Low-carbon cities promise cleaner air, more jobs and less inequality
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Leeds – A new report from the Coalition for Urban Transitions
shows major benefits for governments that direct city
infrastructure investments into sustainable projects.
The paper...
Netherlands to build world’s first habitable 3D printed houses
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Eindhoven – The world’s first habitable 3D printed concrete
houses are to be built in the Netherlands this year. Known as
Project Milestone, the development in Eindhoven
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SIA architects present the art of building
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Zurich – The Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA)
will host the SIA Days on the second and third weekends in June.
Visitors can take part
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ETH architects win Golden Lion for Switzerland
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Venice – The Swiss Pavilion at the 16th International
Architecture Biennale in Venice, which was designed by a team of
young ETH architects, has won the Golden
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Sustainable cities are about equity, too
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New York – Sustainable urban strategies that focus on
providing new green spaces often do so at the expense of social
justice. The “just green enough” model
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Electric mini cars to take to the streets of Biel
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Biel – The startup ENUU will launch a new car sharing
initiative in Biel in July featuring mini electric vehicles that
are allowed even on bike paths.
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Urban growth to concentrate in just a few countries
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New York – Two out of every three people are likely to be
living in cities by 2050, according to a new UN report. India,
China and
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Geneva aims to be a leader in autonomous buses
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Geneva – Self-driving buses will be tested in major urban
areas as part of the EU project AVENUE. Led by the University of
Geneva, the project will
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Foster + Partners unveils masterplan for sustainable Indian state capital
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Amaravati – British architecture firm Foster + Partners has
unveiled its masterplan for the new state capital of the Indian
State of Andhra Pradesh. The sustainable city
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More planners needed to manage rapid urbanization
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London – Commonwealth countries need to do more to build
capacity among planners, architects and engineers if they are to
successfully tackle rapid urbanization. This was one
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Reykjavik is the greenest city in the world
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Amsterdam – Dutch online travel agency TravelBird has compiled
its rankings for the world’s greenest cities. Reykjavik has come
out top. With Bern and Zurich, the ranking
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Test planning is key to spatial planning
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Zurich – Test planning can contribute to higher quality in
spatial planning. The Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects has
now developed corresponding guidelines, which will be
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Volkswagen tests new transportation concept
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Wolfsburg – Automotive manufacturer Volkswagen has started
testing a new transportation concept through its subsidiary in
Hanover, Moia. The specially developed electric vehicles operate
somewhere between public transport
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Presidents inaugurate NeighborHub solar house
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Freiburg – A team from Switzerland won a competition in the
USA last autumn with their Swiss solar house, Neighborhub. The
building in Fribourg has now been
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Urban energy systems require holistic planning
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Lausanne – Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne have developed a model for designing urban energy systems
that analyzes buildings not as standalone structures but
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Cities need more data to act on climate change
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Washington, DC – A lack of data on emission amounts or sources
are preventing cities from taking effective action on climate
change. This is particularly the case
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Trump administration gives transport funding to rural areas, not cities
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Washington, D.C. – The Trump administration has prioritized
rural areas over cities in the latest round of grants awarded under
the $500 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic
Recovery
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Istanbul airport uses Zurich rapid-hardening concrete
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Zurich – Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is
renovating its runway with an innovative concrete from Zurich
startup Concretum. It hardens to full strength in just one
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SIMSystem can improve transport mobility
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Geneva – A seamless integrated mobility system, or SIMSystem,
can improve transport mobility by connecting and integrating
different modes of transport with digital platforms to improve
efficiency across
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3D printing could solve global housing crisis
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Washington, D.C. – Cities around the world are turning to 3D
printing to help them build sustainable futures. The technology is
affordable, fast, easy to replicate and
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