How not to build a capital: what Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes
14/02/2022 – The Conversation
Tactical Urbanism: The Street
13/02/2022 – Floor Nature
Women in construction Equal builders
12/02/2022 – The Peninsula
25 major projects planned for South Africa – including a smart city, new borders and highway upgrades
11/02/2022 – BusinessTech
ETRA’s ePass-EMV-QR Onboard Validation system. The autonomous validation solution for cash payment elimination in public transport
The ETRA ePass-EMV-QR on-board validation system solves in a simple and natural way the current need of public transport authorities and operators to eliminate cash in current ticketing systems. The proposal combines two technological solutions, common in other sectors, which are gradually being implemented strongly in public transport ticketing solutions: EMV Contactless and QR technologies. The use of EMV Contactless and QR technologies in metropolitan transport has three fundamental advantages: a high degree of safety, rapid acceptance by passengers and a relevant advance in terms of usability, reasons why it has become a standard world. Likewise, its high degree of penetration in society means that solutions for access to public transport using these technologies have a privileged starting point to promote their use by the end user. The main advantage of ETRA’s solution is the independence of any existing system, not requiring integration with existing systems. It allows its installation in any fleet of buses independently, which allows maintaining the current ticketing systems and complementing them with this solution.
GoAigua: the ideal platform for managing operation and maintenance processes in water utilities
The GoAigua platform integrates utilities’ digital solutions via a horizontal model and algorithms designed by experts in water and data management. GoAigua helps operators manage processes holistically, whilst providing an in-depth view of O&M processes, irrespective of space or time. By combining both analytics and BI, it delivers solutions for event forecasting, process optimization, and best practice recommendations for drinking water, wastewater and irrigation. GoAigua was born in 2006, when the 130-year-old Spanish water utility Global Omnium began a pioneering digital transformation process based on the installation of sensors, data mining and analysis. This led to the development of GoAigua, built by water experts based on real experience in the field. Since then, GoAigua has been honed to become a state-of-the-art solution for managing the entire water cycle. It has enabled organizations to reduce non-revenue water, reaching efficiency of over 90%, save 15%-20% in energy consumption, and reduce OPEX by 20%. The solution helps to pinpoint leaks, optimize and automate O&M processes and define tailored investment plans. It can also ensure excellent quality of service, improve the customer experience and deliver a value-added service to consumers. Thus, it promotes the responsible use of water. Idrica, the global leader in digital transformation for the water industry, markets the GoAigua solution and other services around the world.
Tidal power in cities: what is it, how does it work, pros and cons
Can we consider tidal energy as an alternative in our cities? In this post we analyze how it is produced, its efficiency and the pros and cons of its use.
Shift in mobility trends with focus on electric, hybrid vehicles: Study
10/02/2022 – Business Standard
China’s New “Green Policy” of Sustainable Mobility and Development
10/02/2022 – Modern Diplomacy
New Budapest mobility app shows the power of digital solutions
10/02/2022 – The Mayor EU