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3 Ways IoT can help reduce carbon emissions

Smart Energy International

Emily Newton, editor-in-chief of Revolutionized Magazine , writes on three use cases where the Internet of Things (IoT) is proving a useful instrument to help reduce carbon emissions. The growing IoT devices market could be a silver bullet for climate change. Smart home technology helps consumers go green.

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UAE smart city deploys smart strategies to become living lab

Smart Energy International

Saudi Arabian city Alnama is planning to become a smart zero carbon destination through its smart grid strategy and technologies. The end goal is to become a living lab to continuously improve upon its smart capabilities. At a building level, sensors will aim to play a key role.

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Global smart cities market value predicted to surge by 2030

Smart Energy International

A report has been released detailing the rapid growth of the global smart cities market, which will reach $6,965.02 The concept of smart cities is gaining popularity due to rapid urbanisation and favourable government initiatives worldwide. billion by 2030, a CAGR of 24.2%.

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GreenCom Lands Funding to Expand IoT Home Energy Controls in Europe and Beyond

GreenTechMedia

Centrica’s 2019 investment , for example, cemented GreenCom’s role in providing the IoT backbone for the home energy services related to Centrica’s Hive smart home devices , now used by about 1.7 “Technically we are an IoT platform with a sweet spot on residential-type assets,” he said.

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A Panacea for Biomedical Waste Management?

The Environmental Blog

Smart Waste Bins. The Internet of Things (IoT) enabled large Smart Bin comes with three automatically modulated mouths that open and close by touch screen directives and waste type selection. Internet of Things (IoT) driven waste management. Biocrux India has established a collection contraption for COVID-19 rubbish.

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How the IoT Can Reduce Waste

Living Green Technology

In particular, the Pew Research Center Internet Project indicates that the IoT will improve the efficiency of waste reduction. So how exactly can the IoT reduce waste? This is where the IoT comes in. The IoT allows people to organize daily activities in a way that reduces excess.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Buildings Carbon Negative Solutions is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products. It’s participating in Year 2 of ACCEL.