What Is an Urban Heat Island—and What Can Designers Do to Prevent One?
What is an urban heat island? In short, it’s caused by materials and density making cities inherently hotter—a growing concern for architects and designers.
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How Digital Railway Technologies Help Rail Owners Achieve Sustainability Goals
Trains may be the future of sustainable transport and shipping, but without connected digital railway technology, getting there is going to be a whistle-stop journey.
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Water Infrastructure Is Key to a Fast-Flowing Industrial Economy
America’s manufacturing economy depends on the increasingly leaky pipes undergirding the US water system—it's time to start funding water-infrastructure upgrades.
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How Technology Is Helping Build Water Resilience Around the Globe
What happens when "once in a lifetime" weather occurs every few months? Learn how Veolia Water Technologies is fortifying future water resilience.
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5 Ways to Build Circular Cities for a Sustainable Future
How can cities prepare to be more sustainable for the future? By using nature as a model to create circular cities, minimizing waste and pollution by reducing, recycling, and reusing.
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Smart Bridges of the Future Won’t Just Be Bridges Anymore
With help from technology such as BIM, future bridges will become much more than conduits for moving people and things from one place to another.
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Generative Design Takes Digital Urban Planning to New Heights Near Abu Dhabi
In the shadow of Jebel Hefeet mountain in Abu Dhabi, experts are using digital urban planning to create a sustainable community development.
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BIM Data Harmonization Unifies Hong Kong’s Smart City Goals
As Hong Kong strives to become the world’s preeminent smart city, BIM data harmonization brings agencies and processes together to meet unified goals.
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Take the Smart Road to a Connected, Adaptable, Eco-Friendly Future
The future of road infrastructure is smart, connected, and adapted to both new forms of mobility and energy excellence.
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Building Europe’s First Sustainable Highway
Discover how a sustainable highway will ease congestion in Rotterdam, Netherlands—all without damaging the local environment.
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Resilience Planning: How Communities Can Plan for Disaster Recovery
To make disaster resilience planning equitable and effective, it’s important to involve the community, improving the everyday lives of people.
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6 Innovations for Pothole Patches That Promise to Smooth Streets—for Good
These 6 pothole-patch solutions are attacking one of the world's biggest infrastructure evils through technology.
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From Water Treatment Plant to France’s Next Smart City
By integrating BIM into project workflows, SUEZ Consulting is helping Saint-Brieuc Armor Agglomération create the next smart city in France.
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Autonomous Vehicle Safety Isn’t Just Code and Mirrors—It’s Also a Policy Issue
With rollouts projected in the next 20 years, driverless cars are coming—and it's all hands on deck to create policy that ensures autonomous vehicle safety.
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New Tech—and New Mindsets—Can Thwart Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure
Preventing—and, ultimately, managing—cyberattacks on critical infrastructure requires not only new technology but also new ways of thinking.
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How Technology Is Making Global Water Infrastructure More Resilient
Some 25% of the global population lives in countries facing high water stress. Sustainable water technology is addressing this crisis.
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Solar-Power Innovator afterFIT Is Fueling Japan’s Green Energy Shift
In Japan, green-energy company afterFIT is realizing low-carbon goals using drones, 3D design, and simulation.
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Digital Transformation in Government? 4 DOT Best Practices Show It’s Possible
For digital transformation in government, connect with digital tools, adopt industry-standard tech, expand digital fidelity, and use pilot programs.
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Fiber on the Farm: How 5G in Rural Areas Could Revitalize Forgotten Communities
The considerable challenge of implementing 5G in rural areas of America could be worth the potential for education and agriculture.
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How a Korean Fuel Cell Technology Project Builds Clean Power and Social Value
South Korea was among the first countries impacted by the pandemic. This crisis accelerated companies developing fuel cell technology—and led to a sweeping Green New Deal.
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