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CityChanger Frances Bean: Helping Public Bodies Decarbonise

Karl Dickinson -
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...
Architecture & Design

CityChanger Carlo Ratti: Designing Natural-Artificial Cities

Karl Dickinson -
Technology and greenery will be more synergetic in cities of the future. Leading the charge for melding nature and the artificial is Professor Carlo Ratti, who is pushing the frontiers of innovation in urban...
Retrofitting

The Social Benefits of Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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...
Architecture & Design

Africa’s Unconventional Architect: Rajae Haissouss

Karl Dickinson -
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 -
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 -
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...
Circularity

CityChanger Dominik Campanella: Accelerating Circularity with Data

Karl Dickinson -
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...
Construction

A Functional Future – Ensuring Sustainable Public Buildings Are Fit for Purpose

Tanja Polonyi -
Public Buildings are essential to every city. They can be the heart of the community, places where neighbours gather, children play and learn, and real life takes place. That’s why it’s even more important...
Retrofitting

Renovating Makes Cents: How to Retrofit on a Budget

Karl Dickinson -
Realistically, for a shot at halting climate change, we need to make buildings more efficient, big time, with widespread retrofit rollouts in the next few years! Regardless of good intentions, that’s not easy without...
Housing

Housing in Barcelona: Multiple Issues, Multiple Solutions!

Iris Fiebiger -
Barcelona has long been plagued by housing issues. Now the city is fighting back. Equipped with an extensive plan, Barcelona wants to tackle a multitude of challenges. We sat down with the city’s housing...
Construction

Modern Methods of Construction: Common Challenges and Solutions

Karl Dickinson -
If the question is ‘how do we build enough to house our growing populations?’, some espouse modern methods of construction as the answer. Although MMC promises cleaner construction and improved comfort for residents, uptake...
Green Buildings

How to Green and Maintain Your Sustainable Roof

Metka Novak -
Wouldn’t it be nice to go on your roof on a hot summer’s day, bringing a book and fresh lemonade with you, lying back in a deckchair and enjoying the sunny day – without...
Housing

Toronto: Diverse Residents in Complete Communities

Iris Fiebiger -
Accommodating diverse groups of people within the same city poses a challenge. Toronto has managed to overcome it and continues to strive for a more inclusive and affordable housing market. We caught up with...
Circularity

Recycling Construction and Demolition Waste with SeRaMCo

Karl Dickinson -
Is there a market for recycled concrete? This was such a sizeable question that the EU part-funded a multi-million-Euro project to find out. Leading SeRaMCo, Christian Glock set out to ascertain how construction and...
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