Barcelona: showcase of smart city dynamics
Barcelona was one of the first European cities to adapt smart city technologies. About ten years ago it started experimenting with digital technologies. The…
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Smart Glass
Buildings account for 40% of the global energy use. As a consequence, the mass realization of net zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) is top priority for…
Amsterdam: better than ‘smart’
Since November 2016 I am curator of Amsterdam Smart City. I’ve shared impressions and opinions through a series of blog posts, here on Smart…
Smart building: The long way to a circular economy
Possibly, in 2050 the word waste can be removed from our dictionaries. At that time, the Dutch economy will be circular according to the…
Beyond the smart city
The word smart city popped-up about 20 years ago, but its use rocketed since IBM built a business case on it about ten years…
The future of urban sustainability is renewable district energy
The by far most important step towards compliance with the Paris Agreement is decarbonization of the production of energy. In the Netherlands, households and…