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Sustainable Buildings

Sustainable Buildings Glossary: Key Terms & Technologies

Karl Dickinson - June 11, 2021

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

Notable City: Decarbonising Vienna

Karl Dickinson - July 29, 2021

Vienna is a pragmatic city, bursting with exuberance, diversity, and political action. In terms of decarbonising, it’s a place where people are making definite, positive urban change at the street and policy levels. We...

Podcast

#1 Rotterdam Rooftops

The CityChangers Podcast - January 17, 2024

Facing their fair share of challenges on the ground (from housing shortages to climate change) cities like Rotterdam are looking skywards for solutions – to the rooftops. There’s plenty of opportunity but also headwinds...

Energy

Young Leader Hamza Amin: Shaping Equitable Communications for a Better Pakistan

Karl Dickinson - September 18, 2023

The effects of climate change are not equal everywhere. Pakistan is one of the world’s lowest greenhouse gas emitters, but it is dealing with some of the harshest consequences. With projections that it will...

Retrofitting

How to Innovate Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - April 4, 2023

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...

FWE Nexus

Food-Water-Energy Nexus Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson - November 15, 2022

Trying to understand the food-water-energy (FWE) nexus has a lot of us scratching our heads. Trying to get anywhere with it is like unravelling a knotted ball of wool: you can tug at the threads,...

Energy

How to Motivate the Transition to Community Energy

Karl Dickinson - March 2, 2022

Community energy is an agent of decarbonisation. Transition in the sector is gaining momentum. How can we motivate people to get involved and maintain that trajectory? We asked Éva Goudouneix, Community Development Manager with...

Energy

Notable City London: The Transition to Community Energy

Karl Dickinson - September 10, 2021

Widescale social housing retrofit projects led by local authorities are not uncommon. Yet many energy refits still tend to focus on changes at the microscale – in single buildings. Does it have to be...

Retrofitting

How to Make Energy Use More Efficient

Karl Dickinson - August 26, 2021

Using fossil fuels emits a lot of carbon dioxide. This enters the atmosphere and traps heat, warming the climate. Unless we curb our energy use, temperatures will rise beyond the 1.5 degree-maximum we’ve set...

energy

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