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VideosurveillanceBucharest to Boost Safety with AI-Enhanced Surveillance System

Bucharest's Sector 6 is deploying 3,000 AI-powered surveillance cameras to improve public safety and alert local police to criminal behavior.

Street LightingZaragoza Launches Smart Street Light Initiative

Zaragoza upgrades 10,000 streetlights to LED with a 10 million euro grant. The project cuts annual lighting costs by 2.1 million euros.

Street LightingSanta Cruz de Tenerife Kicks Off Smart Street Lighting Project

Santa Cruz de Tenerife begins a 3 million euro project to upgrade 5,451 streetlights to LEDs, cutting city energy consumption by 61%.

Street LightingWest Berkshire Aims for Improved Road Gritting with IoT Thermal Sensors

West Berkshire Council launches a £225,000 IoT sensor project with Volker Highways, targeting a 40% cut in winter road treatments by 2027.

Environmental MonitoringU.S. Government Unlocks $79M for Wildfire Management

The Biden-Harris administration is allocating $79 million to improve U.S. wildfire management, including $10.5 million for remote sensing tech.

WasteParis’s Eco-District to End Pneumatic Waste Collection System

Paris will end the 20 million euro pneumatic waste collection system in its Martin-Luther-King eco-district on May 19 due to high costs.

IoT NetworksConnexin and NYnet Boost IoT Network in North Yorkshire

Connexin and NYnet add 57 LoRaWAN gateways in North Yorkshire under an £80m project, helping Yorkshire Water cut leakage by 50% by

EnergySmart Meter Challenges in Great Britain Show Slow Improvement

Faulty smart meters in Great Britain fell to 3.98 million at the end of 2023, down from 4.31 million in June, according

Environmental MonitoringArcadis to Develop Digital Twin for Houston’s Water Distribution

Arcadis partners with Houston Public Works on a $5.7 million project to build a digital twin that will help manage localized water pressure issues.

WaterSharjah Advances Water Management with Smart Meters

SEWA installs 91,155 smart water meters across Sharjah toward its 125,000 target by 2024, enabling real-time monitoring and leak detection.