Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Sharelynn Moore
Spokane
"Urbanova’s mission is to create a vibrant, collaborative environment and living laboratory or scalable, replicable smart city projects deployed in the University District."
Law & Lawyers
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Jim Leverette
Suburban Birmingham
"This is, at heart, a research project trying to picture one possible future of what the grid might look like."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Todd Rath
Suburban Birmingham
"Homeowners agreed to allow their data to be collected and they participate in various experiments, programs, and processes."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Shon Richey
Suburban Birmingham
"You’ve got a little bit more upfront costs for some of these technologies because they’re higher end, but twenty years down the road, we see this being standard in most homes."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Joe Gammie
Suburban Birmingham
"What you’re seeing is that localized distributed energy and microgrid type approaches are starting to make the grid more interactive than it has even been before."
State Legislators' Smart Communities Summit
Unique conversations
Columbus was a timely location for the National Association of State Legislators' Smart Communities Summit. In May, it took place just before the IllumiNation Energy Summit — hosted by AEP, Ohio State University, Battelle and Smart Columbus — and right across the street.
Smart Communities Summit: Florida
State Legislators
Florida State Senator Jeff Brandes: "We want to gain from Columbus what’s working, what isn’t working, how the partnerships are developing, and what we can take home."
Smart Communities Summit: South Carolina
State Legislators
S. Carolina State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter: "When you talk about these autonomous vehicles, you are talking about a real change in the landscape, an idea whose time has come, whether we want it or not."
Smart Communities Summit: Utah and Washington State
A conversation with Utah State Rep. Stephen Handy and Washington State Rep. Jeff Morris.
Engineering Smart Communities
Telecom and Transportation Charging for Smart Cities
The six elements that Grandview had conversations around include smart street lighting, video, digital signage, city apps, Wi-Fi, and data analytics.