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The Privacy Advisory Commission provides advice to the City of Oakland on best practices to protect Oaklanders' privacy rights in connection with the City's purchase and use of surveillance equipment and other technology that collects or stores our data.
USA | Government, Technology
Oakland Privacy Advisory Committee
City of Oakland
On June 14, 2012, President Barak Obama signed an Executive Order to facilitate the deployment of broadband technology on Federal lands, buildings, rights of way, federally-assisted highways and tribal lands. This Executive Order has created a working group composed of representatives from various federal agencies, including the USDOT, involved in decisions related to access to Federal property and rights of way. The goal is to reduce barriers to the expansion of broadband services in underserved communities. Like the other agencies involved, the USDOT is required to facilitate the deployment of broadband.
USA | Government, Technology
Executive Order: Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
US Department of Transportation
Computer security incident response has become an important component of information technology (IT) programs. Because performing incident response effectively is a complex undertaking, establishing a successful incident response capability requires substantial planning and resources. This publication assists organizations in establishing computer security incident response capabilities and handling incidents efficiently and effectively. This publication provides guidelines for incident handling, particularly for analyzing incident-related data and determining the appropriate response to each incident. The guidelines can be followed independently of particular hardware platforms, operating systems, protocols, or applications.Part of the Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC). Published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
USA | Government, Technology
NIST SP 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
This document provides examples of good practice and includes a toolkit offering advice for highway authorities (HA) and utilities wishing to collaborate in a cooperative working relationship. More specifically, highlighting the Dudley Town Centre Joint Working Scheme: A non-telecoms example; South Staffs Water, National Grid Gas and Western Power Distribution partnered to engage with Dudley Council to carry out an 18 month programme of works.
United Kingdom | Government, Technology
Dudley Town Centre Joint Working Scheme
This publication assists organizations in understanding the purpose, process, and format of information system contingency planning development through practical, real-world guidelines. This guidance document provides background information on interrelationships between information system contingency planning and other types of security and emergency management-related contingency plans, organizational resiliency, and the system development life cycle. This document provides guidance to help personnel evaluate information systems and operations to determine contingency planning requirements and priorities.Part of the Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC). Published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
USA | Government, Technology
NIST SP 800-34 Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
This document is designed and written as a guidance note to housing developers who intend or who wish to consider the laying of ducting on development sites, and within dwellings, for the delivery of data services. The guidance gives developers the opportunity to add benefits to new developments and add to the marketability of their dwellings.
United Kingdom | Government, Technology
Data ducting infrastructure for new homes: UK guidance note
United Kingdom Government
Diriyah, “The City of Earth”, is the original home of the Saudi Arabian royal family and the home of UNESCO world heritage site, At-Turaif. The development of Diriyah seeks to combine traditional Najdi architectural styles with modern urbanism and a comprehensive quality of life programme, celebrating the Kingdom’s rich heritage, and acting as a testimonial to Vision 2030’s transformational changes.
Engineering & Construction, Materials
At-Turaif and Bujairi Terrace District
Coal power plant facilities are major employers and crucial for tax revenue in their communities. However, the rapid transition to alternative and renewable energy sources demands new strategies for these universal industrial sites. An example is the recent transformation of a decommissioned coal-fired power plant on the shores of Ohio’s Lake Erie, demonstrating an innovative approach to post-industrial regeneration.
Energy & utilities, Energy, Energy Technologies, Engineering & Construction, Just Transition
Avon Lake Power Plant
Ecoquartier “Les Vergers” is an extension of Switzerland’s first Satellite town, “Cité Meyrin”, built in the 1960s. This sustainable development is predominantly targeted towards housing, with 3,000 inhabitants in 1,350 apartments across 30 buildings ranging from social housing to owner-occupied units. 
Government, Engineering & Construction, Just Transition
Ecoquartier Les Vergers
The Ellen DeGeneres Campus provides cutting-edge gorilla research, education and conservation facilities, serving as a model for biodiversity protection and community engagement in the face of climate change.
Education, Engineering & Construction, Nature & Natural capital
The Ellen DeGeneres Campus
The InGrid Schneider Electric Hub transforms the “Novkabel” factory complex through reconstruction and adaptive reuse. This project repurposed a former industrial hall into a carbon-neutral, LEED Platinum-certified modern office building for Schneider Electric, establishing it as a future tech hub. This initiative marks a key step in converting an industrial zone into a mixed-use neighbourhood.
Energy & utilities, Energy, Energy Technologies, Engineering & Construction
InGrid Schneider Electric Hub
Lamu Old Town faces multiple threats from climate change, energy needs and rapid social and economic transformation. The Lamu Old Town Management Plan and the Lamu Municipality Waste Management Policy focused on integrating physical, social and environmental solutions with traditional practices that could help in building resilience to climate change.
Government, Engineering & Construction, Just Transition
Lamu Old Town
Vancouver’s sθәqәlxenәm ts’exwts’áxwi7, or Rainbow Park, named by the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, reflects its history as a marsh where sun and mist created rainbows. This area, significant to the LGBTQ community, has been transformed from a parking lot into the city’s first new park in a decade. Featuring diverse design inputs, extensive greenery, and inclusive spaces, it serves as a “community porch” and sets a global standard for urban revitalization.
Engineering & Construction
Rainbow Park
The Recygénie is a 220-unit inclusive housing complex, notable for being the world’s first building constructed entirely from recycled concrete. This pioneering project used a custom concrete mix composed solely of recycled materials – cement, aggregates and water. This approach conserved over 6,000 tonnes of natural resources and surpassed current regulatory standards, proving the viability of fully circular concrete construction.
Engineering & Construction, Materials
Recygénie
RENEW Districts embody the key principles of resilience, equity, neutrality, environment and well-being, an overarching framework for future-proofing the districts, including its buildings, infrastructure and – importantly – its communities. One of the models being piloted under this framework is the Net Zero Neighbourhood (NZN) model, which uses a place-based funding and delivery approach at the neighbourhood scale to improve residential energy efficiency and promote community regeneration. Supported by blended finance, it facilitates extensive home renovations and broader community interventions – such as enhancing mobility, greening spaces and upgrading public buildings – to achieve local and national decarbonization goals.
Financial services, Government, Energy, Engineering & Construction
RENEW Districts
The Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households (REELIH) programme is creating innovative methods to assist communities in addressing the challenges posed by poorly constructed, energy-inefficient multi-apartment buildings. This initiative contributes to building resilient and healthy communities and neighbourhoods. It also empowers local stakeholders to take action via their local housing associations or representative organizations.
Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households
Safe and Sound Cities (S2Cities) is a global programme managed by Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB) to improve young people’s urban safety and well-being. The programme empowers youth (ages 15-24) to analyse community safety issues, collaborate with local government to address challenges and work with diverse stakeholders to implement creative solutions. 
Government, Civil society, Engineering & Construction
Safe and Sound Cities Programme
UrbanWave is a home co-ownership scheme that offers financial support to homeowners purchasing and refurbishing run-down homes in prime locations. This initiative helps young families achieve affordable homeownership.
Financial services, Engineering & Construction
UrbanWave
New Story’s innovative market-based solution addresses the global housing crisis by empowering families to become landowners and homeowners in thriving communities.
Government, Engineering & Construction
Ahualulco Land Ownership and Development Programme
In 2020, the Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López Hernández, with support from a broad coalition of international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), launched Bogotá’s Care Blocks – a system of health, employment and social support aimed towards the city’s caregivers.
Health, Government, Civil society, Engineering & Construction
Bogotá’s Care Blocks

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