Energy-efficient building renovation: a Franco-German challenge
To achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the question of renovating buildings to be more energy-efficient is of crucial importance. More than ever before, it is…
Smart cities
Doughnut cities
There is no place in the world where all residents share the same level of prosperity, or where this prosperity has been achieved in a…
Arnhem, that’s smart!
The City of Arnhem has selected OpenRemote’s open-source IoT solution to automate and oversee a distributed energy system combining solar and wind power installations, electric…
A novel idea: integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic
In countries across Africa, the public health restrictions imposed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic have thrown many people out of work. Cities face the…
Design a doughnut-shaped city: a change-proof approach
How can cities become socially just and secure homes for people while respecting the health of the planet in a post-pandemic world? Is protecting the…
Inside the world’s first carbon neutral football club
Fully vegan and UN-approved, English club Forest Green Rovers has an encouragingly simple message for sports teams worldwide on lowering carbon emissions A novelty football song surfaces before…
EU way off the mark on energy savings goal, latest figures show
The EU’s statistical office, Eurostat, published new figures on energy consumption for 2018 this week (4 February). As expected, they weren’t good, with the EU as a…
Enlighten the Climate Law with energy efficiency first!
Europe must take the fastest and most cost-effective route towards a carbon-neutral EU, write Adrian Joyce and Julie Kjestrup. And that means starting where the…
A home that will keep you warm and cool the planet
A home that will keep you warm and cool the planet “… everything from mining the materials for the cement to chopping down the trees…
To achieve net-zero carbon cities and buildings we need systemic efficiency
Decarbonizing our cities and buildings is both necessary and very complex. Digitalization will be a key enabler of this transformation. It can be – and…
A new project promises to make sustainable living affordable
By living in cities we often have to choose between livability, sustainability and affordability. However, that is not the case in the new project presented by the…
Mexico City is proposing to build one of the world’s largest urban parks. Will it serve as a climate adaptation example for other cities?
An architect and officials are hoping that a huge park in Mexico City can restore the water systems of the region and serve as a…
Why are climate-conscious cities often the least affordable?
Cities can do a lot to stop climate change. They can fill their streets with electric buses, pass strict efficiency rules for its buildings, and…
Sustainable urban planning makes smarter cities
The world is moving away from traditional energy sources towards more efficient and smarter energy systems. The Smart City concept is not new anymore, and…
Intelligent building technologies are critical to a low-carbon future
Rapid urbanisation and climate change are intertwined, making decarbonisation of the built environment paramount to stabilising the future. The technologies that will deliver significant emissions…
Race to 100% Clean
U.S. states, municipalities, utilities, and corporations have made significant progress toward a fossil-free future by advancing energy efficiency and clean energy. In fact, 1 in 3…