Wood as a building material has various important environmental benefits compared to steel and concrete – for example, it stores carbon rather than ...
Clean power for London’s Tube stations?
Some parts of London’s Tube stations could soon be powered by clean energy. The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has applied for a new type of ...
Daimler and DHL to trial in-car delivery
Daimler AG and DHL, a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post AG, are working together to turn cars into delivery boxes. Starting this ...
Annual smart city revenues projected to rise sharply
According to a new report by Navigant, a market research and consulting company, annual revenues from smart city projects will reach 88.7 billion USD by ...
Entwicklung eines Energiespeichers für Privathaushalte
Das xStorage-Home-System, entwickelt von Nissan und dem Energiemanagement-Unternehmen Eaton, soll Anwendern ermöglichen, ihren Energieverbrauch manuell zu ...
Google uses AI to curb energy usage of data center
Thanks to artificial intelligence, Google now consumes less power: By deploying machine learning from DeepMind, a British AI company Google acquired two ...
How cities in the US got more people to bike
Various cities in the United States, such as Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, have succesfully invested in their cycling infrastrcutures in recent years ...
Tesla’s neuer Masterplan: Busse, LKWs und Robo-Taxis
Elon Musk hat mit seinem zweiten Masterplan eine ambitionierte Zukunftsvision für Tesla vorgelegt: Demnach will das Unternehmen zukünftig auch Busse ...
The world’s urban housing crisis will only get worse
Substandard housing puts its residents at risk for threats such as diseases, malnutrition and natural disasters. Today, more than a billion people live in ...
Database on resilience strategies launched
100 Resilient Cities has launched a new database which enables users to explore resilience strategies from cities all over the world. Specifically, ...
