Environmental
#189 Life Cycle Analysis of Construction Materials
How do we assess the environmental impact of construction materials? Some materials may enjoy a reputation as natural and sustainable. Timber, quite literally, grows on
Digital
#188 Data Analysis for Climate Resilience
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction estimates that over the past 20 years, 1.2 million people have been killed by more than 7,000 disasters. It
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#187 Electrifying the Los Angeles Bus Fleet
In Los Angeles only 3% of the population say they take public transit regularly, compared to 84% of residents who commute to work in their
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#186 Vampire: Resurrecting Britain’s Fastest Car
On 20 September 2006 Richard Hammond raced down the Elvington airfield in Vampire, the jet-powered dragster that still holds the British land speed record. Hammond
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#185 Building Canada Line’s Digital Twin
The Canada Line is North America’s most efficient commuter rail. Since it opened in 2009, they have operated with a system availability of 99.9% and
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#184 The Future of Old Cities
Net Zero is our 2050 ambition for society, but to make this a reality city must be held to a far higher standard. Our urban
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#183 Testing Times: Building a Megalab
At the end of 2019 the Coronavirus pandemic began its global take-over, the world had to react fast to try and stop the spread. A
Environmental
#182 Using Gravity to Store Energy
As electricity grids around the world transition to using renewable energy resources, investment will need to be made in energy storage. When the sun doesn’t
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#181 The Foundations of a New Arctic
When picturing the Arctic, people from warmer latitudes are likely to imagine frozen tundra and lonely steppe. Add global warming to this and the vision
Environmental
#180 Mining in a Net Zero World
For industries across the world to reach net zero they are going to rely on mining critical minerals to allow for the electrification of their
Environmental
#179 Trees: Escaping the Heat
In July 2022 the UK burned as temperatures broke 40°C for the first time in recorded history. As each of us tried different approaches to
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#178 A Vision for a Modular Antarctica
Antarctica New Zealand runs a critical research hub on the volcanic Ross Island. Originally built in 1957, it consists of 12 buildings connected by walkways