EPFL and uHoo seeking to improve environmental quality of inside spaces
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Lausanne/Singapore - The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Lausanne (EPFL) is working on the development of improved standards
for Indoor Environmental Quality as part of an EU
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Chicago proposes municipally owned grocery store
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Chicago - The city of Chicago in the United States plans to
open a municipally owned grocery store. The concept is part of
Chicago Major Brandon Johnson’s
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Zurich developing relatively quickly into circular city
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Zug/New York - The Circular Cities Barometer published by
Holcim and Bloomberg Media shows that Zurich is among the cities
most rapidly embracing the shift towards circular
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Orange creates smart city platform for Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh - Orange Business has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia’s
King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) to design a smart city
platform. The platform will integrate existing
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Halter companies plan stronger group representation
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Schlieren - The Halter Group companies plan to act together
more closely. On 1 January, Maik Neuhaus will become CEO of Halter
AG, taking over from Markus
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Alstom connects Indian smart cities
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New Delhi - Alstom has delivered the first trainset for the
Bhopal-Indore metro rail project. The metro link is designed to
promote economic activity and modernize the
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Dublin launches augmented reality city map
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Dublin - Dublin City Council has launched Ireland’s first
augmented reality map. DicovAR Dublin uses Google Maps technology
to form an interactive 3D city map that users
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Extreme heat is the worst climate hazard for cities
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London - Extreme heat is the worst climate hazard facing the
world’s cities, according to the environmental disclosure
non-profit organization CDP. July 2023 was the hottest month
recorded
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Oman creates new smart city
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Muscat - Oman has unveiled plans for its first-ever smart city
near the capital city of Muscat. The new smart city will host a
population of 100,000
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Seattle announces electric truck pilot
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Seattle - The City of Seattle in the United States is
launching a pilot programme to incentivize the electrification of
heavy duty lorries. Drivers can apply for
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Study reveals most extreme urban heat islands
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London - A new international survey has found that Madrid has
the most severe urban heat island hot spot, followed by Mumbai. The
Urban Heat Snapshot conducted
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India's traditional architecture can cool cities
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Chennai - Traditional Indian architecture can help cities
adapt to climate change, says the World Economic Forum. Vernacular
buildings are cooler, more climate-resilient and more sustainable
than modern
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Bonn launches 5G teleoperated shuttle service
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Bonn - Deutsche Telekom AG and Mira GmbH have jointly launched
a pilot project for teleoperated driving in Bonn. The shuttle
service uses Telekom’s 5G network. It
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Dubai launches AI-powered pedestrian crossings
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Dubai - As part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, Dubai has
launched 14 smart pedestrian crossings. Dubai’s system is powered
by an artificial intelligence (AI)
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ZHAW hosts conference on vegetation systems in sponge cities
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Wädenswil ZH/Winterthur - Zurich University of Applied
Sciences (ZHAW) is hosting a symposium entitled Vegetation Systems
in the Sponge City. It is designed for professionals involved in
measures
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Boston bans fossil fuels in new buildings
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Boston - The City of Boston in the United States has signed an
executive order eliminating fossil fuels from new city-owned
buildings. Mayor Michelle Wu’s ruling also
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Seoul becomes robot-friendly city
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Seoul - Seoul could become the world’s most innovative
robotics city. With the Seoul Comprehensive Robotics Industry
Development Plan, the Seoul Metropolitan Government aims to develop
a robotics
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UK government prioritises urban home building
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London - The UK government has committed to building one
million homes over this Parliament, or by December 2024. The focus
is on inner-city areas. There are
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Researchers develop model to prevent heat islands in urban environments
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Lucerne - Researchers from the Lucerne University of Applied
Sciences and Arts have developed a tool to calculate the
microclimate of an urban area in a matter
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London completes geothermal borehole in the financial district
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London - The City of London is installing a ground source heat
pump system. The construction firm Mace has now completed the first
borehole, which will power
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