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100 Best Practices for Sustainable Cities

Over the past 18 months a group of German institutes and industrial, commercial and municipal partners have been collectively investigating technological and organizational challenges to making cities clean, efficient and healthy places to live. On-site analyses of sustainable urban solutions in six major cities (including Singapore, Berlin, and New York) led to the identification and evaluation ...

Oct. 31, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

EPA To Present Award to Arizona State University

On Monday, March 4, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest Region will present the Green Government Award to the Sustainable Cities Network. The Network is a collaborative program created by Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability to increase regional dialogue and action amongst Arizona communities. The Network has been successful in obtaining ...

Mar. 1, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The home depot foundation selects two cities for sustainability program

Under The Home Depot Foundation umbrella, the Sustainable Cities Institute (SCI) was formed in 2009, which is working with cities across the country to assist in the planning and implementation of local sustainability strategies. Read Full Article from Triple Pundit Here About The Home Depot Foundation Since its formation in 2002, The Home Depot Foundation has granted more than $270 million to ...

Jan. 27, 2011

By 3BL Media

City of London corporation calls on UK organisations to celebrate their work on air quality

Over the past decade, through the prestigious annual Sustainable City Awards, the City of London Corporation has rewarded over 160 organisations, from corporate multinationals to charities and family owned businesses, for their outstanding achievements in sustainable development. This year, in association with Environmental Protection UK and the Environment Research Group at King's College ...

Sep. 28, 2010

By Environmental Protection UK

EPUK supports sustainable city awards

The Sustainable City Awards recognise and reward UK organisations, from multinational businesses to small charities, to promote outstanding achievements and innovation across all aspects of sustainability. In association with Environmental Protection UK and the Environment Research Group at King's College London, the City of London is inviting applications from organisations that have been ...

Oct. 6, 2011

By Environmental Protection UK

The great return of `Sustainable City`

An increasingly rich format for the 2014 Sustainable City, the project by Rimini Fiera – with the support of the Steering Committee and the commercial and planning collaboration of eAmbiente – for the ´City of smart networks´, held on the occasion of the huge expo event dedicated to the Green Economy (this year from 5th to 8th November, with Ecomondo, Key Energy, ...

Jul. 15, 2014

By Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG)

Advisory: WRI hosts high-level delegation of chinese officials to discuss sustainable cities

MOU Signing; Keynote address by NDRC Director General Su Wei The World Resources Institute welcomes a delegation of high-level Chinese government officials and representatives from Caterpillar Inc. for an event on low carbon development on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. The Chinese officials are conducting a study tour to the U.S. focusing on environmentally sustainable urban development. The ...

Jan. 7, 2012

By World Resources Institute WRI

China Sustainable Cities Report

A new report evaluating Chinese cities’ performance in sustainable development was launched in Beijing during the 2015 International Forum on Sustainable Cities in China. Entitled “The 2015 China Sustainable Cities Report: Measuring Ecological and Human Development“, the report creatively explores how to solve the urban development challenges facing China and emphasizes that ...

Dec. 29, 2015

By GLOBE SERIES

EPUK committee member wins prestigious air quality award

The Campaign for Clean Air in London was awarded with the City of London Corporation's inaugural 2010/11 Sustainable City Award for Air Quality last night. The Campaign was founded by Simon Birkett, an active member of EPUK's Air Quality Committee. The Sustainable City Awards were established in 2001 to recognise and reward UK organisations, from multinational businesses to small charities, for ...

Feb. 4, 2011

By Environmental Protection UK

Sustainable City - November 4, 2020

Sustainable City and Smart City On the morning of Wednesday, 4 November, Ecomesure will take part in a webinar about sustainable cities. Co-hosted by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, and the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) and Innovation and Technology Development Office (ITDO) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this lecture will focus ...

Oct. 30, 2020

By ECOMESURE

Lithuania teams up with EIB to support sustainable cities

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania signed an agreement on 11 June 2009 to strengthen co-operation in financing sustainable urban development. The agreement is under the joint European Commission and EIB initiative, supported by the Council of Europe Development Bank, Joint European Support for Sustainable ...

Jun. 15, 2009

By European Investment Bank (EIB)

airTEXT health bulletins shortlisted in London Sustainable City Awards

airTEXT daily health bulletins, trialled last summer in the London Borough of Islington, were one of the successful entries shortlisted in the 11th Annual Sustainable City Awards, revealed on 1 March 2012 at City of London awards ceremony. Last summer, airTEXT and CERC trialled the new combined alert services, providing a range of environmental information, adding minimum and maximum ...

Mar. 6, 2012

By Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC)

WRI’s Manish Bapna to participate in VERGE DC keynote panel

On Wednesday, March 14, WRI’s Interim President, Manish Bapna, will be participating in a keynote panel discussion at the VERGE DC conference in Washington, D.C. hosted by Greenbiz. The panel discussion, Cities as a Catalyst for Sustainability, will focus on how to develop smart sustainable cities by integrating emerging technologies, developing public-private partnerships, and radically ...

Mar. 9, 2012

By World Resources Institute WRI

Report Provides Urban Design Recommendations for Healthier Cities, Fewer Traffic Fatalities

A new report, Cities Safer by Design, offers practical guidance for designing safer streets and communities that can reduce traffic fatalities and improve people’s lives. More than 1.3 million people are killed in traffic crashes worldwide, making traffic fatalities one of the leading causes of death in cities, especially in developing countries. Children, elderly, and poor people are ...

Jul. 23, 2015

By World Resources Institute WRI

First United Smart Cities SMART CITY LAB Opens in Vienna

According to United Nations estimates, around two-thirds of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050. Smart sustainable cities technologies and approaches, including those based on ICT solutions and Internet of Things (IoT) are already helping people to overcome multiple challenges of urban development and to progress towards achieving global objectives for cities, particularly ...

Jun. 4, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

R3D3 shines at 2016 Pollutec exhibition

Pibolo Eurexpo Catering equipped with R3D3 During the 2016 Pollutec exhibition, Maison Pignol equipped several Pibolo Eurexpo catering areas with R3D3, our smart sorting bin for cans, cups and plastic bottles. R3D3 in all corners of the show! Available in 4 different catering spaces, R3D3 proudly featured balloons, posters and stickers to attract visitors and have them throw their waste and ...

Dec. 15, 2016

By Green Creative

The business of building sustainable cities

For the first time in human history, more than half the world's population now live in cities. By 2050 that percentage will rise to over 70 percent, and the social, economic, environmental challenges associated with this transformation will largely define how our societies evolve in the 21st Century. Equally challenging will be the task of mitigating the environmental impacts of mass ...

Jan. 20, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

Bush previews Abu Dhabi`s planned carbon neutral, car free city

President George W. Bush today saw a model of Masdar City - the world's first zero carbon, zero waste, car free city. Plans call for the green, sustainable city to open by 2009 in the desert sands of this federation of Gulf states that have built their wealth on oil and natural gas. After viewing a model of the proposed city at the Emirates Palace Hotel, President Bush said, 'We just heard a ...

Jan. 15, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

U.S. EPA Honors Arizona State University’s Sustainable Cities Network

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld today recognized Arizona State University’s Sustainable Cities Network in a ceremony on campus today. The Pacific Southwest Region’s 2012 Green Government Award was presented to Anne Reichman, Program Manager for the Sustainable Cities Network at ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability. ...

Mar. 4, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Funding Sources Identified For Transition To Smart Sustainable Cities

More than half of the global population lives in cities. The current world population is projected to reach more than 9 billion by 2050, with 70% to 80% living in cities by then. If cities are to ensure that the right infrastructure and service provision for a growing population is in place, new financing mechanisms are needed. Finding better and innovative solutions is urgent and crucial. In ...

Nov. 9, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

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