need to position themselves for opportunities in the hyper-connected Smart City-Internet of Things realm. For them, the future was now, as several represented companies showed […]
Scott Morris: Digital Evolution to Lead to Personalized Service
Everywhere you look, technology is changing our lives. And it’s transforming the energy industry too. Rapidly emerging technologies are disrupting the way energy is generated, delivered, and consumed. It’s one of the most exciting times I’ve experienced in our industry during my entire 30-plus year career at Avista. While some people may see risk and […]
Avista to Install Smart Lights in U District
Avista Corp., of Spokane, expects to begin installing the first of almost 40 smart streetlights in the city’s University District in January, says Heather Rosentrater, the company’s vice president of energy delivery. Avista is one of six founding partners for a project called Urbanova, designed to provide city leaders, researchers, and businesses with a more […]
How Spokane Is Building a Smart City From the Grid Out, With Transactive Energy Included
Avista and Itron are undertaking a hometown smart city project, from smart meters, streetlights and air sensors to distributed energy trading. Here’s how it will work. Read full article >
Pieces Finally in Place for Spokane’s University District to Become Innovation Hub
After thirty years of sustained effort by city leaders, academics, and business people, Spokane now has what the Brookings Institution calls the “keys to innovation success.” One of those keys is Urbanova, where “collaboration is the secret sauce.”
Spokane’s Urbanova Set to Drive Innovation and Economic Development for Cities of the Future
The six founding partners of Urbanova, the newly-named smart city living lab in Spokane, Washington, announced today the formalization of their collaboration. The group signed a memorandum of understanding to align their efforts around a shared vision and purpose for the project. For more than two years, the partners, including Avista, the City of Spokane, […]
FACT SHEET: Announcing Over $80 million in New Federal Investment and a Doubling of Participating Communities in the White House Smart Cities Initiative
After launching the Smart Cities Initiative a year ago, the Obama Administration has expanded it with more than $80 million in new federal investments and a doubling of the number of participating cities and communities, exceeding 70 in total.
Spokane Selected for National Smart City Program
Spokane, Washington is one of only 10 cities in America to participate in a program sponsored by Envision America, a new organization that has challenged cities across the country to innovate in the areas of energy, water, waste, and air challenges. Spokane was chosen in part because of its aim to become a safer, stronger, […]