New business association to connect smart city stakeholders
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Zurich – SmartCityAlliance wants to connect smart city
stakeholders, such as companies, universities and foundations, with
government authorities and property managers. Its motto is that it
takes a
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Cities remain unprepared for climate risks
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London – Two thirds of cities around the world are already
noticing the damaging effects of climate change, but less than half
have developed long-term plans to
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Innovative brick facade does away with insulation layer
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Lucerne/Pfungen ZH – Researchers at the Lucerne University of
Arts and Sciences and brick manufacturer Keller AG Ziegeleien have
developed a brick facade that insulates a building
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Asian cities top green commuter index
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London – Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore are the greenest
commuter cities in the world, according to data insight company
Kantar. Commuters in those three cities tend to
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Reducing emissions through efficient materials and construction
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New York – The construction industry could slash emissions
generated from buildings and infrastructure by implementing
efficient material design and improving building use, finds a new
report.
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Cities need to cool down
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Nairobi – The BreatheLife Network promotes measures to cool
cities. This initiative is now showcasing numerous examples of
cities that are fighting climate change by cooling down.
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Different types of smart cities need different strategies
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State College, PA – Researchers at Pennsylvania State
University have identified four different types of smart cities.
Their findings could help city planners to develop more effective
urban
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Finance alliance renews commitment to urban climate action
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New York – The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance has
renewed its commitment to deploy finance for city-level climate
action ‘at scale’ by 2030. The Alliance was
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Finanzallianz erneuert Bekenntnis zum urbanen Klimaschutz
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New York - Die Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance hat
ihre Bereitschaft erneuert, Finanzierungen in ausreichendem
Massstab für urbane Klimaschutzmassnahmen bereitzustellen. Die
Allianz war kürzlich beim Klimagipfel der
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Swatch inaugurates new timber headquarters
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Biel BE – Trendy watch manufacturer Swatch has opened its new
headquarters in Biel, Switzerland. Designed by Japanese star
architect Shigeru Ban, the timber structure is both
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Investing in zero-carbon cities is good for the climate and the economy
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New York – Implementing low-carbon measures in cities could
reduce urban emissions by nearly 90%, support 87 million jobs
annually by 2030 and unlock nearly $24 trillion
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Zurich wins European prize for sustainable construction
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Stavanger – The European urban network Procura+ has given the
city of Zurich its Procura+ Award for its use of recycled concrete
and asphalt.
The...
Emissions-free cement production soon a reality
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Boston – MIT researchers have discovered a way to eliminate
carbon emissions from cement production, a major source of
greenhouse gas emissions.
Cement, the world’s...
Construction wood that bends itself
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Zurich/Dübendorf ZH – Researchers have developed a new
technique that allows wooden panels to bend into a pre-set shape
without the use of external mechanical force. This
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Experts call for climate protection through sustainable construction
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Graz – Participants at a conference on sustainable
construction in German-speaking countries are calling for specific
targets and planning objectives to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
With their Graz
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Micromobility has massive potential in cities worldwide
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Kirkland, WA – Shared bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters have the
potential to replace over half of short-distance car trips in
cities around the world, a new study
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World Urban Forum to be held in Arab city for first time
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Abu Dhabi – The tenth World Urban Forum will be held in Abu
Dhabi in February 2020. Urban stakeholders from the Arab region
will be highlighted at
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Plants help combat urban heat islands
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Zurich – Green spaces can help lower temperatures in urban
zones. Researchers at ETH Zurich studied which factors best reduce
the differences between cities and their surrounding
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Denser doesn’t mean greener when it comes to urban air pollution
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London – New research from the London School of Economics
finds that denser cities are more likely to have higher levels of
harmful air pollution. Urban planners
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