Case studies and articles

Unanticipated structures beneath the surface of a construction site can quickly become costly and dangerous surprises.

Circularise is a startup that utilises blockchain technology to enable product lifecycle tracking, automated reporting on compliancy, advanced analytics, and value chain stakeholder analysis.

IBM and Danish transport company Maersk said they were working together to digitize, manage, and track shipping transactions using blockchain technology. The blockchain solution being built by the

Ushahidi, a technology company in Nairobi, was developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election violence in 2008.

The Internet of Clothes aims to use RFID technology in a cheap, washable tag that can be added to any garment.

Officials are tapping all kinds of data to make their cities safer, healthier and more efficient, in what may be just the start of a sweeping change in how cities are run.

The future of transportation will be enabled by two emerging technologies that are rapidly becoming mainstream.

IBM's Chaincode allows users to create and store a digital record of assets for anything of value, from the tangible (property, deeds) to intangible (car lease, online music). Chaincode contains bu

Many businesses are turning to automated systems such as ValuWaste (designed and implemented by Oregon-based LeanPath) to track and manage food waste in commercial

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Technology has rapidly evolved to help asset managers with this dilemma.

Bundles provides subscription services for washing machines, dryers, and dishwashers.

A Transparent Company is a consultancy that helps textiles companies and fashion brands evaluate how to improve the level of trust and transparency and implement different technologies such as bloc

The FIBERSORT sorting technology can detect the fiber composition of post-consumer recyclable textile materials (through optical detection technology) and uses this to sort clothes based on the mat

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Ravti provides a tool to track and monitor maintenance, servicing, and repair of HVAC equipment in one centralised digital solution.

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Skuchain builds blockchain based products for B2B Trade and Supply Chain Finance.

Rainforest Connection is an organisation that aims to stop illegal logging and poaching.

Danish VIGGA.us is the founder of an award-winning business model for a circular economy in the textile industry. VIGGA™ is a maternity and kids wear brand.

Cat Connect is an machinery management solution that makes smart use of technology and services to provide more information and insight into operations.

Recover-E offers a track and trace system that provides an overview of ICT equipment and its component parts at every stage of the chain from initial purchase to end-of-life. Customers can access t

Seal is a blockchain powered product authentication and services platform which will provide consumers and manufacturers with product trust.

SteamaCo brings utility-type capabilities to organisations looking to buy, sell and save energy.

Amsterdam is one of the few cities in the Netherlands with a network of air quality monitoring points in the city.

Software giant Microsoft is testing a demonstration service, available to any organisation that uses the company’s Azure cloud resources, to address one of the thorniest challenges companies face w

By harnessing the power of digitisation, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IOT), Globelet Cities works by having smart chips equipped with RFID tagging on reusable cups, bottles a

This report conducts a bibliometric literature review from the Scopus Database over the period of 2006–2015 focusing on the application of Big Data or Internet of Things on the context of CE.

Distributed ledger technology (DLT), more commonly called “blockchain”, has captured the imaginations, and wallets, of the financial services ecosystem. Awareness of DLT has grown rapidly, but sign

Warburton's Tyne Bakery is the first bakery in the UK to use sensors to improve the efficiency of their processes.

Insurance company State Farm and auto manufacturer Ford have united to develop an on-board system to analyze people's driving habits.

AstroPlant is a hydroponics kit to better understand how edible plants grow so we know how to feed future inhabitants of space.

Panasonic introduced the new Econavi system; combining human sensor and control program technology to detect and reduce energy waste.

Sirenmarine provides Connected Boat technology that enables monitoring of boats using a cell phone, tablet or computer.

Enevo provides an end-to-end solution that automates the whole planning and operations of waste and recycling logistics.