Empa researches environmentally friendly cement
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Dübendorf ZH – Cement manufacturing accounts for around 7
percent of global CO2 emissions. Alternative types of cement use
new ingredients, but the effects of these on
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Czech Republic welcomes floating 3D printed house
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Prague - The Czech Republic is welcoming its first 3D printed
house. The structure floats, is three times stronger than
traditional concrete and helps significantly cut construction
waste.
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Model shows future mobility scenarios
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Ittigen BE – The federal government is providing authorities
and companies with a new planning instrument for space and
mobility, which can calculate the future transport behavior
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Students design passive house that is 90-per-cent more energy efficient
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Brookings – A passive house designed by students in South
Dakota is pioneering 21st-century energy efficiency standards.
Passive House 01 is not only 90-per-cent more energy
efficient
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HSLU starts digital construction study course
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Lucerne – Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
(HSLU) is launching its interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree in
Digital Construction in the fall. This is a first for
German-speaking
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Lockdown leads architects to rethink urban infrastructure
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Geneva – Following the coronavirus lockdowns across the world,
global architects are rethinking the shape of cities to promote
shorter commute times, local lifestyles and social distancing
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Designs unveiled for zero-energy smart city
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Bari – Five billion people are projected to live in cities by
2030, according to the United Nations. Designs for a
self-sustainable vertical city with net-zero energy
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Sustainable hospital brings affordable healthcare to Nepal
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Accham – A rammed earth hospital is bringing affordable
healthcare to Nepal. The structure is built primarily from locally
sourced materials and is powered by rooftop solar
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Carbon-reducing housing scheme approved in UK garden city
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Ebbsfleet – A scheme described as one of the most
carbon-reducing projects in Ebbsfleet Garden City in the UK has
been approved. Measures will include solar panels,
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Gilytics makes infrastructure planning easier
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Zurich - The start-up Gilytics has developed a software
solution that makes it easier to plan linear infrastructure
projects such as electricity power lines and railways. The
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Copenhagen builds parkipelago for residents and nature
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Copenhagen – Plans have been unveiled for a floating public
space in Copenhagen. The “parkipelago” will revitalise the old
harbour, grow endemic plants and trees, and provide
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Citizens debate the future of public transport in Zurich
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Zurich - Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich has received a multitude of
suggestions from the general public with regard to their future
strategy. The transport authority for the city of
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Building360.netzwerk sees crisis as opportunity
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Baden AG – The new platform for the Swiss construction sector,
building360.netzwerk, aims to be a type of think tank for
construction specialists that would like to
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Food systems can curb cities’ environmental impacts
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Princeton – A new study has analyzed the greenhouse gas
emissions, water use and land use of food systems in the United
States and India. Its findings
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London’s Natural History Museum protects urban nature
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London – The Natural History Museum is set to dedicate its
five-acre gardens to urban wildlife research, conservation and
awareness. The aim is to reengage people with
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First solar pavement installed on a driveway
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Budapest – The first solar pavement for use on a residential
driveway has been installed in Hungary. The system is made from
recycled PET plastic bottles.
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Netherlands aims to create the world’s smartest neighbourhood
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Helmond – There are plans to build an adaptive neighbourhood
in the Netherlands that will benefit both people and the planet.
The UNSense project could become an
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Reconfigurable roads could ease congestion in Lugano
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Lugano – There are plans to create a floating garden and
reconfigurable roads in Lugano that will increase links between the
city and the lake. The project
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Partnership advances innovation in construction
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Rotkreuz ZG/Dübendorf ZH – The Innovation Park Central
Switzerland and the research building NEST in Dübendorf are
entering a partnership. The aim is to develop, test and
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Denmark’s first wooden parking house takes shape
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Aarhus – Denmark’s first wooden parking house will help the
country to reach its goal to become climate neutral in 2050. The
parking house will be made
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