How the SEC plans to fight greenwashing
By some financial standards, climate investors are a curious lot. Many of them are willing to forego higher returns in favor of lower emissions, but even so, they represent a small pool of possible investors, so fund managers have to…
Raptor Maps: How Effective Solar Asset Management Can Boost Power Yield And Save You Money
My first article at Raptor Maps was published last month. An interesting combo of both my main interests: renewable energy and digital twins, Raptor Maps helps utility-scale PV asset owners get the most out of their investments with a combination…
What not to do in marketing: a true story
The other day I came across a new “youth-led” climate advocacy group on Twitter, called Climate Defiance. They organize protests and “direct action”. They posted scary looking charts about climate change and complained about Barbenheimer memes and people ignoring their…
July August 2022 Articles
All from Urban SDK Enhancing Traffic Incident Management through Policymaking How Technology is Accelerating Traffic Incident Management Practices Sustainability and the Challenge of Balancing Competing Needs The Path to Environmental Sustainability The Need for Economic Sustainability and Global Stewardship Creating…
May June 2022 Articles
Digital Twins Used in Urban Planning and Infrastructure — Urban SDK How Digital Twins are Evening the Playing Field in Engineering — Urban SDK Why Digital Twins will Determine the Future of Retail — Urban SDK Revolutionizing the Reasl Estate…
February March 2022 articles
Finding Balance Between a Connected World and Community Resilience — Urban SDK A Brief History of Autonomous Vehicles — Urban SDK Total Disruption — Urban SDK Planning the EV Revolution — Urban SDK Why the Autonomous Vehicle Revolution is Driven…
January-February 2022 Articles
Using Mapping Technologies to Tell Data Stories — Urban SDK Using Smart Technology to Rethink Jaywalking and Pedestrian Safety — Urban SDK How Smart City Tourism is Driving Local Economies — Urban SDK The Cost of Congestion — Urban SDK…
November round up!
Since I last posted I’ve been very busy: I wrote about Miyazaki’s Urbanism for Strong Towns Five pieces in The American Conservative: Better Infrastructure, Not More Infrastrucure, about President Biden’s infrastructure plan; Against Master Developers is about, well, master developers; …
How FinTech is Going Green
Everyone loves touting their green credentials these days. Even oil companies make commercials detailing how clean their products are. But there’s still a gap between talking green and going green. The plastics industry lied about recycling, while even venerable organizations…