4th July 2016 by Rick Curtis
‘SEMS’ (Sustainable Energy Management System) is a key deliverable of the Sharing Cities programme. At its simplest, SEMS is the joining up of smart energy infrastructure and services (e.g. a river source heat pump and associated district heating scheme) with a data platform (in the case of Sharing...
9th March 2016 by Francisco Goncalves
From the 2nd to the 4th March, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano held two important technical meetings in the early stages of our H2020 Smart Cities and Communities Programme, “Sharing Cities”. During three days, all the relevant partners, responsible for the demonstration of tangible technology...
12th February 2016 by Gareth Piggott
Household Bills Survey London has recently been revealed as one of the least energy conscious regions in Great Britain. Statistics from the NatWest Household Bills Survey, reveal that Londoners have the lowest uptake of energy saving measures compared to any other region in Great Britain and are...
27th January 2016 by Andrew Collinge
Last week, we launched our H2020 Smart Cities and Communities Programme, “Sharing Cities”. The two day event brought together 70 people, from 30 partner organisations, 6 countries, all working in splendid harmony across 8 highly connected work packages – well that’s the plan, eventually. With a...
19th January 2016 by Graham Colclough
If there was one city that should be able to deliver on such a bold goal then it would be London – the city with more financial muscle than most. The good news is that this goal is one that is shared. It is one of ten bold goals that are shared with Lisbon, Milan (as lead cities) supported by...
20th July 2015 by Larissa Suzuki
The modern city should provide an environment in which information flows rapidly and easily, making of itself a platform for both the dissemination and active consumption of innovation to improve the way it works and peoples’ lives. It needs to. Every day nearly 180,000 people move to cities,...
8th July 2015 by Daniel Barrett
On the 18 June – Live Earth day – the GLA Environment Unit partnered in Climathon: the 24-hour hackathon-style climate change event organised by Climate-KIC that took place simultaneously in major cities around the world, including London. So why did the Environment Unit get involved? We have...
6th July 2011 by Kulveer Ranger
Today marks the publication on the London Datastore of an unprecedented amount of information detailing the state of London’s environment, published as raw data for the first time in the same place. This ‘Green datastore’ covers a wide range of subject areas such as waste, water, air quality, energy...