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Artificial Intelligence as an Ally in Architectural Decarbonization: From Conception to Building Implementation

ArchDaily

Efficiency was directly linked to innovative technological devices that adorned buildings with gadgets. Nowadays, however, sustainability increasingly encompasses different strategies that also involve acknowledging vernacular techniques and local materials as crucial for creating sustainable and carbon-neutral buildings. Read more »

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NEOM Unveils Siranna, its Latest Tourist Destination in Saudi Arabia

ArchDaily

Aiming to blend innovation and refinement, while integrating with the coastal terrain, the design seeks to offer a luxury escape, with a 65-key hotel and 35 residences. Prioritizing minimal intervention in nature, Siranna’s development utilizes specific techniques to preserve the local landscape.

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Massachusetts is using incentives to build a small passive house empire

Archinect

Another initiative called Mass Save was launched the following year, offering an additional $5,000 per unit and helping architects to pursue some innovative projects including the new 1599 Columbus building in Boston from Utile. Related on Archinect: How Passive House Design Can Propel the Clean Energy Transition in Architecture.

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The Imperative of Adaptive Reuse in a Disposable Culture

SW Oregon Architect

Rapid progress in construction techniques and materials can quickly render buildings outdated, as can recognition of flawed design strategies (see the leaky condo crisis ). Architectural trends shift, and what was once considered innovative can quickly become passé. Technological advancements also contribute to this phenomenon.

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Fighting the Air Conditioning Doom Loop with Innovation & Common Sense

Community Architect

What could follow the trajectory of cooling from placing ice blocks in a deep cellar and hoping it would somehow last through the summer, to wet reefs in windows, to swamp coolers, to freon, all utilizing the physics of evaporative cooling to make refrigerators and air conditioners first in houses then in trains and automobiles?

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Stilride uses "industrial origami" to create stainless steel electric scooter

Deezen

Swedish startup Stilride has unveiled the electric Sport Utility Scooter One, which is manufactured from stainless steel using an origami -like process that reduces the amount of material used. Named Sport Utility Scooter One (SUS1), the scooter is Stilride 's first product and will go on sale in Europe later this year.

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Electrification & Decarbonization of Buildings

SW Oregon Architect

T he technology to build high-performance all-electric homes and buildings already exists, and innovation is driving even more advanced technology. The technology to build high-performance all-electric homes and buildings already exists in the market today and innovation is driving more advanced products.

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