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2020 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge Recognizes Effective Use of Energy from Plants to Power Cities City Solution of the Year Awarded to Bioo

The 2020 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge, hosted by Leading Cities in partnership with QBE North America, concluded today with the City Solution of the Year awarded to the green electricity startup Bioo. Driven by their dedication to resiliency in communities, QBE North America and Leading Cities joined forces to identify and propel some of the…

Accelicity, North América, QBE, smartcities, sustainablecities, sustainableworld

Esenler distributes recycled materials as part of Zero Waste project

Turkey launched the ambitious project three years ago to introduce recycling to the masses and raise awareness about increasing pollution Istanbul's Esenler Municipality held an event Thursday to mark the distribution of 500,000 recycled notebooks as part of Turkey’s Zero Waste project. Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum also participated in the event, where several…

reciclyng, smartcities, Sustainability, sustainablecities, zerowaste

Brunnshög – a smart city here and now

Brunnshög is the brand new district in the city of Lund, Sweden, which is now being built and shaped into a smart city with smart buildings and a focus on people and a sustainable lifestyle. This smart city will be full of innovations and future meeting places for people. Here you will also find a…

Brunnshög, smartbuilding, smartcity, smartmobility, Sustainability, sustainablecities

The pandemic tests the cities.

In the next decade there will be about 500 cities of more than one million people and several "mega-cities" with populations of more than 20 million COVID-19 has been a tough test for cities, as they have had to assess their ability to address the spread of the infection. In other words, checking whether the…

smartcities, smartleaders, Sustainability, sustainablecities

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Becomes 2020 AcceliCITY Resiliency Track Champion

“Carbon Upcycling have demonstrated the upmost resourcefulness by transforming the threatening presence of carbon emissions into an environmentally positive resource for halting the spread of COVID-19” ( Mike Lake, President and CEO of Leading Cities) Leading Cities is excited to announce Carbon Upcycling Technologies as the $25,000 prize winner of the 2020 AcceliCITY Resiliency Track…

Sustainability, Sustainable Development, sustainablecities, upciclyng

NEOM selects U.S. construction leader to accelerate primary infrastructure development for its Cognitive Cities

Bechtel to oversee and create resource-efficient utilities and a highly advanced transport system to connect NEOM’s cognitive cities. NEOM Co. has awarded a contract to U.S.-based Bechtel for executive project management work on the development of the primary, base infrastructure for NEOM as the Giga-project advances work to create the world’s leading destination to attract…

smartcities, Sustainable Development, sustainablecities

Moscow has a boulevard with Offices

It is located in the Golyanovo District with 24 architectural structures Moscow now boasts its first pedestrian zone with 24 architectural structures in the form of offices. It is situated on Amurskaya Street and consists of two boulevards, each 225 metres long. Furniture for the offices was manufactured by the same company that produced the…

Moscow, smartcity, sustainablecities

Alternative smart cities

Global movement based in Portugal promotes manifest based on ethics and transparency for the future of smart cities The ZOOM GLOBAL SMART CITIES Association (ZGSC), formed in 2018, is composed of experts, scholars, academics, former governors, and professionals from different areas and from all over the globe. Recently, new members were added, especially the former…

Future Cities, smartcities, smartworking, Sustainable Development, sustainablecities

New Orleans announces launch of ‘reopen every venue safely’ pilot program

REVS is a campaign to develop and disseminate action plans and budgets rooted in a hyper-pragmatic understanding of the challenges ahead. The Mayor's Office of Cultural Economy has announced the launch of 'Reopen Every Venue Safely' (REVS), an international initiative aimed at promoting best practices, work plans and protocols to ensure music venues are able…

covid-19, Covid19, sustainablecities

Grupo Etra, free recharges to COVID19 heroes with electric vehicles

Through its GIC company, with the taxi drivers, delivery people, health personnel who are contributing their grain of sand against the pandemic GRUPOETRA, market leader in the installation and management of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, has decided, through its company GIC, to offer free recharging of electric vehicles for users who are helping to overcome…