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CA Immo concludes long-term lease agreement with DKB at Upbeat in Berlin’s Europacity district

Developed as a premium, innovative, green, healthy, safe office building with cutting edge levels of technological sophistication and sustainable operations CA Immo has signed a long-term lease agreement with Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) for 34,850 sqm of rental space in the landmark office development Upbeat in Berlin’s Europacity. Upbeat is being developed as a premium,…

Berlin, Green Building, sustainable architecture, Upbeat

North American organizations invest in healthier buildings

There’s been a priority focus on creating healthy workspaces — monitored social distancing, space utilization, PPE detection, people counting, etc. A recent survey among 400 organizations in the U.S. and Canada shows that building owners are focused on making buildings healthier and work environments safer. Not surprisingly, given the events of the last year, there’s…

Canadá, North American, smartbuilding, smartcity, sustainable architecture, sustainablecities, U.S.

Rohm completes construction a new environmentally friendly building

ROHM has recently held an opening ceremony announcing the completion of a new building at ROHM Apollo's Chikugo plant started in February 2019 to enhance the production capacity of SiC power devices. The new building is a state-of-the-art environmentally friendly factory that introduces a number of energy-saving technologies to its production facilities, with 100% of…

Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, ROHM, smartbuilding, smartbuildingmag, smartcity, sustainable architecture

Renewable cities heads startup of $20 million metro Vancouver zero emission innovation centre

The project is for identify, finance and scale up local climate solutions, such as building retrofits and electrification of transportation. Renewable Cities and Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue have been selected by the City of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver and Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) to support development of a low carbon…

FCM, Innovation, smartcity, sustainable architecture, sustainablecities, TAF, Vancouver

Saudi Arabia unveils THE LINE, a linear development of smart cities connected without cars

The communities themselves will be powered by artificial intelligence and will continuously learn in order to ‘make life easier’ for both residents and businesses Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for THE LINE, a 170 kilometer (106 mile) belt of communities connected without the need for cars or roads. described as ‘a revolution in urban living’,…

Mohammed bin Salman, NEOM, saudi arabia, smartcity, sustainable architecture, sustainablecities, technologies, THE LINE

India: CCEA approves 3 infra projects worth Rs 7,725 cr

The Industrial Corridor Programme aims to create greenfield industrial cities with sustainable plug-and-play, ICT-enabled utilities to facilitate manufacturing investments The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved three infrastructure proposals worth Rs 7,725 crore to support setting up greenfield industrial cities (GICs) with connectivity to major transportation corridors such as the eastern and western dedicated…

CCEA, india, Smart City Council, smartcity, sustainable architecture, sustainablecities

Victorian House Remodel Adds Charm And Mystery To The Build

Unlike a typical contemporary house, this place is not fully open and has a more complex design An old Victorian terraced house from London recently was recently refurbished and expanded and the project has some really inspiring features worth checking out. The house is situated in the Southern part of the city and the extension…

contemporary house, London, smartbuilding, smartcity, sustainable architecture

Nigeria: BUA, Chinese Firm Sign Pact to Build U.S.$1.05 Billion Cement Plants

Sinoma wont help BUA in its aspiration to be the best cement manufacturer in Africa. These three new plants are in addition to BUA Cement's already existing six mmtpa plants in Edo State, three mmtpa plants in Sokoto State and another three mmtpa BUA Cement plant in Adamawa - which will be inaugurated in second…

África, BUA Cement's, China, Nigeria, SINOMA, smartbuilding, smartcity, sustainable architecture

New building in Eschborn: GIZ campus gets the go-ahead

GIZ’s new building in Eschborn will meet the highest sustainability standards The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has given the go-ahead for a campus in Eschborn. On 3 December, Chair of the GIZ Management Board Tanja Gönner and Managing Director Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel signed the contract for the purchase of a new property in…

Eschborn, GIZ, PHOENIX, smartbuilding, smartcity, sustainable architecture, sustainablecities

A Carbon Tax for Climate Change Mitigation

A tax is effective because it makes it costlier to emit GHGs and provides incentives for energy users to shift to greener sources The problem In a recent article in the journal Foreign Affairs Nobel-laurate William Nordhaus argues that although there is broad recognition that climate change is the most important environmental challenge facing the…