The Circle receives Minergie certification
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Kloten ZH – The new services centre at Zurich Airport – The
Circle – has now received Minergie certification, the Swiss
sustainability construction standard for new and
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Tapping into innovative urban financing
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Cologny - Sustainable urbanization comes with a high price
tag. Fortunately for urban leaders, there is a wide spectrum of
financing on offer. They just have to
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“China wants to redefine globalization”
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Beijing – China intends to position itself globally with the
Belt and Road Initiative, future researchers John and Doris
Naisbitt outline in an interview. Change is also
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Urban leaders gather in Nairobi for first ever Cities Summit
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Nairobi – Mayors, ministers, private sector leaders and civil
society representatives came together at the first Cities Summit
during the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi. It focused
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Taller buildings need far more energy than lower ones
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Toronto – New research shows that the higher a building, the
more energy it requires for cooling, lighting, water and other
systems. The findings could have a
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Zurich scores for quality of living
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Zurich – The quality of living in Zurich is the second highest
in the world, a survey from consulting firm Mercer has found. With
Basel and Geneva,
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3D printing can transform how we live in cities
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Barcelona - Greater use of 3D printing in cities has the
potential to drive innovation and sustainability by putting
manufacturing back in the hands of communities, reducing
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Food waste campaigns have only limited impact
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Food waste-reduction campaigns need to be combined with other
environmental changes if they are to have a real and lasting
impact.
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New project aims to turn buildings into energy producers
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Lausanne – Be-Smart, an EU research project, aims to make it
easier and less expensive to integrate photovoltaic systems into
buildings. The project is being coordinated by
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Qatar builds low-carbon urban district
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Doha - A new urban district in Doha aims to bring new life to
the old commercial district in Qatar’s capital — all the while
adhering to
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House of the future opens its doors
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Dübendorf ZH – The DFAB HOUSE has officially opened in
Dübendorf. It is the world’s first inhabited house that was not
only digitally planned but also built
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BMW and Daimler invest in urban mobility
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BMW and Daimler have joined forces to transform the urban
mobility services market. The two German automakers are investing
more than €1 billion in five joint ventures.
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China's tech cities are growing fast
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London – Five mainland Chinese cities made the Savills Tech
Cities ranking for the first time. They now account for a higher
share of venture capital investment
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Consulting with urban residents is a growing trend
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Barcelona – More and more cities are turning to their
residents for input on government plans. New digital tools are
playing a role in facilitating this.
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India seeks green solutions for affordable housing
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New Delhi – The government of India has launched the Global
Housing Technology Challenge in an effort to fast track the
construction of green affordable housing.
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Megacities on the rise in Asia and Africa
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Cologny - The UN predicts that 10 more cities will have
populations of over 10 million people by 2030. All but one of them
are located in
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Cities need to grow up, not out, to avoid urban crises
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Washington, D.C. – With rising urbanization, urban land area
is expected to increase to 80 per cent globally between 2018 and
2030. But if cities spread outward
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Lenzburg to get most swiftly constructed wooden house
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Lenzburg AG – A sustainable apartment building is to be built
in Lenzburg out of wood in the space of just five months. This has
been made
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Asia Pacific dominates dynamic cities index
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Mumbai - Asia Pacific is home to 19 of the 20 most dynamic
cities in the world, according to JLL’s sixth City Momentum Index
(CMI). The index
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EPFL researchers develop urban planning software
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Lausanne – Two researchers at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a software that helps urban
planners design cities. After entering in just a
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