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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.
The rising cost of energy has made energy poverty a challenge – there are people who cannot afford to turn on air conditioners and need "cool places" to go to, says the city’s co-chief heat officer Krista Milne.
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From the Olympics to competitive esports, the region’s games calendar is becoming packed. Organisers are looking into cutting the environmental footprint of major events and some are turning to the use of tech-based solutions.
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‘Our change alone is not going to create the transformation we need’: Lendlease group sustainability head
The real estate giant’s head of sustainability Cate Harris tells Eco-Business why it is in its business interest to open up about its Scope 3 emissions and advocate for suppliers who are decarbonising hard-to-abate building materials.
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