Vienna named world’s most liveable city
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Vienna – The Austrian capital has been ranked the world’s
‘most liveable city’ by the Economist Intelligence Unit, unseating
seven-time winner Melbourne.
Vienna has taken...
Pinecones inspire innovative shading system
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Zurich – An ETH doctoral student at the Institute for Building
Materials has developed a shading system that adapts itself
independently over the course of the day,
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Switzerland to build China’s first zero-energy building
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Beijing – Swiss Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard signed a
declaration to build a zero-energy building in China during a
recent visit to the country. The project Swiss
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China invests in future-proof cities
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Beijing – Global real estate services firm JLL has published a
new report outlining how 12 mainland Chinese cities are actively
addressing issues such as pollution, liveability
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New standards needed in face of climate change
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Karlsruhe – The way towns and cities are built needs to be
adapted in response to climate change, the climate researcher
Stefan Emeis from the Karlsruhe Institute
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Cities challenge energy providers
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Washington D.C. – With the US government prioritizing coal and
nuclear energy and several powerful utilities companies still
opposing renewables, cities have taken up the fight for
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ETH researchers make architectural innovation
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Zurich – Researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology in
Zurich (ETH) have created the world’s first full-scale
architectural project using 3D sand printing for its
formwork.
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Building design must respond to climate change
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Lucerne – A study by the Lucerne University of Applied
Sciences and Art has shown that climate change means buildings in
Switzerland will require greater air conditioning
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UN Environment, Yale unveil eco-housing module
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New York – UN Environment and Yale University have unveiled a
new eco-housing module that demonstrates how to make modern living
decent, affordable and environmentally sustainable.
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Inner urban development is a challenge
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Zurich – The Government Council of the Canton of Zurich has
submitted the latest spatial planning report to the Cantonal
Council. It focuses on high-quality inner urban
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UN urbanization figures could be wrong
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Brussels – New research by the European Commission has found
that the widely accepted UN numbers on urban population growth are
wrong. This could have major implications
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Green spaces to cool cities down
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Zurich – The Future Cities Laboratory at the Singapore-ETH
Centre develops climate solutions for heat-afflicted cities.
Students from Zurich are contributing ideas to cool Singapore.
Their testing ground
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Unprecedented urbanization is transforming the world, says World Bank
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Washington – For the first time in history, more people live
in cities than in rural areas. Ninety per cent of this urban
expansion takes place in
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Hilti Foundation supports PhD on digital construction
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Buchs SG – The University of Liechtenstein, the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Research and Innovation
Centre for the Rhine Valley are investigating
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Melbourne uses AI to manage water supply network
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Melbourne – Australian public water utility Melbourne Water is
using artificial intelligence and machine learning to cut
electricity costs in its water treatment plants.
Melbourne...
Swiss association for regional planning prepare for the future
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Bern – The Swiss association for regional planning was founded
75 years ago. Changing tasks has now also led to a name change:
Espace Suisse.
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Billions at risk of extreme weather, food shortages by 2050
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Cape Town – Billions of people in thousands of cities around
the world will be at risk from climate-related heatwaves, drought,
flooding, food shortages, blackouts and social
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LafargeHolcim to build Switzerland’s highest building
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Zurich – The second Roche Tower in Basel will become
Switzerland’s highest building. LafargeHolcim is delivering special
concrete and tailor-made cements for construction of the 205-metre
high building.
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Green cities should, in fact, be green
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Washington, D.C. – Nature-based solutions such as China’s
‘sponge cities’ can help cities address major planning challenges,
including air and water pollution, water scarcity and extreme heat,
all
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African cities need better, smarter infrastructure
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Pretoria – To help achieve the sustainable urbanisation goals
of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, African urban leaders will have
to develop infrastructure that supports integrated, people-focused
cities.
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