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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 September 2009-IBM: IBM and Dubuque, Iowa Partner on Smarter City Initiative; City Aims to Lead in Sustainability to Drive Economic Growth(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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Dubuque, IA -- IBM (NYSE: IBM ) and the City of Dubuque, Iowa today announced a new collaboration aimed at making this community of 60,000 one of the first 'smarter' sustainable cities in the U.S.
IBM and Dubuque outlined their plans to partner in the development of new 'smarter' technologies and implementation strategies to create an international model of sustainability for communities of 200,000 and under, where over 40 percent of the U.S. population resides. Dubuque, a city that is recognized as a national leader in sustainability with its forward-thinking public policy, together with IBM, will address the ever-increasing demands of cities to deliver vital services such as energy and water management, and transportation, all while reducing the community's impact on the environment.
'The goal of this collaboration is to develop and pilot a systematic mechanism to give consumers and businesses the information they need to make informed decisions about how they consume resources like electricity, water,...
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