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Eight Smart City Innovations

Posted by: Nate Berg

26 September 2009 - 11:00am

This series of infographics and posts from Good looks at innovations within a variety of world cities that improve city organization and operation -- from traffic to energy production to water conservation.

"These pieces spotlight eight cities around the world that benefited by the introduction of novel technologies, from cameras that improve traffic flow in Singapore to a process that generates heat and electricity simultaneously in Chicago. These are just a few examples of what cities are doing to investigate how their systems function and devise ways to make them work better."

The eight places explored in this series are:

Copenhagen, Denmark
Singapore
London
New York City
Richmond, Virginia
Chicago
Salt Lake City, Utah
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Full Story: Rethinking Cities: Introduction
Source: Good, September 25, 2009
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Toronto and its deep lake cooling system missing

Submitted by wklis on Sat, 09/26/2009 - 15:13.

"Enwave Energy Corporation, through partial financial backing from the City of Toronto as one of the two shareholders of Enwave, developed the Deep Lake Water Cooling system that uses the cool energy in cold water to air-condition high-rise buildings in downtown Toronto. The system benefits the City by:

* reducing energy consumption by up to 90 per cent (compared to conventional chillers)
* reducing carbon dioxide emissions
* improving the water supply by using new intake pipes that are deeper
* investing in a corporation in which the City is a shareholder"

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