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The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

Without serious consideration for Scope 3 emissions, we will be unable to reach global net zero goals and improve the quality of life of building occupants, says Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO of Global Network for Zero.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.

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UAE to retrofit government buildings with energy efficiency tech

Climate action19 Nov 2024

Siemens will deploy technology to upgrade HVAC systems, integrate movement and lighting sensors, and install building systems to centralise energy management.

Cop29: ClimateView launches open source climate action tool

Climate action15 Nov 2024

Transition Element Framework is an open-source tool for cities and nations to create actionable, measurable climate plans and KPIs that align with global standards.

Seattle provides grants for retrofits and digital equity

Climate action24 Oct 2024

Awards of $3.5m will help install decarbonising retrofits in buildings while applications are open for Technology Matching Fund Grants, aimed at digital equity.

Smart Cities and Communities Survey 2024: let us know your priorities

News09 Oct 2024

SmartCitiesWorld is partnering with Honeywell for our latest smart city survey which aims to find answers to some of the critical challenges faced by cities today.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Smart Cities Reports30 Sep 2024

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – San Diego

Smart Cities Reports18 Sep 2024

Delve into the latest City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld, focusing on how the City of San Diego is innovating through policy and technology to best serve its communities.

US utility announces investment in latest climate tech cohort

Climate action03 Sep 2024

The companies are leading the way with products, services and technologies that are focused on reversing or mitigating the damage done by climate change.

Lake Ontario cooling system expanded to serve more buildings

Water30 Aug 2024

Enwave claims the expansion has effectively increased its cooling capacity by 60 per cent, with the capability of providing service to an additional 40 buildings.

Biden administration awards $12.62m for clean energy projects

Climate action29 Aug 2024

The programme will distribute $12.62m to 32 local governments, two states, and one Tribe to improve energy efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Reimagining the built environment

Commercial buildings05 Jul 2024

CIBSE and Arup have collaborated on the Building Performance Reimagined project to transform the landscape of building engineering and sustainability.

Report identifies how to abate building emissions by 80%

Climate action28 Jun 2024

The World Economic Forum report provides a roadmap for transforming the global building sector as well as unlock $1.8 trillion in global market opportunities.

Honeywell solution controls energy usage at the plug level

Commercial buildings25 Jun 2024

Connected Power enables building managers across North America to autonomously power down unused outlets based on space usage schedules or occupancy data.

Department of Energy defines a zero emissions building

Climate action11 Jun 2024

Definition provides guidance to support new and existing commercial and residential buildings to move towards zero emissions across the entire sector.

Industry bodies expand digital twin partnership

Digital twins07 Jun 2024

The Smart Cities Council and Digital Twin Consortium want to accelerate the adoption of digital twins in smart cities and buildings and other vertical sectors.

London university reduces carbon emissions by 10 per cent

Climate action23 May 2024

Savings were achieved in the first stage of its net-zero strategy, which included installation of LED lighting in all buildings and upgrades to building systems.

More than £3m awarded to improve UK heat networks

Climate action15 May 2024

The fifth round of funding through the Government’s Heat Network Efficiency Scheme will support 33 heat networks across public and private sector organisations.

Why we must follow through on DoE decarbonisation blueprint

Climate action09 May 2024

Mahesh Ramanujam of the Global Network for Zero urges the public and private sectors to work together to accelerate decarbonisation of the built environment.

Smart building deployments to grow by 95 per cent by 2026

Internet of Things09 May 2024

Report from Juniper urges service providers to implement AI at the core of portfolios due to its ability to detect operative anomalies through data analytics.

New municipal buildings in Charlotte to be powered by electricity

Municipal buildings29 Apr 2024

It follows the latest round of updates on Charlotte’s Sustainable Facilities Policy, which is a cornerstone of the US city’s Strategic Energy Action Plan.

Virgin Mobile Saudi and Hitek partner to develop smart cities

4G and 5G23 Apr 2024

The companies will initially focus on smart buildings and develop an advanced intelligence and analytics platform, connecting people, assets and spaces.

LoRa Alliance releases formal roadmap for LoRaWan standard

Internet of Things16 Apr 2024

The roadmap outlines significant enhancements to broaden market reach and simplify deployments, including improved connectivity in challenging environments.

Nantes unveils prefabricated timber school building

Municipal buildings11 Apr 2024

City of Nantes faced an urgent need for sustainably built schools so Stora Enso’s prefabricated applications coated with hydrophobic protection met its needs.

Can generative AI help buildings run more efficiently?

AI and Machine Learning26 Mar 2024

Aria from BrainBox AI claims to assimilate seamlessly into day-to-day building management processes to deliver insight to building and facility managers.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment

Climate action26 Mar 2024

The SmartCitiesWorld Summit, which takes place 26-27 June, will act as a call to action for cities to make the transformation of the built environment a central part of their climate action strategies.

How three cities are building sustainability and resilience

Editor's Blog15 Mar 2024

London, Toronto and Vancouver are implementing strategies to make their built environment and critical infrastructure more sustainable and resilient.

Could AI half annual carbon footprint of built environment?

AI and Machine Learning13 Mar 2024

Report by global proptech venture capital firm Pi Labs provides analysis of the potential for AI to decarbonise the built environment using just four use cases.

Toronto enables building owners to report energy and water use

Climate action12 Mar 2024

Reporting and benchmarking will support owners of large buildings in their efforts to improve environmental performance, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Decarbonising the built environment

Editor's Blog08 Mar 2024

The push towards greater carbon transparency and enhancing emissions reporting underscores the collective commitment to sustainability in the built environment.

Call for “carbon transparency” at first UN buildings summit

Commercial buildings07 Mar 2024

Arup and the WBCSD warn that without understanding where carbon comes from, it will be impossible to make the scale of cuts needed to meet the Paris Agreement.

UK Green Building Council issues Scope 3 emissions guidance

Commercial buildings06 Mar 2024

Built environment professionals are urged to include embodied carbon assessments within Scope 3 reporting for more accurate representation of carbon footprints.

SSE supports school trust to slash emissions by 90 per cent

Batteries and renewables29 Feb 2024

Funded through UK Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, the £14.3m project will overhaul heating systems across buildings in South London and Kent.

Taking a whole-of-building approach to energy optimisation

Commercial buildings15 Feb 2024

ST Engineering claims its integrated, AI-powered platform can deliver total energy savings of up to 25 per cent to accelerate building decarbonisation.

Digital twin platform launched for US public sector

Digital twins09 Feb 2024

Arcadus is the first value-added reseller of Matterport’s federally-compliant digital twin platform that aims to drive progress across the US public sector.

Cardiff approves retrofit in bid to become carbon-neutral

Municipal buildings29 Jan 2024

Re:Fit programme will save energy and continue progress towards the Welsh capital’s One Planet Cardiff programme, launched to tackle the climate emergency.

Automated buildings control platform builds in cybersecurity

Commercial buildings25 Jan 2024

Honeywell’s Advanced Control for Buildings platform also claims to deliver faster network speeds that, “in an industry first”, makes use of existing wiring.

London properties most vulnerable to impact of heat revealed

Climate action24 Jan 2024

Arup has mapped London’s heat risk across homes, neighbourhoods and essential properties in the wake of climate change, informing the city’s resilience plans.

Innovation pilot to be tested on Tallinn government building

Municipal buildings15 Jan 2024

The City is trialling technology from one of the Tallinnovation 2023 winners to make future building renovations more environmentally sustainable and efficient.

SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2023

News31 Dec 2023

Which cities, trends and technologies made the smart cities headlines over the past 12 months? SmartCitiesWorld brings you its 10 top stories of 2023.

London heat network to create decarbonisation blueprint

Climate action20 Dec 2023

Heatropolis heat network in King’s Cross, one of London’s most high-profile regeneration zones, is set to play a key role in decarbonising heat across the UK

Canadian cities advance emissions-neutral buildings

Climate action15 Dec 2023

Calgary and Edmonton are working with environmental charity Ecotrust to support information-sharing on reducing emissions in the built environment sector.

Cop28: US departments team to decarbonise building sector

Climate action08 Dec 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Energy will work together on domestic efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the building sector.

Why we need a common framework for net zero buildings

Climate action28 Nov 2023

World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Arup are calling for an internationally agreed definition for net zero buildings in a new report.

C40 Cities’ roadmap aims to decarbonise built environment

Climate action21 Nov 2023

The two-year Visible initiative will support city leaders in London, Madrid and Oslo to pilot equitable and viable construction and renovation models.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

Smart Cities Reports16 Nov 2023

Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.

University of Tokyo collaborates on smart building programme

Commercial buildings26 Oct 2023

It is working with the private sector to launch the Smart Building System Research Initiative to accelerate the role of building systems in the green transition.

Barcelona school climate control plan launched

Climate action26 Sep 2023

The Barcelona school climate control plan aims to mitigate the effects of climate change and help to decarbonise school buildings and premises in the city.

New York State clean concrete mandate for agencies

Climate action20 Sep 2023

Clean concrete mandate establishes emissions limits on concrete used in state-funded public building and transportation projects and supports climate action.

NYC launches major plan to cut building emissions

Climate action14 Sep 2023

The new strategy delivers on goals outlined in PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, New York City’s long-term strategic climate plan released in April.

Vancouver paves the way for near zero-emission buildings

Climate action12 Sep 2023

Canada’s first ever zero-carbon firehall showcases a design approach that is better for people and the planet and was constructed to a zero emissions standard.

City of London calls for investment to plug green skills gap

People and skills10 Aug 2023

City of London Corporation report highlights need for a skilled and diverse workforce capable of constructing, retrofitting, and managing sustainable buildings.

Boston mayor rules against fossil fuel in new buildings

Climate action01 Aug 2023

Executive order signed by Michelle Wu, which aligns with the New Green New Deal for Boston, also applies to major renovations of existing City-owned buildings.

Manchester City Council on track to meet solar targets

Solar power28 Jul 2023

The council aims to have almost 10,000 solar panels on its buildings across the city by the end of 2023, supporting its Climate Change Action Plan 2020-25.

Major step in City of London’s geothermal heating system

Batteries and renewables14 Jul 2023

The Salisbury Square civic development in the Square Mile will be supported by a standalone closed loop cooling and heating solution, removing the need for gas.

Digital twin pilot project to monitor building performance

Digital twins22 Jun 2023

Digital twin versions of three buildings at Scotland’s University of Glasgow will assess how compliance models can be used to improve building performance.

New Indonesian capital implements digital twin platform

Digital twins13 Jun 2023

The digital twin from E8ight will support smart city services and simulations for the relocation of Indonesian capital city from Jakarta to Nusantara.

Seattle aims to reduce building emissions by 27 per cent

Climate action12 Jun 2023

It is introducing the Building Emissions Performance Standard Policy to existing non-residential and multifamily buildings greater than 20,000 square feet.

City of Flagstaff plans critical infrastructure upgrades

Climate action07 Jun 2023

Project will provide $6.1m in savings to the Arizona city and enable infrastructure upgrades while accelerating progress on Flagstaff’s Climate Neutrality Plan.

3D printing used to build school in Ukrainian city of Lviv

Municipal buildings24 May 2023

Project partners want to provide a fast response to the issue of insufficient educational infrastructure after more than 2,000 schools were damaged in the war.

Kansas City wins gold in LEED for Cities rating

Climate action16 May 2023

Kansas City is part of a global network of nearly 130 local governments using the framework to track progress of sustainability, net-zero and equity objectives.

Toronto announces buildings chosen for retrofit challenge

Commercial buildings04 May 2023

Eight buildings will participate in a competition-style challenge with grants of up to $500,000 awarded to support the deeper-than-planned energy retrofits.

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