A comprehensive and concrete roadmap to promote urban resilience has been drafted for the central-Vietnamese city Da Nang. Supported by 100 Resilient ...
Europe’s wind power capacity to grow by 140 GW by 2025
A new study shows that despite policy uncertainties, the wind power capacity of Europe can expect an additional 140 GW to be installed by 2025. Especially ...
Tsunami-safe design for buildings
A group of engineers in the US developed new standards that make buildings strong enough to withstand tsunamis. Building industry groups might however ...
Startups turning trash into cash
Left-over food, old electronics and polluted oceans are a consequence of unsustainabe lifestyles. These five startups found a way to encounter the trash ...
Knowledge sharing in urban resilience
With the support of the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) the three countries Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic and ...
City design matters for human health and environment
A new study by the University of Melbourne and the University of California, San Diego showed with the help of computer models how different factors ...
First US recycling network for PV and solar panels
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) set up the first US recycling program for photovoltaic and solar panels. The project includes many solar ...
Social media posts as data for environmental scientists
Researchers at Rice University showed that social media posts can be used to measure pollution in Chinese urban areas. In the study and with the help of ...
Can soil modelling help to fight climate change?
Research on soil carbon stocks are vital in the fight against climate change. A new study by researchers from Finland, Sweden and Japan revealed however ...
Smart thermal insulation
A study led by MIT showed that a thermal insulation of 16% of buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts can lower the gas consumption for heating by 40%. The ...
