Winterthur – Researchers at the Zurich University of Applied
Sciences have been awarded a German industry Innovation Award for
developing ultra-thin concrete slabs with carbon. The slabs...
Bonn – The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy has
launched a new standard for reporting cities’ greenhouse gas
emissions. It could open up more...
Bill Gates plans to build smart city in Arizona desert
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Boston – One of Bill Gates’ investment firms has purchased land in
the Arizona desert to build a city of 80,000 homes. A flexible
infrastructure model will...
Amsterdam – The city of Zurich is second only to Hong Kong when it
comes to sustainable transport, according to a report from the
consulting firm Arcadis....
Cities can cut greenhouse gas emissions beyond their urban borders
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Potsdam – Cities can slash their greenhouse gas emissions far
beyond their urban borders by taking measures to reduce their
housing and transport emissions, according to a...
Zurich – The cement giant LafargeHolcim teamed up with the
thin-solar film company Heliatek to develop an energy-generating
concrete façade that is capable of producing double the...
Finance innovation lab to unlock climate finance for cities
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Zurich – The first finance innovation lab for accelerating climate
action in European cities has been launched. Its goal is to help
cities develop novel instruments to...
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to build a $500 billion
metropolis in the desert. Powered entirely by green energy, the
development is part of the...
Energy-efficient construction key to fighting climate change
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Cambridge – American cities should lower urban emissions by
focusing on residential energy use. The key to this is better
building practices, not greater housing density, a...
Zurich – The development of Zurich’s central university district is
one step closer to becoming reality. Area planning is now largely
complete, and a new study shows...
Turning excavated materials into building materials
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Zurich – Researchers in Zurich are making the case for using earth
as a building material. And not just any earth, but specifically
material excavated from construction...
Paris – The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen,
Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland,
and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission...
Toronto – Sidewalk Labs will redevelop part of Toronto’s vacant
waterfront into the world’s first ‘internet city’. The project
ticks off all the boxes related to sustainability...
Lausanne – The Swiss team has won the prestigious Solar Decathlon
2017 competition with their solar community house, the NeighborHub.
The team came in first place in...
Innovative concrete roof celebrates its Zurich premiere
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Zurich – An innovative construction technique passed its first
field test. Developed by ETH Zurich researchers, the lightweight,
flexible formwork demonstrates how complex concrete structures can
be created...
Building sector has unused energy savings potential, says IEA
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Paris – While energy efficiency in buildings continues to improve
worldwide, the building sector has not yet made full use of its
energy efficiency potential. This is...
Bloomberg’s new European HQ is world’s most sustainable office building
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London – Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in London achieved a
score of 98.5 per cent in the BREEAM sustainability rating, the
highest design-stage score ever achieved by...
Virtual cities can help solve urbanization challenges
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Singapore – Virtual cities can help city officials and urban
planners predict patterns and forecast the future. These insights
can then be used to manage real world...
Portuguese cities link state funding to ecological footprint
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Oakland – Six cities in Portugal have signed on to a novel
ecological footprint project in which state budget allocations will
be based on the size of...