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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Administration Announces New “Smart Cities” Initiative to Help Communities Tackle Local Challenges and Improve City Services
Backed by over $160 million in federal research, more than 25 technology collaborations will help local communities reduce traffic congestion, fight crime, foster economic growth, manage the effects of a changing climate, and improve the delivery of city services. […]
Realizing the Potential of Smart Cities
A smart city isn’t just a community with an intelligent transportation network. It’s a “system of systems”—where water and power utilities, city government, and the entire built environment inform and affect each other to improve livability, workability, and sustainability. […]