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Cooling down urban campuses: Can AI do it in a sustainable way?
Extreme heat is making air conditioning a necessity. For commercial offices and large-scale city campuses, the use of artificial intelligence and demand response-ready cooling systems could promise efficiency gains.
A 200-hectare residential property built into a mountainside in Cebu City is being touted as sustainable, but urban planners say the concept may cause landslides and flooding.
Fledgling shutterbug and biodiversity advocate Vinz Pascua has amassed a notable following documenting some of the Philippines' most vibrant and rare bird species.
Hong Kong-based start-up Archireef has its hopes pinned on the solution. It is also looking at scaling in the UAE, which its co-founder and CEO Vriko Yu says is showing strong appetite for sustainable innovation right now.
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