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IT-DCIS. Contact St James Software Sales, Information and Support. Global Smart City. In India, nearly a billion people use mobile phones and a network of broadcast masts to keep them talking.

Global Smart City

To keep these towers working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, a lot of energy is consumed. Even though most towers located in the urban areas are usually connected to the main grid, most locations in India do not get a continuous or good quality grid supply. Additionally, more than 60% of the broadcast towers depend on diesel-powered generators. Each mast consumes about the same amount of energy as an average urban household. But with 400,000 masts across the country, the total energy consumed is huge and a switch towards cleaner energy is needed. The Indian Telecom industry is one of the main consumers of diesel in the country at nearly 2 billion litres every year. To do so, companies need about $15,000 additional investment, which is a significant amount in the current economic climate. Event: SUSTAINABILITY WEEK, advancing the Green Economy in South Africa and the region. This multifaceted, integrated event, traverses sectors emphasising opportunities for investors, policy makers, business people, and consumers to improve environmental and economic performance – be it through achieving efficiencies, introducing alternative approaches, and by unlocking value.

Event: SUSTAINABILITY WEEK, advancing the Green Economy in South Africa and the region

By becoming a leading ‘green economy’ South Africa can dramatically improve competitiveness! With the appropriate policy framework, responsible investment in responsible businesses, being driven by informed and intelligent procurement and consumer purchasing we can be a world leader! The rolling out of mega renewable energy, green building, and sustainable transport projects in 2013 are perfect examples of this principal in action. HMI / SCADA: Over 200 Million Passengers/Year trust the Smart City Solution from Wonderware. See why Blog. Bruno Merven. Staff. The energy. The group deals with energy efficiency at the demand level.

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Energy efficiency is an economic resource a and should be an essential consideration when specifying or purchasing equipment which requires energy to operate. The group looks at the effects on single businesses and the national picture. Much of the work continues to be in the industrial sector, while work in the building sector is growing, particularly with the advent of the Green Building Council of South Africa.. Search. Waze Social GPS Maps & Traffic. BIG EASTER SALE -50% on Europe, World, Brasil or North America!

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Building energy management software. LA City App Allows Angelenos To Report Potholes, Broken Lights, Graffiti. Street Bump: An App That Automatically Tells The City When You Drive Over Potholes. City governments are increasingly relying on digital technology to gather data from citizens.

Street Bump: An App That Automatically Tells The City When You Drive Over Potholes

In San Francisco, residents can contact the city on Twitter to report potholes and graffiti. The CitySourced app lets people around the world report issues in their cities (i.e. illegal trash dumping, graffiti, etc.), as does SeeClickFix. But every solution out there requires residents to take action--snap a picture, send a Tweet, write a complaint. The Street Bump app--a collaboration between the city of Boston, The New Urban Mechanics and crowdsourcing platform Innocentive--is for the lazy among us. The app, which is set to be released publicly for Bostonians in the coming months, uses a smart phone’s accelerometer and GPS to find and automatically report potholes to the city.

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Does your phone have problems switching from Wifi to 3G data connection? Check out this app. South Africa: City Says Lights Will Stay On in Cape Town Townships, for Now At Least. Residents of the Cape Flats, Khayelitsha, Gugulethu and surroundings have experienced power cuts in their areas.

South Africa: City Says Lights Will Stay On in Cape Town Townships, for Now At Least

Many residents want to know what to expect. GroundUp asked the City. Www.capetown.gov.za/en/Reports/Documents/Reports_2011_2012/CTICC_2012_Annual_Report.pdf. Utilities Are Once Again Leading with Mobile Technology. Ifactor Consulting, Ifactor consulting. West Penn Power begins text alert system for outages - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. West Penn Power customers can stay connected even when their power is not.

West Penn Power begins text alert system for outages - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The utility and its parent company, FirstEnergy Corp., recently adopted a text messaging system that allows customers to report outages and gives utilities a chance to inform customers of estimated restoration times, impending severe weather and bill notifications. The goal is to increase customer satisfaction by reducing the inconvenience of outages -- planned or otherwise. Contact - iFactor Consulting. iFactor Consulting Contact We invite you to contact us directly.

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Let us show you how iFactor Consulting can help you successfully integrate new technology and implement new processes that will improve both your customer relations and your efficiency. First Name (required) Brad Sileo. Www.ifactorconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Natural-Gas-Elecity-Four-Major-Trends-2.pdf?275a25. Andrew Boraine. Guy Lundy. Led.co.za/sites/led.co.za/files/cabinet/erln_cop/event/2013/smart_cities_africa_conference.pdf. Smart City Technology Innovator OSIsoft Joins Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster. City of Tshwane committed to Smart City concept. During Microsoft’s bi-annual Tech Ed conference, held in Durban, South Africa, the City of Tshwane (CoT) re-enforced their commitment to drive internet connectivity in the city, to connect as many citizens as possible and to further their Smart City concept.

City of Tshwane committed to Smart City concept

Nomasonto Ndlovu, City of Tshwane's executive director of Strategic Development and Implementation (image: Steven Ambrose) “The City of Tswane has already deployed in excess of 500km of fibre through the Smart City project, which has resulted in significant savings over the last three years by connecting buildings and infrastructure on City owned networks and by making use of own infrastructre as opposed to outsourcing voice and data communications,” the city said in a statement during their lunch session.

Electrical power quality. CTICC Technology 2013. Www.cticc.co.za/iar/pdf/CTICC-IAR-2013.pdf. City ICC Report 2013. CTICC - Distributech 2014 Thanks. CityNext aims to connect functions.... Microsoft CityNext Aims to Build 'Smart Cities' Microsoft on Wednesday announced CityNext, a global initiative intended to build "smart cities" around the world. Transportation - Microsoft CityNext. Airports, train depots, and bus stations are important infrastructure components of any city. Energy & Water - Microsoft CityNext. With more than half the world’s population living in urban centers, city governments are looking for ways to provide adequate energy and water services, through efficient and cost effective services.

Microsoft CityNext helps governments, businesses, and citizens design energy-efficient solutions that improve the quality of life and save money now and in the future. Energy Efficiency Cities that take advantage of Microsoft technologies and partner solutions are improving operations and reducing consumption by using software to collect and analyze both real-time and historical data from a wide range of sources, including renewable energy systems.

The information can be used to cut power costs, improve forecasting, and detect impending equipment failures.