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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.

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Smart energy trial aims to save UK households £100,000 in bills

Residential buildings04 Nov 2024

The trial by smart energy company Ivie enables homes with low-carbon tech to test a subscription-style, flat-rate tariff that is not dependent on usage.

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.

Public space aims to bring New Yorkers back to water’s edge

Planning and redevelopment24 Oct 2024

Malt Drive Park is an expansive development along Newtown Creek waterfront in Queens and has been designed with sculpted topography to mitigate flood risk.

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.

Manchester’s 1.7bn innovation district opens its doors

Planning and redevelopment03 Oct 2024

The project sees the transformation of University of Manchester’s North campus into a district to advance innovation across sectors, including digital tech.

US launches playbook to protect households from extreme heat

Climate action30 Sep 2024

US Department of Housing and Urban Development aims to provide best practices for mitigation, building community resilience and lowering cooling costs.

Edinburgh releases vision for new coastal neighbourhood

Planning and redevelopment04 Sep 2024

Draft plan for the environmentally friendly, coastal development in Seafield aims to help address the housing emergency that exists in the Scottish capital.

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.

$240m grants to support adoption of climate-friendly building codes

Climate action02 Sep 2024

Investing in America Agenda will raise the bar for energy efficiency in buildings across the country, lowering energy costs and combatting 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.

Denver completes first full-electrification housing project

Climate action27 Aug 2024

Denver Housing Authority’s $661k project aligns with the US city’s climate action goals with houses making use of energy-efficient heat pump technologies.

New federal programme funds 3,700 new San Francisco homes

Residential buildings22 Jul 2024

San Francisco will tap into ’Faircloth to RAD’ funding programme to accelerate the delivery of new homes as part of its goal to meet state housing mandate.

Finalists chosen for New York State eco proptech competition

Residential buildings18 Jul 2024

Finalists will partner with leading real estate companies to advance their low-carbon solutions for heating tall buildings.

Community solar initiative launched in New York City

Solar power10 Jul 2024

The solar campaign has begun enrolling 1,700 units to an estimated 5,000 residents from seven properties across The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan.

Boston launches new planning department to ensure resilience and equity

Planning and redevelopment03 Jul 2024

The establishment of the new department is a major piece of mayor Wu’s vision to transform planning and development and create a green and growing city.

Siemensstadt Square: blueprint for the city of the future?

Digital twins27 Jun 2024

Combining the real and the digital worlds, technology from Siemens Xcelerator portfolio will form the backbone of the new neighbourhood in Berlin Spandau.

LoRaWan implemented across new homes in Swedish cities

Internet of Things18 Jun 2024

Netmore’s LoRaWan IoT connectivity will be added to 27,000 apartments across Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg to improve energy efficiency and operations.

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.

California forms alliance to drive heat pump adoption

Batteries and renewables06 Jun 2024

Heat pump partnership brings together state agencies, manufacturers, utilities, and other market actors to support the state’s heat pump and climate targets.

NYC launches ‘Green Fast Track’ to speed housing development

Residential buildings04 Jun 2024

Streamlined environmental review process will reduce timetable by up to two years, and slash around $100,000 in costs per project for housing proposals.

Denver breaks ground on all-electric, affordable housing project

Residential buildings31 May 2024

The building utilises a $100,000 grant from Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency to facilitate all-electric design and heat pumps.

Miami development recognised for work-from-home capabilities

Planning and redevelopment24 May 2024

The transit-oriented development aims to set the standard for technological advancement in high-rise living as the most connected building in Florida.

Sacramento plan to transit buildings to electric appliances

Climate action21 May 2024

Development of the City’s strategy involved community engagement to establish equity and effectiveness criteria, which guided formulation of core policies.

Mitsubishi joins Berlin airport smart city project

Planning and redevelopment21 May 2024

Berlin TXL project was launched in 2021 to create a smart city on the five-square-kilometre site of the former Berlin Tegel Airport, which closed in 2020.

Arup calls on cities to ensure social equity in retrofit programmes

Climate action20 May 2024

Its latest report advocates a place-based approach to meet net zero targets, but also to deliver safer, healthier and sustainable outcomes for communities.

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.

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.

Unlocking private investment for greener neighbourhoods

Climate action21 Mar 2024

The UK’s Net Zero Investment Taskforce says to retrofit homes we must also try to retrofit a financial system to a purpose for which it was not created.

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.

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.

Vancouver and Vienna partner on sustainable affordable homes

Residential buildings16 Feb 2024

Vienna House will be built with sustainable building components and will use a digital twin to test and optimise components and systems such as passive airflow.

Boston public housing development chosen for geothermal pilot

Batteries and renewables29 Jan 2024

New system will replace existing gas distribution service with an electric heat system, supporting the City’s goal to decarbonise public housing by 2030.

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.

Bristol unveils plans for sustainable affordable housing

Residential buildings11 Jan 2024

Working with Edaroth, the council is creating the homes based on a new model created under the city’s involvement in the UN Climate Smart Cities challenge.

Neom announces active lifestyle community development

Residential buildings02 Jan 2024

Located on the Gulf of Aqaba’s coastline, Norlana will make use of advanced technology and aims to set a new standard for sustainable and modern living.

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.

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.

Developer unveils plans to create £5bn UK climate tech hub

Planning and redevelopment02 Nov 2023

The Earls Court Development Company plans to create a commercial space for the UK’s clean and climate technology sector on a cleared site in West London.

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.

New York City launches smart city accelerator programme

News13 Oct 2023

New York smart city accelerator programme will enable agencies, private companies and academia to test and evaluate eight pilot technology projects per year.

Carbon credit scheme aims to retrofit British homes for free

Residential buildings15 Sep 2023

Houses will be retrofitted with equipment like heat pumps, financed by corporate buyers looking to fund local projects which deliver benefits in their areas.

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.

How Bronx cooperative is cutting emissions and generating free electricity

Climate action26 Jul 2023

Enviro Power’s SmartWatt boiler is an energy-saving, emission-reducing, drop-in replacement for the hot water portion of conventional heating systems.

Vancouver launches rental retrofit accelerator programme

Residential buildings10 Jul 2023

The Candian city aims to future-proof existing rental buildings, making them more resilient to the impacts of climate change as well as more energy-efficienct.

How to reduce built environment emissions with existing tech

Commercial buildings13 Jun 2023

A report by the consultancy McKinsey identifies the top decarbonisation levers that it reckons can help reduce built environment emissions by half by 2030.

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.

Construction underway on Manchester mobility hub

Transport hubs12 Jun 2023

Work has started on site to build what is claimed to be the UK’s first mobility hub in Manchester, which forms part of the Ancoats people-first neighbourhood.

Geothermal system to power New York City high-rise

Residential buildings26 May 2023

A district geothermal ground-source heat pump will provide renewable heating and cooling to Coney Island commercial retail and high-rise residential community.

Environmental living project launched in Copenhagen

Residential buildings14 Apr 2023

Aiming to accelerate change and encourage conversation, Living Places Copenhagen consists of seven prototypes showcasing ideal healthy and sustainable homes.

Denver adopts online platform to speed up solar applications

Solar power13 Apr 2023

The SolarAPP+ platform runs compliance checks and processes building permit approvals for eligible rooftop solar systems, issuing an e-permit in real-time.

Greece’s first smart city skyscraper unveiled

Residential buildings05 Apr 2023

Riviera Tower is set to become the landmark building in The Ellinikon smart city development, as well as the country’s first skyscraper and tallest building.

$110m plan to decarbonise NYC dwellings via virtual power plant

Smart grids30 Mar 2023

Upgrades aided by the project facility will instantly reduce carbon emissions and create revenue-earning opportunities for residents and building owners alike.

How zoning changes can create more liveable cities

Planning and redevelopment28 Mar 2023

A report from the Urban Land Institute details how zoning updates can improve housing attainability, sustainability, climate resilience, and community health.

Toronto launches housing data hub to improve transparency

Residential buildings22 Mar 2023

It will show the City’s approach to enabling housing production to achieve or exceed the provincial housing target of 285,000 new homes in the next 10 years.

Digital twin tool for smart cities and metaverse launched

Digital twins24 Feb 2023

Synth3D allows developers to simulate and visualise 3D environments representative of real-world locations “where aesthetics and performance are key”.

Sacramento launches online retrofit tool for residents

Residential buildings21 Feb 2023

Tool is part of the City’s work to develop a pathway to transition buildings to carbon-free electricity and aligns with its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.

One Bangkok unveils its smart city living vision

Planning and redevelopment21 Feb 2023

Through its Urbanverse, the people-centric, integrated district aims to be a model of social, economic and environmental sustainability in the Thai capital.

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