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Thomas Mueller5 min read

High Dynamics in the Smart City Development of German Metropolises

The Smart City Index 2024 demonstrates significant dynamism in the rankings and confirms that German cities are driving smart city transformation forward.
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Thomas Mueller4 min read

Germany's cities are advancing the transition to Smart Cities

Germany's cities are advancing the transition to Smart Cities. This is according to the new 2024 Smart City Ranking by Haselhorst Associates Consulting.
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Thomas Mueller5 min read

Smart City Expo World Congress 2024 and bee smart city renew collaboration

bee smart city and Smart City Expo World Congress 2024 continue their partnership. Join us at #SCEWC24 in Barcelona and get a 25% discount on your pass.
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Thomas Mueller1 min read

10th FIWARE Global Summit: Pioneering Intelligent Solutions together for a resilient and inclusive digital tomorrow

Join FIWARE Global Summit this September in Naples. Deep dive into the latest developments with cutting-edge technologies for a sustainable digital future!
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Thomas Mueller4 min read

Top 100 Resilience Solutions Emerge from over 740 Startups Worldwide

From more than 740 entries submitted to the AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge this year, the top 100 Smart City solutions have been selected.
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Thomas Mueller3 min read

Special Report on the Future of Mobility in Smart Cities published

Discover the special mobility report, offering an in-depth analysis of future urban mobility trends, challenges, and groundbreaking solutions for cities.
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

City Portrait: Smart City Copenhagen

Denmark’s capital city is regularly voted as one of the world’s most liveable and smart cities. At 602,000 inhabitants, it is a ...
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Lisa Smith8 min read

Amsterdam Smart City: A World Leader in Smart City Development

This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the City of ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City London: Europe’s Smartest City

London is regularly voted as one of the smartest cities in the world. But what does smartness look like in the British capital? ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

The Line: A 170-km long future city in Saudi Arabia’s desert

Do cities always have to have cars, streets, and carbon emissions? Do they even need to have a roughly circular layout? Saudi ...
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Jon Glasco8 min read

Smart Sustainable Cities in Spain: The Commitment to a Green Economy

Climate change is currently showing one of its harshest sides. Europe is groaning under the heat and further droughts in ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

What are smart parks?

Smart cities make us think of technology, apps, sensors, and screens. But there is so much more to an intelligent city of the ...
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Joe Appleton11 min read

How the Urban Heat Island Effect is harming our cities

Heat everywhere, especially the cities are effected very hard, this phenomenon has a name called: "Urban Heat Island effect". ...
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Lisa Smith9 min read

Barcelona Smart City: A Journey Towards a Citizen-Centric Smart City

This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the City of ...
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Laura Puttkamer6 min read

Building smart cities from scratch

Building cities from scratch to make them smart has become a trend in urban planning. Examples such as Masdar City outside of ...
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Joe Appleton8 min read

What is IoT (Internet of Things)? Why is it important for Smart Cities?

Ever since the idea of a smart city was first introduced, Internet of Things technology has been a key pillar of smart city ...
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Rocío Moreno5 min read

Smart and Sustainable Cities: What Does It Mean?

The smart cities agenda focuses on improving citizens quality of life by enhancing a city's infrastructure using new ...
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Jon Glasco8 min read

Ljubljana: A Smart, Green, and Sustainable City

Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital and largest city, is a vibrant centre of economic, cultural, and innovative activity. This year, ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

A water smart city: Learning from Singapore

March 22 marks the annual World Water Day, a United Nations observance day highlighting the importance of fresh water. It is ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City Stockholm: A connected, sustainable, data-driven city

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the country’s largest city. Built on 14 islands and connected by over 50 bridges, the ...
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Dr. Alexander Gelsin3 min read

Multiple Benefits of Smart Street Lighting Solutions in Smart Cities

The role of smart lighting solutions in the intelligent transformation of cities and buildings has gained momentum in the past ...
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Sarah Wray5 min read

Smart City Bhubaneswar: A Citizen-Centered Approach for Smart Growth

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the state of Odisha in India. Known as “the Temple City”, it is an emerging hub for education, ...
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Kimberly Rittner6 min read

How Smart Cities Can Use Renewable Energy Sources

The world's population is growing steadily. According to the United Nations, the world's population will grow to 9.7 billion ...
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Joe Appleton7 min read

Smart City Rotterdam: A Leading Light In Smart Innovation

The Dutch city of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest maritime port, and one of the world’s most important shipping hubs. Often ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City Tallinn: City Portrait

Estonia’s capital city Tallinn is one of the most advanced smart cities in the world. The city by the Baltic Sea is also the ...
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Jon Glasco9 min read

Smart Mobility: Challenges and Solutions in Smart Cities

Urban mobility is described as the lifeblood of modern cities, a critical economic factor, and a facilitator of smart, ...
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Jon Glasco5 min read

Smart Education for Smart Cities: Visual, Collaborative & Interactive

Smart education is a key ingredient in smart city development. Strengths in basic education, advanced training and ...
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SMART CITY PORTRAITS

Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City Tallinn: City Portrait

Estonia’s capital city Tallinn is one of the most advanced smart cities in the world. The city by the Baltic Sea is also the ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City Portrait Florence

Florence is the capital of Italy’s beautiful Tuscany region and known for hosting many masterpieces of Renaissance art and ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

City Portrait: Smart Bristol 

Bristol, a city of almost half a million in the southwest of England, was the first British city to be named European Green ...
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Laura Puttkamer6 min read

City Portrait: Smart Grenoble

Grenoble is a city of about 160,000 inhabitants in southeastern France, known for its winter sport, its museums and ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

City Portrait: Smart Umea

Umeå or Umea is a fast growing Swedish city, 600 km north of Stockholm. The 11th largest city of the country, it has a ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

City Portrait: Getting Smart in Ghent

Ghent is the third-largest city in Belgium after Brussels and Antwerp. The capital of the East Flanders region is known for its ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City Espoo: Co-Creation, Innovation, and Sustainable Solutions

Espoo is Finland’s second biggest city. With close to 300,000 inhabitants, it is home to many education and research institutes ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Leuven Smart City Strategy - Networked, Smart, Climate-Neutral

Leuven in Belgium is not only the country’s beer capital and home to the Stella Artois brewery, but also a spectacularly ...
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Joe Appleton7 min read

Smart City Vienna: In Conversation

In today's rapidly evolving urban landscapes, cities around the world are endeavouring to integrate technology and innovation ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

City Portrait: Smart City Copenhagen

Denmark’s capital city is regularly voted as one of the world’s most liveable and smart cities. At 602,000 inhabitants, it is a ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart city preparedness: Which city is ready for the future?

The Swedish software company ProptechOS recently published a smart city index that not only looks at how smart a city already ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City London: Europe’s Smartest City

London is regularly voted as one of the smartest cities in the world. But what does smartness look like in the British capital? ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City Stockholm: A connected, sustainable, data-driven city

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the country’s largest city. Built on 14 islands and connected by over 50 bridges, the ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

The Line: A 170-km long future city in Saudi Arabia’s desert

Do cities always have to have cars, streets, and carbon emissions? Do they even need to have a roughly circular layout? Saudi ...
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Lisa Smith8 min read

Amsterdam Smart City: A World Leader in Smart City Development

This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the City of ...
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Sarah Wray5 min read

Smart City Bhubaneswar: A Citizen-Centered Approach for Smart Growth

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the state of Odisha in India. Known as “the Temple City”, it is an emerging hub for education, ...
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Jon Glasco8 min read

Ljubljana: A Smart, Green, and Sustainable City

Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital and largest city, is a vibrant centre of economic, cultural, and innovative activity. This year, ...
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Jon Glasco6 min read

Smart City Vilnius: Embracing the Arts and Cultural Heritage

After surviving decades of occupation by a foreign power, how does a city restore and capture the value of its strengths in the ...
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Lily Maxwell10 min read

Smart City Antwerp: The European Capital of Things

Antwerp is the economic hub of Belgium; as the Mayor of Antwerp, Bart de Wever, is fond of saying, “Antwerp is the city where ...
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Joe Appleton10 min read

Smart Dublin: Future-Proofing The Irish Capital

Dublin is one of Europe’s most vibrant capital cities. Situated on the mouth of the River Liffey, this Irish metropolis has a ...
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Mike Barlow and Cornelia Levy-Bencheton6 min read

Estonia: Smart Nation on the Baltic Sea

What does it take to turn a national bureaucracy into a smart government? It’s not too often a country is given a clean slate ...
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