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Transforming India’s Urban Landscape: Smart Cities Embrace Green Building Concept

Econaur

Introduction: India, a rapidly urbanizing nation, is at the forefront of revolutionizing its cities through the integration of smart technologies and sustainable practices. With the concept of smart cities gaining momentum, the country is now taking a bold step towards embracing the green building concept.

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Ed’s note: Innovation for utility challenges in a volatile world

Smart Energy International

Pointing to infrastructure as a top challenge along with the environment and social imbalances, he continued that it is our obligation to do more, using new technology to innovate and drive sustainability. Itron Chief calls on industry to accept ‘sacred obligation’ to society.

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Report says smart lampposts can assist Covid response and recovery

Envirotec Magazine

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. Lockdowns have cost Europe €2 billion per day[1], equivalent to the cost of investing in 2 million smart lampposts every day.”

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Tech innovators should pay attention to NYC’s new air pollution monitoring pilot

EDF + Business

This pilot will help determine the tremendous potential that innovative technologies hold for improving our understanding of air pollution. Dr. Harold Rickenbacker, Manager, Clean Air & Innovation. In previous mobile sensing pilot projects, EDF’s experience has helped other cities gather similar insights.

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

Greentown Labs

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. Buildings Carbon Negative Solutions is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. It’s participating in Year 2 of ACCEL.

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The road to a sustainable economy

The Environmental Blog

Many businesses and governments put profits and short-term gains over the long-term health of our planet. Investing in sustainable infrastructure This includes energy-efficient buildings, efficient public transportation systems, and smart city technologies. This sees them as reluctant in transitioning towards renewable energy.

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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Announce Second Cohort for ACCEL, an Accelerator for BIPOC-led Climatetech Startups

Greentown Labs

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health. is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Its co-founders are Tejus Mane , Matthew Bukovicky , and Aniket Khade.

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