Dow Joins Smart Cities Council to Help Global Cities Become More Sustainable
September 28 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Membership adds distinct Council focus on the role of science in
high-performing cities; Complements IT strengths with Dow’s
advanced materials expertise
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it
will join the Smart Cities Council, an alliance of companies
collaborating to deliver frameworks and solutions for smarter
cities. Dow’s membership has been featured in the White House Fact
Sheet, released Monday, which recognizes the Company’s
contributions to five select cities looking to accelerate urban
livability, workability and sustainability.
“Cities can provide society with a blueprint for building
sustainable, livable communities around the world,” said Neil
Hawkins, Dow’s corporate vice president and chief sustainability
officer. “Dow is committed to applying our expertise in science and
engineering to transition cities into more innovative, adaptable
and collaborative places for a connected and resilient future.”
As a Lead Partner of the Smart Cities Council, Dow aims to:
- Support city planners in their efforts
to adopt new solutions and processes and promote smart building
codes and plans
- Collaborate with other Smart Cities
Council members on integrated city solutions spanning science and
technology
- Enhance the Smart Cities Council’s
“Readiness Guide” with increased focus on building and construction
solutions for cities as they plan and implement modernization
technologies and processes
Dow’s participation in the Smart Cities Council supports the
Company’s 2025 Sustainability Goals in terms of developing a
societal blueprint that integrates public policy solutions, science
and technology, and value chain innovation to facilitate the
transition to a sustainable planet and society. Through these
goals, Dow continues to lead the transition to a world where cities
are at the core of healthy living, delivering ever-increasing value
to customers through sustainable products and solutions.
Dow’s city-oriented solutions span from infrastructure to
building materials designed to make cities more resilient, long
lasting and sustainable. With this engagement, Dow is taking an
active step in encouraging a greener lifestyle for the building
industry that accounts for 40 percent of the national carbon
emissions.
“A better city depends on better buildings,” said Jane Palmieri,
business president for Dow Building & Construction. “Clean air,
security, health, comfort and prosperity can’t thrive without a
smart approach to building homes, communities and cities. By
joining the Smart Cities Council, Dow aims to facilitate
collaboration, sustainability, innovation and community success
starting with the very first blueprint through to the lifetime
performance of the building. We believe a smart city has a combined
focus on bits, bytes and molecules.”
"We are so pleased to have Dow's world-leading materials science
on our side," said Jesse Berst, chairman of the Smart Cities
Council. "Dow's deep expertise in building science is the ideal
complement to the data and analytics of our other member companies.
Together, they point the way to the ultra-smart, ultra-efficient
buildings of the future."
About Dow Building & Construction
Dow Building and Construction (B&C) is a specialized
business of building code experts, scientists, formulators and
specialty counselors dedicated to advancing the construction
industry with building material solutions, while leveraging the
century-plus capabilities and resources of Dow. Key products in
rigid insulation, spray foam, weatherization and air sealing
solutions, acrylic roof coatings, concrete additives and tile
adhesives transform the way buildings are designed, built and
operated. Dow B&C helps create a more sustainable world with
high-performance solutions and energy efficient construction
technologies. Two primary businesses in this group include Dow
Construction Chemicals and Dow Building Solutions.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to
passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The
Company is driving innovations that extract value from material,
polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of
the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean
water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven,
industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced
materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad
range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in
approximately 180 countries and in high-growth sectors such as
packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2015,
Dow had annual sales of nearly $49 billion and employed
approximately 49,500 people worldwide. The Company's more than
6,000 product families are manufactured at 179 sites in 35
countries across the globe. On June 1, 2016, Dow became the 100
percent owner of Dow Corning Corporation’s silicones business, a
global company with sales of greater than $4.5 billion in 2015, 25
manufacturing sites in 9 countries and approximately 10,000
employees worldwide. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The
Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless
otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found
at www.dow.com.
About the Smart Cities Council
Launched in 2012, the Smart Cities Council is the author of the
internationally recognized Smart Cities Readiness Guide, which
provides guiding principles and best practices for an integrated,
cross-cutting smart city. The Readiness Guide was developed based
on discussions with hundreds of cities and solution vendors, and
has been applied all over the world. The Council is comprised of
more than 120 partners and advisors who have generated $2.7
trillion in annual revenue and contributed to more than 11,000
smart cities projects. To learn more, visit
www.smartcitiescouncil.com.
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