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Fighting the Air Conditioning Doom Loop with Innovation & Common Sense

Community Architect

Heat pumps and air conditioners are power hungry, especially in the version that uses compressors according to the invention of Mr Carrier in 1902 which pretty much was the end of innovation with evaporative cooling towers and compressed coolants still being the dominant methods for cooling anything. No such system is on the market yet.

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Fast Tracked

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Reporting methodologies can vary based on the unit of measurement, estimated project life span, or how a project’s area is defined. The group, which is led by the Carbon Leadership Forum, Architecture 2030, Building Transparency, the U.S. They could talk about the total carbon footprint of the concrete used.

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"Timber alone cannot get us out of this mess"

Deezen

On the other, UN-Habitat estimates that 3 billion people need adequate housing by 2030, with demand for 96,000 new homes every day (that's more than one per second), giving us a clear moral responsibility to build to improve people's lives. The IPCC states that to give us a 50 per cent chance of limiting global warming to 1.5

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Brunel University highlights 10 product and industrial design projects

Deezen

However, one of our final year modules allows students to propose a vision for the future – it's called Advanced Design Innovation. This module allows students to create a range of innovative design proposals aimed at addressing some of the social issues, aspirations or trends predicted over the next ten to 15 years.

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Sara Kulturhus Centre "unleashed a world of previously unimagined design possibilities"

Deezen

By combining the local timber tradition with innovative technology and engineering, the city's wood heritage is now being brought into a new era," said project architect Maria Orvesten. With its 20 storeys, Sara Kulturhus Centre is not only Skellefteå's new landmark – it is also one of the world's tallest wooden buildings," she told Dezeen.

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Solar cars will be "normal within 20 years" says Lightyear's head engineer

Deezen

Double-curved solar panels are "key innovations". So developing the manufacturing process for curved panels was one of the key innovations here.". "For this fundamental reason, an electric car needs to be inherently more efficient than an internal combustion engine car. Illustration is by Berke Yazicioglu. Solar Revolution.

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Sustainable Architecture Can’t Save the Planet. Change My Mind.

Architizer

This is an optimistic goal considering it requires a 45% drop in emissions by 2030 and net zero by 2050. According to CDP research The Time to Green Finance , portfolio-related emissions — tied to what institutions invest in, rather than what they ‘do’ at HQ — are estimated to be 700 times higher than official industry figures suggest.