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How to Adapt Cities to Extreme Heat

April 19, 2024

Via: ArchDaily

In June 2023, the planet experienced its hottest month on record. In Iran, the heat index reached a staggering 66.7 degrees Celsius, pushing the boundaries of human endurance. This alarming trend is not an anomaly. It is a stark reminder […]


Construction Techniques

How to Replace Air Conditioning? Passive Strategies for Addressing Global Warming

April 4, 2024

Via: ArchDaily

Between now and 2050, worldwide installation of cooling appliances, like air conditioning, is projected to triple, resulting in a twofold increase in energy consumption. This reliance on such devices, often seen as exacerbating global warming, poses a paradox: how can […]


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Global Cement and Concrete Association Launches Second Open Innovation Challenge

April 4, 2023

Via: ENR

In its drive to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of concrete, the five-year-old Global Cement and Concrete Association has issued its second Open Innovation Challenge, which matches start-up companies with cement and concrete producers to develop technologies and processes to […]


Construction Processes, Design, News, Sustainability

Injecting embodied carbon capability into the integrated design and construction process

May 26, 2021

Via: Building Design + Construction

Our clients are increasingly asking us how they can construct a carbon-neutral facility and accounting for the embodied carbon of construction must be part of the equation for any carbon-neutral project. Embodied carbon is defined as the carbon footprint of […]