Keep a close watch on the Hawaiian power utilities (HECO) because Hawaii has committed to 100% renewables by 2045 and 65% by 2030. That was the recommendation of Sharon Allan, CEO of the Smart Grid […]
A new study that confirms drinking water contamination by fracking, something the EPA has been unable to do, signals the beginning of a process to assess the environmental cost of “wildwest” drilling and fracking. This […]
The UK Government as part of its building information modeling (BIM) initiative has said repeatedly that it expects the big payoff of a digital model, estimated at more than 40% savings, will be during operations and maintenance, […]
The latest USGS earthquake risk maps for the first time show the probability of earthquakes next year in the central and eastern U.S. The new USGS hazard model estimates where, how often and how strongly […]
Some of the topics at this year’s GITA Pacific Northwest conference Enterprise Mobile Architecture – Ubisense Grid 3.0: Growing Opportunities for Geospatial – Between The Poles Unleashing the Power of Geospatial Technologies – Fortis Gas […]
Registration is Now Open – GITA Pacific NW Chapter 2016 Conference I have been attending and speaking at GITA events for many years. One of the best events is the geospatial, utility and infrastructure event […]
The Netherlands has created a new BIM Loket (BIM Gateway). It is intended to be a national portal for information about and and management of open BIM standards in the Netherlands. It is to both […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards process is quite nimble compared to other standards development processes, but it still involves multiple steps and the overhead of the formal process discourages developers from participating. For reference […]