Last May the City of Vancouver passed a motion endorsing open data, open standards, and leveling the playing field for open source software procurement. In January the City of Edmonton opened Edmonton’s open data catalogue, […]
Globally the investment required in the energy sector between 2003-2030 has been estimated to be $16 trillion, according to the International Energy Association (IEA). Transmission and distribution will account for more than half of this […]
I was fortunate to be invited to be a moderator at the 2nd Annual Asset Management for Energy and Utilities Conference in Toronto last week. This conference is one of the most interesting I have […]
According to Gartner mobile application stores’ worldwide download revenue exceeded $4.2 billion in 2009, up from zero a few of years ago, and will grow to $29.5 billion by the end of 2013. The revenue […]
President Obama has announced $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to build the first nuclear power plants in the U.S. in nearly 30 years, reportedly in Burke County, Ga. The power plants will be built […]
Last September, the California assembly passed bills to increase the current 20% by 2010 Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 33% by 2020. Shortly after Governor Schwarzenegger signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the California Air […]
I blogged recently how Texas is now requiring building information modeling (BIM) on state projects. I just came across an interesting related article about bringing high school curricula into the 21st century in Texas. Department […]
Wednesday I had the opportunity to speak at a unique seminar organized by Consortech in Montreal which brought together civil and structural engineers and GIS folks in the same room. Pierre Genest, the president of […]