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Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA), and Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced legislation to promote the advancement of smart cities. “We can’t afford to replace aging infrastructure with anything but smart infrastructure, and our bill does [...]

Articles examining how smart cities will shape the future seem to be dominating the news these days. Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal dedicated an entire series to The Rise of the Smart City, which highlighted how city leaders are finding new ways to leverage technology and data to [...]

Dive Brief: Spokane, WA-based living lab Urbanova announced a partnership with global analytics company Gallup to help cities identify projects that matter to the public, according to a press release. Gallup will conduct interviews with key industry figures and develop a comprehensive data review to "undercover public priorities" and pain [...]

Urbanova, a smart city living lab in Spokane, Washington’s University District, is collaborating with Gallup, the global analytics and advisory company, to identify Urbanova projects that matter to citizens based on analysis of public sentiment and other available data. Gallup will conduct qualitative in-depth interviews with key stakeholders and a [...]

For the last several days, you’ve seen with your own eyes the wildfire smoke that is hovering over our region. But other sets of ‘eyes’ have also been ‘seeing’ that smoke and taking samples of it. Among those ‘eyes’ are three sensors that sit on the tops of streetlight poles [...]

In a report released by the Critical Consumer Issues Forum (CCIF), titled “Connecting Communities: Smart Cities, Enabling Technologies and the Grid,” Urbanova was one of six featured smart community initiatives. The spotlighted the goals of Urbanova’s work in Spokane, including our recent streetlight project. To read the full report, click [...]

Urbanova, a smart city living lab in Spokane, Washington’s University District, announced additions to its board of directors to guide Urbanova’s vision to design cities for the future. The board of directors will guide the advancement of Urbanova’s collaborations with businesses, researchers and innovators to harness data to gain insights, [...]

The fourth year of the CleanTech Showcase was one for the books. Washington State University has been a proud sponsor of the Showcase since day one, and kudos go to the Clean Tech Alliance for this year’s record attendance, number of presenting companies and exhibitors, and high-quality keynote speakers. As [...]