World’s First Eco-Heating System to Power Bath Abbey
Following the successful switch-on of the world’s first eco-heating system using Bath’s hot springs, Quadrant Smart sits down with Edward Levien, commercial director at isoenergy...
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Sunderland City Council named winners of Civic Innovation in Technology Award for innovative app
Sunderland City Council has been named winner of the 2020 Civic Innovation in Technology Award (Europe) from the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. The...
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Urban flooding: the benefits and drawbacks of AI flood prevention
After recent flooding devastating communities around the UK, Quadrant Smart sits down with Dr Will Shepard, postdoctoral research associate, to discuss what the CENTAUR project...
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Smart City Testbed launched in MediaCityUK set to make a “profound impact”
Following the launch of the Smart City Innovation Testbed at Salford’s MediaCityUK, Quadrant Smart sits down with UP Ventures’ managing partner, Steven Thomas, to learn...
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The UK’s blossoming relationship with Africa: an interview with Urban Links Africa’s Nadia Echchihab
The UK SMEs working with African cities have been chosen – now it is time to deliver. But how did they get to this point?...
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Ireland’s smart cities testbed: an interview with Future Mobility Campus Ireland
The Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI), a fascinating automotive testbed on Ireland’s west coast, hopes to build on already strong links in the country’s technology...
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What AI means for local government: an Q&A with Brett Leahy, Redbridge Borough Council
If you can incorporate AI into the complex and bureaucratic local government planning sector, you can do it for anything, says Brett Leahy at the...
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The Scottish Data Cluster Project: an interview with Doug Young, project manager at the Scottish Cities Alliance
Ahead of Quadrant Scotland on 12 November, we speak to Doug Young! Demystifying the world of data, getting top-down ‘buy-in’, and revitalising the high street....
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Embracing failure, and what it means to be connected: an interview with Cllr Peter Fleming, chair of LGA Improvement and Innovation Board
The latest Digital Connectivity Programme from the Local Government Association (LGA) seeks to build on successful – and failed – projects of digital connectivity in...
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Can 5G revitalise the cultural events sector? An interview with the Urban Tourism project’s Chris Thompson
The 18-month Urban Tourism 5.0 project, one of the more user-focussed winners of the WM5G funding round, will look to harness 5G and Augmented Reality...
