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Scottish Water pours £100mn into IoT tech

Smart Energy International

The technology is currently being trialled in four areas – Erskine, Inverness, Lossiemouth and East Calder – which have suffered from flooding and pollution events historically. Condition sensors have also been installed on large assets such as pumps which, when they fail, can result in significant cost and pollution.

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IoT Helps Humans Fight Climate Change and Live More Sustainably

U.S. Green Technology

As the world’s population continues to grow, people continue to strain the planet’s resources, consume more and more goods, and contribute significantly to air and water pollution. The post IoT Helps Humans Fight Climate Change and Live More Sustainably appeared first on U.S. Green Technology.

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Sponsored content: Landfill pollution monitoring platform

Envirotec Magazine

Recycle2Trade is developing a machine-learning-based data intelligence platform to monitor landfill sites, integrating Internet of Things (IoT) ground detection systems and satellite data from Sentinel-5p and Sentinel-2 missions. If we succeed, then we hope this will lead to better mitigation measures and targeted remediation.”.

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Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss

Green Tech Challenge

Air pollution is becoming a global threat as 90% of urban populations breaths polluted air. In December 2016, the Chinese government reported the highest air pollution and the red alert was implemented in 23 cities in northern China. Examples of those harmful pollutants are nitrous oxides, ozone and particulate matter.

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

EDF + Business

But what if while completing their routine routes, doing their regular jobs, these vehicles were doubling as mobile air pollution monitoring networks? This pilot will help determine the tremendous potential that innovative technologies hold for improving our understanding of air pollution. The growing air pollution monitoring market.

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Using AI to avoid spills

Envirotec Magazine

A seemingly game-changing digital technology to reduce sewer network blockages and pollution is being rolled out by Yorkshire Water, in a contract recently awarded to Siemens. Adam Cartwright, Head of IoT Application Delivery at Siemens, said: “SIWA Blockage Predictor is a step change in how water companies can avoid pollution incidents.

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

EDF + Business

But what if while completing their routine routes, doing their regular jobs, these vehicles were doubling as mobile air pollution monitoring networks? This pilot will help determine the tremendous potential that innovative technologies hold for improving our understanding of air pollution. The growing air pollution monitoring market.