Researchers: Urban design shapes mental health
According to the American Psychiatric Association, the mental health of city dwellers is can be linked to the design and configuration of the urban ...
Scandinavia is leading the Global Green Economy Index 2016
For the fifth time the international consulting agency Dual Citizen has studied how “green” the economy of 80 countries is. While Sweden is ...
The central role of energy in meeting the SDGs
Energy efficiency and the provision of affordable, reliable and sustainable energy worldwide are key elements of most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ...
Will hackers outsmart the smart home?
Due to the advent of home automation, an increasing number of vendors and startups try to become a part of the movement. But in the wake of their hurried ...
More social solutions against climate change
New research stresses the value of broad social awareness and behavioral change in the fight against climate change. Technical solutions alone are not ...
Deutsche wollen baldiges Abschalten von Kohlekraftwerken
Eine Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts YouGov hat ergeben, dass sich ein Drittel der deutschen Bevölkerung für ein Abschalten der ...
Can we actually agree on indicators to measure urban development?
By the end of this year, the world’s governments will have agreed on a number of frameworks aiming to guide urban development such as the New Urban ...
Do green buildings really save energy?
The term “green building” is mostly used as a synonym for a sustainable and high-performance building – but do they really perform ...
How Copenhagen is getting healthier
Copenhagen, already one of the world’s greenest and most liveable cities, has aggressive targets such as becoming the first carbon-neutral capital ...
Google acquires natural language understanding startup API.AI
Shortly after the acquisition of location-based analytics Urban Engines, Google has made another investment: As the technology giant has announced on ...
