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3 Ways IoT can help reduce carbon emissions

Smart Energy International

Consumers, businesses, and government organisations can use IoT monitoring systems to improve the energy efficiency of everything from individual homes to entire cities – potentially helping to slash carbon emissions. Over the past few years, a wide range of smart home devices has arrived on the market.

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How do you monitor a tidal river?

Envirotec Magazine

This is because water quality is heavily affected by the state of the tide, which presents a significant monitoring challenge in the lower reaches of many rivers. With a tidal range of up to 7m, the River Thames presents a number of monitoring challenges.

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Smart grid: IoT predictive maintenance guide

Smart Energy International

In the rapidly evolving energy sector, smart grid IoT applications are driving a profound transformation towards a greener and more sustainable future. With advanced technologies integrating renewable energy sources, the approach to energy distribution is undergoing a revolutionary shift.

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Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy

GreenBiz

The sophistication of environmental monitoring tools continues to grow, with satellites, sensors and artificial intelligence all playing a role. Experts from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ChargePoint, Smart City Columbus and the city of Oakland, California share tips at 1 p.m. Sponsored Article.

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Illuminating the City of Light

Smart Energy International

The organisation responsible for public lighting, traffic light signals and lighting sites for the City of Paris changes from time to time, but always shares the city’s goal of reducing public lighting energy consumption by 30% over the next 10 years. CITY OF LIGHT: STARTING POINT. Read the full Partner Showcase here.

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Smart living: Inside Panasonic's drive to transform old factories into hi-tech, low carbon communities

Business Green

Technology giant gives BusinessGreen a glimpse into how its purpose-built smart cities are solving multiple societal problems at once, from climate change to social isolation. In a northern suburb of Osaka, a brand new community development is aiming to be the first in Japan to derive all its electricity from renewable sources.

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The dawn of the digital lighting metropolis

Business Green

Industry Voice: To make your city smart, why not utilise the city-wide network you already possess, asks Signify. The race to connect and digitise cities through smart lighting has begun. Nodes and sensors can provide data-based insight into electricity usage, noise pollution, as well as traffic.