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Carbon concrete from Zurich wins innovation award

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Winterthur – Researchers at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences have been awarded a German industry Innovation Award for developing ultra-thin concrete slabs with carbon. The slabs...

New global standard for measuring urban emissions

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Bonn – The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy has launched a new standard for reporting cities’ greenhouse gas emissions. It could open up more...

Bill Gates plans to build smart city in Arizona desert

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Boston – One of Bill Gates’ investment firms has purchased land in the Arizona desert to build a city of 80,000 homes. A flexible infrastructure model will...

Zurich is #2 in world for sustainable transport

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Amsterdam – The city of Zurich is second only to Hong Kong when it comes to sustainable transport, according to a report from the consulting firm Arcadis....

Cities can cut greenhouse gas emissions beyond their urban borders

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Potsdam – Cities can slash their greenhouse gas emissions far beyond their urban borders by taking measures to reduce their housing and transport emissions, according to a...

New concrete façade generates green energy

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Zurich – The cement giant LafargeHolcim teamed up with the thin-solar film company Heliatek to develop an energy-generating concrete façade that is capable of producing double the...

Finance innovation lab to unlock climate finance for cities

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Zurich – The first finance innovation lab for accelerating climate action in European cities has been launched. Its goal is to help cities develop novel instruments to...

Saudi Arabia plans to build green megacity

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Riyadh – Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to build a $500 billion metropolis in the desert. Powered entirely by green energy, the development is part of the...

Energy-efficient construction key to fighting climate change

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Cambridge – American cities should lower urban emissions by focusing on residential energy use. The key to this is better building practices, not greater housing density, a...

Zurich’s central university district moves closer

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Zurich – The development of Zurich’s central university district is one step closer to becoming reality. Area planning is now largely complete, and a new study shows...

Turning excavated materials into building materials

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Zurich – Researchers in Zurich are making the case for using earth as a building material. And not just any earth, but specifically material excavated from construction...

Mayors of 12 major cities commit to green transit

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Paris – The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland, and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission...

Google to give Toronto a makeover

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Toronto – Sidewalk Labs will redevelop part of Toronto’s vacant waterfront into the world’s first ‘internet city’. The project ticks off all the boxes related to sustainability...

Cities keep people healthier

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London – A new report has found that inner city living is healthier than suburban living. It might even make us happier, too.

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Swiss team wins Solar Decathlon competition

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Lausanne – The Swiss team has won the prestigious Solar Decathlon 2017 competition with their solar community house, the NeighborHub. The team came in first place in...

Innovative concrete roof celebrates its Zurich premiere

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Zurich – An innovative construction technique passed its first field test. Developed by ETH Zurich researchers, the lightweight, flexible formwork demonstrates how complex concrete structures can be created...

Building sector has unused energy savings potential, says IEA

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Paris – While energy efficiency in buildings continues to improve worldwide, the building sector has not yet made full use of its energy efficiency potential. This is...

Bloomberg’s new European HQ is world’s most sustainable office building

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London – Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in London achieved a score of 98.5 per cent in the BREEAM sustainability rating, the highest design-stage score ever achieved by...

Virtual cities can help solve urbanization challenges

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Singapore – Virtual cities can help city officials and urban planners predict patterns and forecast the future. These insights can then be used to manage real world...

Portuguese cities link state funding to ecological footprint

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Oakland – Six cities in Portugal have signed on to a novel ecological footprint project in which state budget allocations will be based on the size of...