Survival of the smartest: The path to higher occupancy rates for commercial landlords
Dan Drogman, CEO & Founder, Smart Spaces; Phillip Shalless – Senior Asset Manager, AXA IM Alts; Simon Robinson, Head of UK & ROW Services, Beazley
Sustainable cities & communities
In order to cope with the growing population, and to reduce climate change, sustainable and resilient cities must be planned for and put in place.
This includes safe and affordable housing and transport systems.
World Urban Forum: Twenty-Three Years of Talking, but Where’s the Action?
So here we are, gathered again, 23 years after the first World Urban Forum. Another grand event, another round of speeches, handshakes, and declarations. But
United Nations Declares December 21st World Meditation Day: A Global Call for Reflection
Shi Yongxin, the Abbot of the Shaolin Temple
Building for net zero
The net-zero conversation, the impact of buildings on the trajectory of global warming rarely gets the attention it deserves. Although this is beginning to change, with campaigners now mobilising around issues as specific as insulation, the historic omission of buildings from climate crisis discourse is puzzling: 40 per cent of the world’s total energy – and within that, 60 per cent of its electricity – is consumed within buildings.
Smart platforms are helping build a sustainable world
Smart platforms, with their respective connected technologies, are stepping in to solve typical problems faced by cities
Building a greener, open source economy
Open-source software enables the private and public sectors to design innovative, greener technologies
Smart cities that reach the upper echelons of digital living
Connected communities such as Bleutech Park Las Vegas are a tech-fan’s dream – but without system integration, smart is a non-starter. From the futurist visions
FIWARE is powering up cities across the board
How FIWARE is driving the development of smart digital solutions in a faster, easier, interoperable and affordable way that avoids vendor lock-in scenarios.
Modular housing start-up becomes first carbon-neutral housebuilder
Modular housing company Etopia Group is meeting the Carbon Neutral International Standard and joining the United Nations’ Climate Neutral Now Initiative Etopia Group to offset
COVID-19 in an urban world
UN Secretary-General António Guterres shares his vision of how we can rebuild cities better after COVID-19. Urban areas are ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic,