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North American organizations invest in healthier buildings

There’s been a priority focus on creating healthy workspaces — monitored social distancing, space utilization, PPE detection, people counting, etc. A recent survey among 400 organizations in the U.S. and Canada shows that building owners are focused on making buildings healthier and work environments safer. Not surprisingly, given the events of the last year, there’s…

Canadá, North American, smartbuilding, smartcity, sustainable architecture, sustainablecities, U.S.

The European Investment Bank and Raiffeisenverband Salzburg support regional companies with a further €100 million

These newly signed agreements place even greater emphasis on climate action, with a particular focus on innovation Raiffeisenverband Salzburg (RVS) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are intensifying their cooperation. Due to the high demand for loans, RVS has signed a further €30 million financing agreement with the EU bank. This is the first tranche…

EIB, Innovation, RVS, smartcity, smartnews, Thomas Östros

Tampere Universities calculated their carbon footprint

The identification of carbon emission sources is an important step towards achieving this goal The calculation of the carbon footprint of Tampere Universities has been completed. The carbon footprint sums up all the emissions generated by the activities of Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences, which are committed to becoming carbon neutral by…

carbon, Carbon Group., Kirsi Viskari, Marja Sutela, smartcity, Tampere Universities

The first “Climate Street” of Turkey will be in Bursa!

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality launched Turkey's first 'Climate Street’ in line with its strategies to become more resistant to climate changes in Bursa. The purpose of the Bursa Climate Street Project is to support the adaptation to climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emission rates and increasing savings of energy and water. The project aims to…

Bursa, Climate Street, smartcity, sustainablecities, Turkey

Leveraging digital technologies key to Asia’s COVID-19 recovery

Business-to-consumer revenues of digital platforms reached $3.8 trillion in 2019 globally, with Asia and the Pacific accounting for about 48% of the total or $1.8 trillion, equivalent to 6% of the region’s gross domestic product Digital platforms and other technology-based tools are providing new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and across all industries…

ADB, Asia, Covid19, Digital platforms, smartcity, smartnews, Yasuyuki Sawada

European cities set a key smart technology milestone with an investment of € 250 million

London, Lisbon, Milan, Bordeaux, Burgas and Warsaw trigger investment in smart technologies as part of Sharing Cities programme The UK may have left the European Union, but London, in a scheme led by mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured above), is working closely with other European nations to build workable business models for smart technologies. Launched in…

carbon reductions, ComputerWeekly, electric vehicle, European Union, Sharing Cities, smartcity, smarttechnology

Startup of the Week: Komait: Helping fashion lovers make the best choices

Style is a very personal matter and is always changing based on our mood, surroundings, and what is happening in our lives Nothing feels better than knowing you look good and receiving praise from others on your sense of style. We are always making fashion choices; after all, we have to get dressed every day.…

Komait, Luxury New Retail, newideas, Shopping, smartcity, smartnews

National movement launched to encourage digitalization, President’s Challenge to provide $2.5 million in seed funding

Madam Halimah, who is the patron for the movement, said the pandemic threatens to widen the digital divide A fund has been set up as part of a new national movement to equip all Singaporeans with digital skills and help bridge the digital divide. The Digital for Life movement and fund was launched by President…

Cara Wong, digital, Madam Halimah, smartcity, The Straits Times

Japanese trio NTT, NEC, Fujitsu join with Thai telcos to pitch private 5G to Asia Pacific

The parties involved said they will coordinate “each member’s strength, such as advantages in network technologies or sales and marketing networks”. Mobile operator NTT DoCoMo has convened with a Japanese-Thai consortium of telecoms companies, including NEC and Fujitsu, to develop an off-the-shelf private 5G system to sell to global enterprise customers. The group said it…

Asia, Companies, Fujitsu, James Blackman, NEC, smartcity

PwC and ABBYY: most companies in Russia do not use 100% of the opportunities of technology and innovation

Process Mining platforms will become the most promising technology for increasing digital intelligence in the next two years Most large companies in Russia do not use 100% of opportunities of technology and innovation. This is stated in a joint study by ABBYY and PwC “Digital IQ 2020”, conducted among representatives of large businesses. Russian companies…

ABBYY, Digital IQ 2020, Innovation, PwC, Russia, smartcity, technologies, technologynews

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