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CityChanger Chris Kaiser: Putting the Elephant into Entrepreneurship

Karl Dickinson - May 9, 2023 0

What links an elephant habitat and sustainable cities? Today we’re challenging the way we look at urban sustainability by standing at the vantage point of outwards looking in – from the forest to the...

Retrofitting

How to Innovate Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - April 4, 2023 0

With so many properties failing to meet contemporary energy efficiency standards, much needs to be done to save occupants from needless discomfort and expense. There are plenty of mainstream retrofit concepts, but what about...

External Content

Barcelona’s Superblocks: Putting People at the Centre – Literally

Michele Castrezzati - March 28, 2023 0

A few weeks back, during an ECIU Challenge in Barcelona, I talked with the Office for Urban Ecology of Barcelona's municipality. They showed me the city's plan to win its war on cars. The plan is...

Retrofitting

How to Excite People About Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - January 24, 2023 0

Energy Team and community leaders hosting a gamified training session in Dromiskin. Image Credit: Energy Team Big cities can learn a lot from smaller communities. Dunleer, a town in the northeast of the Republic of...

Retrofitting

Lyon Confluence: How a District is Retrofitting Heritage Buildings

Karl Dickinson - September 13, 2022 0

SPL Lyon Confluence is carrying out a stand-out urban renewal project in a once-deprived district of central Lyon. Project Manager Etienne Vignali describes how this offers a significantly chance to undertake a large-scale decarbonisation...

Housing

CityChanger Alice Haugh: A Just Transition Towards Decarbonisation

Karl Dickinson - September 5, 2022 0

What does a city of the future look like? For Alice Haugh, it is a regenerative and inclusive built environment that supports wellbeing and equality. In her work with the global philanthropic institution, Laudes...

Retrofitting

CityChanger Frances Bean: Helping Public Bodies Decarbonise

Karl Dickinson - August 1, 2022 0

Frances Bean joined the Carbon Trust, a mission-led sustainability consultancy in the UK, in 2018. As Manager in the Cities and Regions team, she supports municipalities and public bodies to understand and achieve their...

Retrofitting

The Social Benefits of Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - July 11, 2022 0

While marketing it as a decent money saver, we rarely focus on the social benefits of retrofitting. Does that mean that they’re so minute as to be obsolete or do we just need a...

Construction

CityChanger Gemma Jerome: Building with Nature in Mind

Karl Dickinson - July 4, 2022 0

We claim a lot of land from the natural world to build ourselves places to live. What if we could construct in a way that works for humans and habitats? That’s the question which...

Retrofitting

What No One Tells You: How to Frame Messages Around Retrofits

Karl Dickinson - June 27, 2022 0

Retrofitting provides the tools to make older buildings airtight, temperate, pleasant places. It also decreases emissions and helps halt the damaging impact on the climate. There’s no disguising the fact that we need to...

Housing

Ending Youth Homelessness Through Mindset & System Shifts

Metka Novak - May 30, 2022 0

Youth homelessness is often an overlooked topic. There are public institutions helping young adults and minors in need, right? Well, sadly, that’s not always the case. We spoke with the Co-Founder of Point Source...

Housing

CityChanger Mikaela Åberg: Drottninghög’s Neighbourhood Revival

Karl Dickinson - May 16, 2022 2

As an urban developer, Mikaela Åberg improves lives in one of Helsingborg’s most socially deprived districts: Drottninghög. Just a month before she is due to speak at the UF22 conference, this CityChanger tells us...

Sustainable Buildings

Africa’s Unconventional Architect: Rajae Haissouss

Karl Dickinson - May 11, 2022 0

Architects become famous for their inventive structures and controversial designs. But for Rajae Haissouss, satisfaction comes from adding value to the community. Aspiring to use her talents for good, this Young Leader is raising...

Construction

Malmö: City of Construction Circularity

Karl Dickinson - May 9, 2022 1

Sweden’s premier southwestern city Malmö is not only a crowning glory in Scandinavian architecture, nature, and quality of life, but also in sustainability. The city is gaining notoriety as a bastion in new construction...

Retrofitting

Community Sociologist Jeni Cross: Building Better Retrofitting Behaviours

Karl Dickinson - May 4, 2022 0

A toxic mix of bad habits and infrastructure that prevents change is holding sustainability back. This is as true for retrofitting as anything. Community sociologist Doctor Jeni Cross has dedicated 20 years to researching...

Construction

CityChanger Dominik Campanella: Accelerating Circularity with Data

Karl Dickinson - April 28, 2022 0

Digitisation of the construction sector is an important step. It will simplify and streamline material reuse and carbon emission reduction. But this takes brains, cooperation between computing and construction, and a personal determination to...

Food

Improving Cities Through Technology: Aude Vuilliomenet

Metka Novak - April 27, 2022 0

When it comes to transforming cities, most think of implementing green spaces, retrofitting buildings, pedestrianising streets. It makes sense, when the bigger, tangible improvements are easily perceived by the eye. But what about microcontrollers?...

Greenery

How to Avoid Heat Islands with Greenery

Metka Novak - April 25, 2022 0

Have you noticed the extremely high temperatures this summer? Especially when walking around a larger city? That is because city concrete and rooftop tar contribute to temperature increase and creating what is today known...

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