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Green Buildings
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.
Carbon & Climate
Singapore watchdog bans aircon ad claiming it can ‘save the Earth’ after greenwash complaint, in first ruling of its kind in Asia
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The decision by the Advertising Standards of Singapore comes a month after a study found that more than half of environmental claims made by brands on e-commerce sites in the city-state were vague with insufficient detail to support environmental claims.
Energy
Renewables options needed in the Philippines despite grid limitations: clean energy advocates
EB Studio
The country’s latest green energy auction might have been hampered by issues with transmission lines, but experts say this should not stop businesses from expanding their renewables use. Battery storage could be a solution.
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Carbon & Climate
Warming world 'brutalises' women as heatwaves deepen gender divide
28 July 2023
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Carbon & Climate
Can new Bangladesh chief heat officer bring relief to Dhaka?
20 April 2023
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Cities
Beating urban heat at scale
3 October 2022
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Carbon & Climate
Global warming makes more heatwaves inevitable for East Asia
29 August 2022
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Carbon & Climate
State of the climate: 2022 on track for a summer of extreme heat
27 July 2022
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Carbon & Climate
As 1.5C warming limit nears, interest in sun-dimming tech heats up
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