StoneCycling, an Amsterdam-based startup, made it its business to produce interior equipment that is based on waste material of the building sector. By ...
How to make use of the big data opportunities
While most companies have recognized the big opportunities of big data, the real challenge lies within finding opportunities to efficiently process and ...
The resilience of the built environment
How old and abandoned buildings can be revitalized, is exemplified with these eight projects. The designers and architects found unique ways to introduce ...
A helmet that makes Playmobil fans cycle
At the moment still a prototype, the Playmobil hair helmet could bring way more people on their bikes to ride to work, once released. Designed by two DDB ...
Sydney’s Opera House: culture meets sustainability
Australia’s probably most iconic landmark, the Opera House in Sydney, also stands out when it comes to sustainability. It has been awarded a four- ...
16 new cities join Open Data Initiative by Bloomberg
One and a half years ago Bloomberg Philanthropies set up the What Works Cities initiative. The goal is to get 100 mid-sized US cities to actively enhance ...
CO2 reduction by reforestation in the Netherlands
The Dutch government announced a plan to increase its forests by 25 percent over the next thirty years. This equals an area of 100,000 hectares or 386 ...
Smart security cameras to detect seatbelt-free drivers
Myriad 2 VPU is a smart security camera that can classify car models, detect suspicious packages or drivers who text or do not wear seatbelts. In order to ...
The interplay of architecture and diplomacy
An art and photography exhibition in the Simon Preston Gallery in New York portrays how the modifications to the US embassy buildings in Havana reflect the ...
Report finds mass transit lagging behind population growth
A new report of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy headquerted in New York shows that public transportation networks are not able to ...
