Well-governed cities
Democracy must encompass more than an incidental vote for a certain party. Below, the additional possibilities that cities have for involving citizens in policy…
Sustainability
Future Cities: Smart by default. Humane by choice
Smart City Hub brings you an exciting new series of essays: “Future Cities: Smart by default. Humane by choice”. Every few weeks, a new…
Coalmines, sources of smart energy after all?
To date, the burning of coal is responsible for 25% of total annual global greenhouse gas emissions. Still, coal mines may after all contribute…
Hydrogen and the city: Smart, but still a promise for the future
Recently, Amsterdam[1] and Nijmegen published their plans for energy transition. The obvious conclusion is that they need a lot of hot water for district heating…
Unique eBook: Smart City Tales
Herman van den Bosch has been a writer at the Smart City Hub platform for quite some time now and has published many of…
A practical approach to circular buildings
New strategic framework and indicators for circular buildings now available A new strategic framework has been developed through a collaboration with the Dutch Green Building…
How smart cities around the world are providing solutions to water scarcity problems
Water scarcity has always been one of the main preoccupations for today’s world and its future. Getting clean and usable water to everyone is…
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…
UN: e-waste growing risk to environment and human health
A new assessment on global electronic waste (e-waste), policies and statistics, The Global E-Waste Monitor 2017, is being released today by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)…
2 examples of China’s green ambitions: forest city and solar aqua-culture
While the USA is stepping off the Paris Climate agreement, China is leading the way in ‘green living’ by creating a forest city with…