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Cantwell, DelBene, Luján Introduce Smart Cities Bill
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 [...]
The Case for “Bottom-Up” Smart City Development
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 [...]
Urbanova Partners With Gallup to Identify Projects That Matter to Citizens
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 Teams Up with Gallup to Identify Meaningful Smart City Projects
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 [...]
Streetlight Sensors Measure Spokane Air Quality
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 [...]
CCIF Connecting Communities Report
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 Announces Additions to Its Board of Directors
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, [...]
WSU CleanTech Expertise Helps New & Established Industry
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 [...]