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As published by Forbes as “Changing the World”, seen on Bloomberg TV and reported by CNBC as one of America's Business Titans, Paul is a Registered Architect and one of the global Industry's most sought after thought leaders, strategists and integrators of process, technology & business. Paul is the Founder & CEO of The Digit Group, Inc. (TDG), a leading Smart Cities design, build, operate and solutions company, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. TDG's Smart Cities are being showcased as an example of leading design during the Venice Biennale Architettura 2021. He is an author, educator, analyst and consultant to Fortune 500 organizations, government agencies, prominent institutions and the most prestigious AEC firms in the world. Paul has spent the past 30+ years in the industry after graduating cum laude from the New York Institute of Technology and graduating from the Career Discovery program at Harvard University’s GSD.

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Contributor Brief·Paul Doherty · 13 articles
Updated Apr 23, 2024

Infrastructure durability and density solve sustainability simultaneously, not sequentially

Doherty argues that sustainable development is not a future aspiration but an immediate operational imperative embedded in material choice, urban density, and real-time building responsiveness. He believes that galvanized steel coatings, multifamily housing density, and spatial computing networks collapse the false choice between cost efficiency and environmental benefit—they are the same investment.

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Industry 4.0 lighthouse factories globally transforming manufacturing

“Builders are discovering how a durable coating strategy slashes both project costs and carbon footprints simultaneously.”

Galvanized Steel Leads the Way in Sustainable Building Practices

Smart city maturity and adoption indicators across key geographies

Singapore (highest index-ranked smart city, 2021)1
Zurich and Oslo (tied for second)2
China (no cities on 2021 index, but scaling rapidly)3
Global smart city expo participants (NY, Rio, Berlin, Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul)4

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Singapore (highest index-ranked smart city, 2021)
Zurich and Oslo (tied for second)
China (no cities on 2021 index, but scaling rapidly)
Global smart city expo participants (NY, Rio, Berlin, Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul)

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core tensions in smart city design: interoperability, cybersecurity, and monetization

Dense housing developments are proving essential for Nashville to accommodate growth while controlling sprawl and preserving community character.

Multifamily Housing is the Sustainable Solution for Rapid Population Growth in Nashville

Real-time location tracking and wireless sensing will reshape how buildings and cities respond to human activity by 2030.

Spatial Computing and Wi-Fi Sensing Signal Major Advancements in Connected Living

“Smart city technology isn't a futuristic idea.”

Themes:Material and infrastructure durability as primary sustainability leverUrban density and spatial computing as operational efficiency multipliersReal-time responsiveness replacing static planning in building systems

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