Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger: IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Kick-Off

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Mayor Miro Weinberger and IBM officials Kick-Off the IBM Smarter City designation. Launched in 2010, the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge is a 3-year, $50 million philanthropic initiative to contribute the skills and expertise of teams of top-talent IBMers to address the key challenges facing 100 competitively selected cities around the world. Each city participating in the challenge receives a team of five to six IBM experts to work with the City for a three week engagement period on a strategic challenge identified by the Mayor and top City leaders. The Mayor’s Office and the Burlington Electric Department (BED) worked together to submit a strong and ultimately successful application focused on sustainability and energy efficiency, and proposed that IBM send a team to address how we work together to reduce our reliance on greenhouse gases.

The City of Burlington expects to focus its grant on creating a strategic plan to economically reduce greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors, including energy, heating, and transportation, by leveraging: The City’s recent smart grid investments; The long-standing political will of the City, the State, and Burlington institutions; and
Ongoing energy efficiency and renewable energy resource development efforts.
The diverse global team members include: Leonard Hand, Executive Information Technology Architect, from Rochester, New York; Robert Laurim, Vertical Industry Expert, from Munich, Germany; Jorge “Lutt” Luttgardes, CIO Latin America Office Leader, from Sao Paulo, Brazil; Isabelle Murard, Energy & Utility Solution Center Leader, from Nice, France; Gabriela “Gaby” Orwick, Acquisition Integration Executive Consultant, from Portland, Oregon; and Christian Raetzsch, Systems & Technology Group Technical Executive, from Prague, Czech Republic.

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