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Report says smart lampposts can assist Covid response and recovery

Envirotec Magazine

They can also incorporate CCTV, air quality sensors, flooding monitors, digital signage, and 5G wifi hotspots. In Barcelona, the City Council has developed a camera-based solution attached to lampposts in the Las Ramblas area to ensure public health on beaches and implement crowd control measures to help tackle Covid.

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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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Vattenfall presents a uniquely connected lighting system for municipalities

Smart Energy International

Vattenfall, a European energy company, presents a uniquely connected lighting system for municipalities based on G3-PLC powerline communication. Making streetlights ‘smart’ involves more than just the possibility to control them remotely. In its simplest form, it allows the lamps to report lamp- or power supply failures.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15). As an Assistant Project Manager, Trevor Anderson supports his Energy and Sustainability team and their clients on a variety of sustainability consulting services. Ian Champ. (He/Him/His)

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SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future

Business Green

SDG17's vision of a sustainable future driven by cross-border partnerships has been under siege for the past four years, but is a change coming in the way governments and businesses tackle global challenges? Meanwhile, a fightback is gathering momentum. The SDGs in general, and SDG17 in particular, are suddenly back in vogue.