Can Digital Twins Transform Singapore’s Built Environment?
Singapore was quick to embrace Digital Twin technology, investing SGD 73 million to create a digital replica of the entire city as far back as 2014 [1]. While the benefits of the technology have been seen in pilot projects, it has yet to …
Thailand Smart Cities Week 2020
Eden’s Managing Partner, Calvin Chu, took part in Thailand’s Smart Cities Week 2020 on the 19th October 2020 to present “Smart City Rankings: Why should every city care about it?” on Eden Strategy Institute’s Global Smart City Rankings. In 2018, Eden Strategy …
Info Session: Smart Cities Ranking 2020/2021
In 2018, Eden Strategy Institute ranked the Top 50 Smart City Governments from 140 smart cities, in the first independent global ranking of its kind investigating the roles that city governments play in leading a smart city strategy. This is the first …
Smart Estates Talent Development Programme
As the Built Environment industry undergoes rapid transformation due to the availability and adoption of sophisticated technology, its talent readiness would be key to drive the industry forward. In anticipation of this critical path, SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) engaged Eden to support the development of a training programme geared towards addressing …
Smart Cities Week – Washington D.C. 2019
Eden is thrilled to share a panel with distinguished speakers at Smart Cities Week in Washington, D.C. (From left: Moderator Chungha Cha, Chair of Re-imagining Cities Foundation; Calvin Chu, Partner, Eden Strategy Institute; The Hon Marlene Kairouz, MP, Minister for Suburban Development, …
Bringing design legibility back into the Smart City
By Hoa Nguyen With the advancement of technology, many cities have implemented smart solutions to alleviate urban challenges. Urban systems have become exponentially more efficient in the monitoring and detection of problems; the use of data analytics and automation have allowed for …
Can Smart Cities beat homelessness?
Written by Jessica Kalip Homelessness remains a global challenge in many cities, and it could be ironic how some cities are investing in smart technologies, when a most basic need of its citizens – a shelter over their heads – is not …
Five Considerations When Planning Your Sector Development Roadmap
Over the past five years, Eden has had the privilege of contributing to the development of sector development plans for the advertising and marketing; design; fashion and retail; legal; social enterprise; and urban planning industries. Throughout these missions, we have conducted over …
Disruptions in Urbanization: The Role of Roads in a Smart City
Roads might soon do much more than physically connect people and goods; they might disrupt urban planning as we know it by becoming the main arteries powering the urban city of the future. For thousands of years, roads have been a centerpiece …