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- Construction: Is de-globalisation good or bad?Opinion: With tariffs and trade wars, Jim McClelland asks: Will de-globalisation be good or bad for construction and can sustainability help?
- Machine learning helps map solar and green roofsNews: New roofs data, extracted with the help of machine learning, will benefit sustainability and energy sectors, plus map solar and green.
- Play on artificial grass made of coconut not plasticNews: Sustainability strengths of renewable materials harnessed to create first non-plastic artificial grass made from natural coconut fibres.
- Regenerative design grows green-blue cities 42%News: Regenerative design not only boosts biodiversity, but also helps urban communities build climate resilience to flood risk and heatwaves.
- Healthy urban living built on Blue Zones scienceNews: Designed to help residents live longer and happier, new Blue Zones housing in Utrecht to be healthiest neighbourhood in the Netherlands.
- Electric construction battles flood risk in ArnhemNews: Fully electric construction helps city of Arnhem fight flood risk on banks of the Rhine, with zero-emissions dyke reinforcement.
- Future of construction is clear: DEI or D-I-EOpinion: As certain big brands drop Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Jim McClelland explains why the doubters are wrong: DEI is here to stay.
- Landmark wooden building on Helsinki waterfrontNews: Landmark new wooden building design on Helsinki waterfront will be home to forest industry brand and most sustainable hotel in Finland.
- Carbon-negative aggregate on road to net zeroNews: Carbon-negative aggregate tested for use in asphalt resurfacing on strategic road network in England, to shrink footprint of highways.
- Innovation call for crowd management in citiesNews: Indian city of Varanasi invites innovators around the world to pitch crowd management solutions for ancient spiritual centre of Kashi.
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