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Smart Cities Living Lab in the West End Walking Tour
March 24 | 8:15-10:00 AM & 10:30 AM-12:15 PM | Lower AB Lobby
As the fastest-to-market smart cities initiative in the US, come see how the Living Lab came to be, what's been learned, and what's next! To attend this tour, you must add it to your registration.
Smart cities and sports: LA and SCE prepare the grid for the World Cup, Superbowl and Olympics
March 26 | 11:00-11:50 AM | C155
The presentation highlights the need for advanced planning, coordination with city planners, event organizers and utility providers to meet demands of one-of-kind events. With a focus on the integration of renewable energy, advanced planning, using predictive analytics, and building the infrastructure to support real time operations during events
Smart cities educational opportunities
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While the City of San Diego's Climate Action Plan establishes the goal of net zero emissions citywide by 2035, the target for municipal buildings is simply zero emissions. This goal applies to over 40 ...
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Smart cities will require a significant build-out of electrical infrastructure to support the demand for low-carbon and reliable electricity. In doing so, electric utilities will need to balance requi ...
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As LED adoption rapidly increases, with over half of the U.S. outdoor lighting already converted, the potential for energy savings through advanced streetlight controls is vast. With rising energy cos ...
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Smart cities utilize a bag of toolsets to make urban areas more livable, utilizing data-driven communication networks to interface all aspects of city services (such as electricity, water, transportat ...
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As cities and utilities transition from envisioning their future to actively shaping it, digital transformation emerges as the bedrock of interconnected urban services. Cities need this understanding ... -
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- Microgrids
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Wastewater treatment facilities are critical to the health and well-being of communities, ensuring the protection of public water sources. During a power outage or similar energy emergency, ensuring t ...
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- Microgrids
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Join us for an insightful session on "Powering Resilient Communities: Enabling DER with Innovative Microgrid Solutions," where we will dive into the groundbreaking Bronzeville Community Microgrid—one ...
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This presentation explores the impacts of Major Sporting Events such as Super Bowl, World Cup and the Olympics can have on electrical grid. As cities and the electric gird become more sustainable and ...
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Utilities and cities have been upgrading their streetlight assets to LED fixtures to realize significant energy efficiency savings. Along with these projects, adding network controls to the assets ca ...
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- Energy Storage
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This session explores a first-of-its-kind project in North Carolina where utilities, community planners, and NGOs collaborated to develop community resilience metrics. These metrics are designed to he ... -
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Electric power grids face increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events, which disrupt power supply, jeopardize personal safety, and impact national security. To address this, we propose enhancin ...
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The deployment of utility infrastructure projects around the world is being transformed through the adoption of digital twins, smart grids, IoT, data and analytics, cloud computing, and mobile technol ... -
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This session will provide two perspectives on collaborative data-driven utility programs to strengthen community choice, transparency, and engagement: SDG&E will discuss its partnership with regional ...
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