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Smart cities held back by lack of visionary leadership

Smart city programmes around the world are being held back by a lack of money, infrastructure and visionary leadership, according to a new report.

The study by Philips Lighting and SmartCitiesWorld names Singapore, London and Barcelona as the top smart cities in the world.

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New project launched to study how EVs can power homes

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Giving communities the tools to monitor pollution

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Building housing developments in a ‘nature-friendly’ way

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District heating and why customer engagement is the key to success

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Building eco-friendly on a budget

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From military base to ‘green town’

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Gauging public opinion on air quality plans

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Power to the people: supporting community energy

Oldham council won the local authority category at this year’s Community Energy England awards. The council’s deputy leader, Abdul Jabbar, talks to Environment Journal about the benefits and potential of local energy generation

What does it mean for the council to have won this Community Energy Award?

This is a really fantastic award for the local residents. The council has supported both Saddleworth Community Hydro and Oldham Community Power to deliver successful energy schemes. We’re a cooperative council and one of our aims is to work with the community, initiate projects like these and help people take ownership. In this case, it’s people taking ownership of generating power themselves, with a little bit of help from the council. By working together, we’ve managed to start something which hopefully will benefit the community for many, many years. Oldham Council also leads for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on community energy and has secured funding from the EU for a project focused on boosting community energy.