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In March 2020, cities around the world experienced a shock which abruptly halted many of the flows and activities we associate with urban life. One […]

Check out the inaugural edition of Smart Classes Digest, our bimonthly e-digest of thought leadership from across the Smart Classes community! Issue #01 “Insights” reveal: […]

Imagining future cities has long been a favourite activity for architects, artists and designers. Technology is often central in these schemes – it appears as a […]

By 2023, research and advisory firm Gartner predicts that 30% of smart city projects will be discontinued. Mark Enzer explains that reports of their demise have […]

With cleantech playing a key role in the building of new transport hubs, stations are amongst the public destinations under pressure to become smarter and […]

As the fightback against coronavirus continues, sending most of us into uncharted territory, we’re offering “Mover” Packages on the Smart Classes Innovator Directory free of charge for a limited […]

RTPI President, Sue Manns, shares her personal thoughts and reflections during Week 3 of the UK’s coronavirus ‘Lockdown’ How will we look back on 2020 […]

We spend up to 90% of our time indoors and around 16 hours a day in our homes, so it is unsurprising that poor indoor […]

What is air pollution comprised of and how can smart horticultural content of urban greening solutions help? What do specifiers have to be aware of […]

One of the greatest obstacles to delivering effective household recycling services in dense urban environments such as London, and achieving regional and national recycling targets, […]

One of the all-encompassing topics of discussion at our Smart Class events is agile transformation – the need to adapt and evolve to deal with […]

Wrong! New studies have shown that indoors, the air can be far more polluted and, what’s more, is multiple times more likely to carry carcinogenic […]