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Sustainable Cities Need Smart Construction Materials

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Globalisation, urbanisation, and industrialisation are three important drivers of human civilization into the 21st century (J.H. Lee, et al., 2013). According to the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Cities create an estimated 65% of global energy demand and cause 70% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Building and construction is recognised as a major factor […]

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Innovation, Sustainability, Technology
The SBRC is the first building in Australia to achieve International Living Building Challenge compliance.

The Living Buildings Challenge: Driving Sustainable Cities

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Some of the most important emerging challenges of the twenty-first century stem from the evolution of our cities and buildings. It is now widely acknowledged the we must change the way we design buildings in order to tackle changing environmental conditions (Richard Hyde, 2018). The living buildings challenge is a thorough and holistic green building

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Innovation, Society, Sustainability
Remote sensing of the environment is critical to urban planning.

Using Remote Sensing of the Environment For Urban Sustainability

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Modern cities are dynamic and complex settlements that manage the many different needs of the people that inhabit them (Webb et al., 2018). Accordingly, the methods we use to evaluate the sustainability of cities should reflect this dynamism and complexity. Thankfully, remote sensing of the environment offers an new way of assessing and monitoring cities

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Innovation, Sustainability, Technology
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