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Do It Yourself: How to Start Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson -
The decarbonising effects of retrofitting older buildings will do a lot to slow or even prevent the global heating process. But where do we start? How do we know what measures individual properties require,...
Retrofitting

Decarbonising Cities to Reverse Climate Change

Karl Dickinson -
Cities emit seemingly endless cascades of greenhouse gasses. Carbon dioxide is the number one offender. Rectifying this is pivotal to halting global warming and preventing irreversible climate damage. But decarbonising cities at a mass...
Retrofitting

The Challenges of Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson -
Telling the average person on the street to upgrade their draughty, crumbling home to save energy and, ergo, the planet might be too abstract to inspire action, met with responses like: “What difference can...
Retrofitting

Retrofitting: Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson -
Populations are rising. We cannot build fast enough to accommodate everyone. We need to utilise older buildings for our living, working, and leisure needs. Retrofitting makes them future-proof, efficient, and climate-friendly, shaping the urban...
Circularity

Waste to Resources: Tampere’s Triumphs With Trash and Trade

Abbie Harby -
The importance of good waste management is no secret, but how to do it can sometimes allude us. This is where the city of Tampere comes in. So, if you’re lacking innovative ideas and...
Retrofitting

Shallow & Deep – Different Dives into Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson -
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to decarbonising older properties. Each building has its own character, history, and flaws that need to be considered when choosing appropriate measures to make them energy efficient. These can...
Construction

Sustainable Schools – Education Fit for the Environment

Tanja Polonyi -
With the climate crisis growing, teaching children about sustainability should be an obvious addition to their education. However, there are big discrepancies in countries’ curriculums and the resources given to teachers. In this article,...
Construction

CityChanger Birgit Rusten on Sustainable Architecture and Pilot Projects

Tanja Polonyi -
Making your city’s buildings sustainable is a big aspiration and not easy. However, one thing that definitely helps are powerful examples of architecture that showcase the immense possibilities this field holds. One expert for...
Construction

The Case for Sustainable Construction: Why Bother?

Abbie Harby -
We’re all besotted with buildings. So much so that the average person spends 90% of their lifetime indoors. Buildings make our lives more comfortable and convenient; imagining a world without them is near-on impossible....
Retrofitting

Be Happy With What You’ve Got: The Case for Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson -
What would your dream home look like? Some people will be lucky enough to build fanciful follies from scratch. The rest of us get to pick the choice cuts from pre-existing stock; but older...
Housing

CityChanger Naama Blonder – Bringing Smart Density to North America

Tanja Polonyi -
Canada, similar to the US, has a heart for single-family houses and suburbs. A concept not really suitable for rapid urbanisation and the need for sustainable and affordable housing of the future. Thankfully, there are...
Sustainable Buildings

Sustainable Buildings Glossary: Key Terms & Technologies

Karl Dickinson -
In case the world of sustainable buildings, planning, retrofitting, and construction is new to you, the CityChangers team has put together a quick-reference glossary to help you navigate some of the most common and...
Retrofitting

What Is Retrofitting? – Unlocking A Building’s Potential

Karl Dickinson -
Ever-greener attitudes and regulations ensure new builds, that accommodate growing populations, are efficient and climate-ready. But what about the plethora of existing ones? We can’t just bulldoze them all and start again. So, how...
City Logistics

Jacqueline O’Donovan – London’s Only Female MD in the Waste Sector

Mathis Hampel -
Female Skills That Make a Good Leader Interview with Jacqueline O’Donovan, Managing Director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal. Under her steer, the waste management business has gone from strength to strength and has 185 employees and a turnover of over...
City Logistics

Ömer Arslan – CityChanger With a Forklift

Mathis Hampel -
Ömer Arslan is Director of Operations at Bouwhub Amsterdam, Amsterdam’s first for profit construction consolidation centre. Find out how he turned a forklift on a piece of land into a fully fledged construction logistics...
City Logistics

How Two Bold Decisions Helped Stockholm Save Emissions and Money

Mathis Hampel -
Construction consolidation centres are tools for city administrations to reach emission targets through cutting back on the most polluting traffic: heavy goods vehicles. Stockholm’s Fredrik Bergman implemented Sweden’s largest CCC, the Bygglogistikcenter, which serves...
City Logistics

How to Cut Back on Construction Traffic: The Challenge

Mathis Hampel -
European construction activities are predicted to grow by 3% per year. Housing, office and retail space need to be built and refurbished, roads must be repaired, resealed or dug up to renew pipes, or...
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