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Net Zero Buildings Explored: Cambridge University’s Civil Engineering Building

February 23rd, 2024
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Joyce Centre @ Mohawk College

June 12th, 2023
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Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: National University of Singapore

In January 2019, the National University of Singapore officially opened SDE4, one of the first new-build net zero buildings in Singapore. The 8,500-square-meter, six-storey, multi-disciplinary facility is a new addition to the Design & Environment precinct and part of a larger campus redevelopment. Located near the southern coastline of Singapore, this climate-responsive building has become […]

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Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored – The Balfour Hospital

The Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall, on the remote Scottish islands of Orkney, has established itself as the first fully net-zero National Health Service (NHS) hospital in the UK in 2019. The £65 million facility, designed to accommodate 49 patients, has pioneered an innovative and sustainable approach to design, construction, and operation processes. Delivered by the […]

Smart Buildings

Beyond COVID-19 to the Vast Benefits of Cleaner Workplace Air

The air quality of our indoor spaces has seen renewed interest in the past 18-months as a strong relationship emerges between the quality or flow of air and the spread of coronavirus. In the rush to get workers back into their physical workplaces, we have seen a surge of office buildings improving and reconfiguring their […]

Smart Buildings

Change is in the Air for Post-COVID Commercial Real Estate

Creating a safe and healthy work environment has always been a lure used by employers to attract the best talent and motivate them to be comfortable and productive in the office. What has changed in the last year is what “safe and healthy” looks like. As we approach a year since COVID truly began making […]

Smart Buildings

The Living, Breathing, Thinking, Learning – Human Smart Building

The analogies between smart buildings and the human body persist reliably in industry media and analysis. While they are, in essence, nothing more than novel comparisons, they serve to help us understand the digital evolution of buildings in the cyber-physical age. By extending these analogies and recognizing their limits we can wrap our minds around […]

Smart Buildings

“Most People Don’t Realize how Buildings can Affect our Health & Wellbeing”

How do office workers respond to artificial lighting that simulates natural light? How do changes of indoor environmental conditions affect sleep and stress? What types of indoor environment intervention can increase cognitive performance and improve job satisfaction? In order to answer these questions and others, Minnesota-based Well Living Lab recently announced an extensive three-year scientific […]

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