smart cities

Laurence Kemball-Cook: 'Building a diverse team from the start is crucial to developing holistic and impactful solutions'

Technology

Laurence Kemball-Cook: 'Building a diverse team from the start is crucial to developing holistic and impactful solutions'

The founder and CEO of energy-from-footfall firm Pavegen discusses rolling out new tech to smart cities and stadiums and what makes universities and start ups 'hotbeds' for innovation

clock 27 August 2024 • 5 min read
Smart living: Inside Panasonic's drive to transform old factories into hi-tech, low carbon communities

Energy

Smart living: Inside Panasonic's drive to transform old factories into hi-tech, low carbon communities

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

clock 11 July 2022 • 6 min read

Technology

Act now to catalyse growth of digital clean tech, techUK urges government

Established digital clean technologies could enable 15 per cent of the emission reductions needed in the UK between now and 2030

clock 07 September 2020 • 2 min read

Policy

We must leave no stone unturned in the battle to clean up our cities

More open urban data, holistic governance, and coherent strategies are needed to deliver smarter, greener cities in the 2020s, argues the EIC's Matthew Farrow

clock 03 January 2020 • 5 min read

Infrastructure

'Joining the dots': Cities have opportunity to lead response to climate crisis

Cities are critical to tackling climate change, argues Dr Clare Linton, but they have to start connecting energy, building, and transport infrastructure to drive decarbonisation

clock 14 November 2019 • 4 min read

Buildings

SDG11: How to green the urban jungle

The goal for safe, resilient and sustainable cities is not a one size fits all recipe

clock 03 October 2019 • 16 min read

Policy

City governments worldwide cannot deliver sustainable cities alone

National governments must step in to help towns and cities finance the green infrastructure revolution, argue Sarah Colenbrander and Denise Chan

clock 24 July 2019 • 3 min read

Management

How to build greener, healthier cities

Mott MacDonald's Catriona Waddington sets out the key actions policymakers and businesses can take to build healthier cities

clock 05 March 2019 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Going local: Do we need a 'devolution revolution' to speed the EV rollout?

New report suggests cities and energy network providers should have more power to direct smart energy infrastructure investment in local areas

clock 10 January 2019 • 5 min read

Infrastructure

The BusinessGreen Guide to the SDG: SDG11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

BusinessGreen explores how businesses can help deliver on the pledge to 'make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable'

clock 15 October 2018 • 8 min read