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Penn1: A Smart Building Retrofit Success Story

Cisco CSR

Instead of going to Everest or the Great Barrier Reef, I did a virtual tour of the complete Smart Building retrofit of Penn1 Plaza in New York City. I remember visiting the building so many times before the remodel, so to ‘see it’ and all the amazing technology and innovations that made the building smart and sustainable.

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Rotterdam uses smart tech to 'save city from drowning'

Corporate Knights

“The big threat is loss of autonomy,” says Jan-Willem Wesselink of Future City Foundation , a Dutch network of municipal agencies, civil society organizations, universities and technology companies seeking to promote a democratic approach to smart urbanism that aligns with a U.N.

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Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Announces 12th Cohort Focused on Climate-Aligned Agriculture

3BL Media

Mirai Solar , based in Mountain View, CA, uses photovoltaic shade screen technology, the Mirai Screen, to provide greenhouses and smart buildings the means to reduce their operational costs and achieve net-zero energy targets. InnerPlant will collaborate with Danforth’s Dr. Katie Murphy.