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How outdated phones can power smart cities and save the seas

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

In a world where over a billion smartphones are produced yearly, a team of researchers is flipping the script on electronic waste. Instead of tossing out older phones, they ve demonstrated a groundbreaking approach: turning outdated smartphones into micro data centers.

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Europe is setting the standard for sustainable business – and earning the rewards

Corporate Knights

The French company is the only one to have topped the Global 100 twice (the other time back in 2021 ), and it has played a unique role in electrification efforts across a wide variety of sectors, from manufacturing light switches to pioneering new software and clean energy solutions for data centres and smart cities.

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Aedifion Raises $20 Million to Scale Real Estate Decarbonization Platform

ESG Today

Alice Besomi, Managing Director, and Raphael Cattan, Investment Director at Eurazeo, said: “With this investment, via our Eurazeo Smart City Fund II, we are supporting aedifion’s mission to make buildings smarter and more energy-efficient.

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Climate resilience top of mind for Denver as it plans to revamp landscaping rules

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive.

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Building Smarter Cities: Insights and Innovations from Smart City Expo US 2025

Cisco CSR

Explore how Cisco and industry leaders are transforming urban living with AI, IoT, and sustainable technologies showcased at Smart City Expo US 2025 and beyond.

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New AI tool helps cities respond to shrinking urban canopy

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive. A new open-source model published last month from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis allows city planners to continuously track how urban vegetation is distributed and changes over time.

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Jersey City developer completes solar housing retrofit it says is largest of its kind

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive. The 450 solar panels at the apartment complex offset the propertys HVAC and common area emissions by 13%, the developers community relations head said.