Archinect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

MIT engineers have created 3D-printed glass bricks that could offer a new approach to construction with sustainable and reusable materials. The team, led by Assistant Professor Kaitlyn Becker and former MIT researcher Michael Stern, developed the glass bricks using a custom 3D printing technology from MIT spinoff Evenline.

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Hotel Designs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The little technological miracles that can make your stay in a hotel seamless, which are more often about not being noticed, than about a grand statement. Sustainability and ESG are of course, hand-in-hand with budget, top of the hotel developers agenda.

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Deezen

JUNE 19, 2024

We are driven by our passion for understanding people and technology; exploring innovative solutions driven by real opportunities and addressing challenges faced by both the industry and society. "We It uses passive RFID technology for smooth and power-free access, ensuring inclusivity in a society designed for the able-bodied."

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Bustler

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Registration Deadline: Mar 1, 2025; Submission Deadline Mar 15, 2025 Sustainable SIX 2024-25 Do you have a revolutionary project, research breakthrough, or innovative idea – whether realised or conceptual? As a leader in research and innovation, SOCB champions ideas that can revolutionise our approach to sustainability in urban development.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

New York City’s recent ban on fossil fuels is making the green technology built into the merely two-year-old KPF-designed tower obsolete in terms of energy sources, the NYT 's Ben Ryder Howe writes. Foster + Partners ’ nearby 270 Park project is cited as an example of the forthcoming delineation triggered by the new mandate.

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Deezen

JUNE 19, 2024

We are driven by our passion for understanding people and technology; exploring innovative solutions driven by real opportunities and addressing challenges faced by both the industry and society. "We It uses passive RFID technology for smooth and power-free access, ensuring inclusivity in a society designed for the able-bodied."

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Community Architect

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Smart technology: Useless without internet This summer a failed update of Microsoft software via its vendor Cloudstrike brought down business around the globe to varying degrees, including banking, airline scheduling, health communication, FedEx parcel delivery and some grocery stores.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The aesthetic and architectural appeal of engineered wood, coupled with its intrinsic association with sustainability, has been a catalyst for the increase in wood-centric projects around the world. Read more »

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Archinect

JULY 29, 2024

Columbia GSAPP has appointed architect, engineer, and academic Lydia Kallipoliti as the new director of its Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design program. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union, where she has been working as an Associate Professor and Senior Associate at the Institute for Sustainable Design.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.

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Archinect

JUNE 27, 2024

A team of engineers from the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, has secured funding for their innovative Mycotecture Off Planet project. The initiative hopes to construct off-planet sustainable housing and furniture designs from mycelial composite bricks.

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Santa Cruz Architect

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In an era when sustainability, cost-efficiency, and resource conservation are paramount concerns in the construction industry, Advanced Framing, also known as Optimum Value Engineering (OVE), has emerged as a revolutionary construction method. Working with an experienced structural engineer is crucial.

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A4 Architects

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Process Recently, however, a team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has made a significant breakthrough in carbon sequestration technology; offering a promising solution to the urgent global climate crisis.

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BD+C

APRIL 20, 2023

13 trends, technologies, and strategies to expect in 2023 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/20/2023 - 08:21 Sustainability Biophilic design, microgrids, and decarbonization—these are three of the trends, technologies, and strategies IMEG’s market and service leaders believe are poised to have a growing impact on the built environment.

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Architizer

AUGUST 27, 2024

First, there is a pressing need for energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable facilities, reflecting a global commitment to reducing carbon footprints and lessening the impact of large-scale infrastructure. The complex, clad in brick, engineered bamboo, and glass, comprises interconnected buildings linked by outdoor landscaped areas.

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Deezen

AUGUST 9, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a lighting collection that is made from bioplastics and promotes sustainable manufacturing processes is included in this school show by the New York Institute of Technology. This project utilises local materials such as agriculture waste and earth-based materials to offer sustainable and affordable solutions.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2023

ZeroAvia has flown what the aviation company claims is the largest aircraft yet to be run on a zero-emissions hydrogen -electric engine, testing a 19-seater plane over the skies of England. ZeroAvia uses hydrogen fuel cells , one of two major hydrogen-based technologies being explored for flight along with the hydrogen combustion engine.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2023

Dezeen Courses: in the latest roundup of programmes listed on Dezeen Courses, we've selected five architecture and design courses that specialise in sustainability. Based at institutions in the UK , USA and Italy , the courses aim to challenge students to create design solutions that respond to the global climate crisis.

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Deezen

JULY 5, 2024

They learn to navigate every stage of the product development process with the ability to design sustainable, socially conscious, commercially viable and technically sound solutions. The post University of Brighton spotlights nine product and engineering student projects appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Dezeen School Shows: an installation that aims to make visitors feel like sea creatures in a plastic-filled ocean is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. We pursue future production and interaction technologies, design for health and wellbeing and sustainable urban ecologies.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

American architecture studio SOM has completed the Schwarzman College of Computing, an eight-storey, glass-wrapped building designed to be a "collaborative nexus" on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge. Moreover, the building plays a role in "creating a community presence", said Colin Koop, a partner at SOM.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In partnership with Stella McCartney 's parent company LVMH , the Sustainable Market showcases "the possibilities of current cutting-edge or soon-to-be available technologies" that could transform the fashion industry. Chargeurs Luxury Fibers produces wool using regenerative farming methods.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

British airline EasyJet and engineering company Rolls-Royce have run a commercial aircraft engine on hydrogen in what they claim is a "world first", potentially paving the way for the decarbonisation of plane travel. The engine is considered an early concept demonstrator, so the technology is still in its infancy.

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Archinect

APRIL 10, 2024

Autodesk has released a report on the state of digitization and technological adoption across creative industries. ” The report’s findings were derived from survey results of 5,400 industry companies and figures across architecture, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, media, and entertainment.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2023

American architecture studio Gensler and interior design studio Civilian have restored the historic Book Depository building in Detroit and transformed it into the headquarters for technology company Newlab. The post Gensler and Civilian transform 1930s Detroit post office into workspace and technology centre appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Athena helmet was named this year's global Medical winner while the AirXeed Radiosonde was crowned Sustainability winner, with both projects receiving £30,000 in funding for further research and development. Modelled on the "autorotation of maple seeds", the radiosonde features an asymmetrical shape that makes it spin as it falls.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Through sawing, milling, and other engineered wood conversion processes, various wood forms have been created and applied in products, furniture, and architecture. Through design, the use of trunks or branches of trees in their entirety can accentuate their innate mechanical properties for structural sustainability. Read more »

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Their proposal takes a sustainable and circular approach, as the structure is purposely designed for disassembly and reuse.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Preserving the site for enjoyment also meant respecting it by incorporating sustainable practices and technologies into the design. How important was sustainability as a design criteria as you worked on this project? . By using a one-way cantilever for support, we were able to achieve a sharp, minimal edge on the roof.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Read on for Dezeen's top 10 sustainable transport designs of 2022: Image courtesy of Layer. Hydrogen jet engine by Rolls-Royce and EasyJet. British airline EasyJet and engineering company Rolls-Royce used renewably-made hydrogen to power a converted Rolls-Royce AE 2100 aircraft engine. Pendler by Layer.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

AI-based industrial decarbonization technology, Carbon Re cement industry, Sustainable Building News, Zero-energy buildings. AI-based industrial decarbonization technology News. Carbon Re AI-based industrial decarbonization technology News. Sustainable Architecture News. Sustainable Building Design.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

There are also two tanks of liquified natural gas (LNG) — a first-time fuel source for Royal Carribbean, which has called it "the cleanest fossil fuel available" and the Icon of the Seas its "most sustainable ship yet". The post World's largest cruise ship sets sail amid sustainability concerns appeared first on Dezeen.

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Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2024

As time and technology progressed, the float glass process (pouring the molten glass from a furnace into a chamber that contains a bed of molten tin), conceived by Sir Alastair Pilkington in 1959, was groundbreaking. The market for advanced glazing technologies is robust and expanding. Yet it’s not all about sustainability and climate.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Space agency NASA has awarded construction company ICON a $57 million contract to develop 3D-printing technology to build roads, launchpads and homes on the moon 's surface. The construction technology will create roads and habitats on the moon. The contract, worth $57.2 Renderings courtesy of ICON unless otherwise stated.

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Archinect

APRIL 21, 2023

For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Mária Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun. If we want the sustainable future, we don't just need the technology, we need to want the technology." You need to convince them that this is the time for the idea.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Our jury of over 250 experts spans architecture, technology, material science and beyond, reflecting the diversity and innovation celebrated by the expansive A+Awards categories. He studied architecture and structural engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and at MIT in the US, where he earned his PhD in 2009.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Set for completion in 2026, the sustainable development returns nature to the site and is targeting BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum accreditation. A wooden geodesic dome, with rotating solar shading, provides another striking forum for events, lectures and collaborative endeavours at the top of the building.

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