Health & Wellbeing
Noise-cancelling windows could make city living more peaceful
Researchers have developed noise cancelling technology that allows open windows to block noise.
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Work & Lifestyle
Desk dividers provide safe working environment in open-plan offices
Humanscale has designed desk dividers for open-plan offices that not only offer privacy, but also protect from airborne viral particles.
Travel & Tourism
Energy-positive hotel to be built in Norway
The futuristic hotel will be the first to be built after the energy positive “Powerhouse” standard in a Northern climate, producing more energy than it uses.
Architecture & Design
Greenery-covered Forest School topped with a cycling track
The initiative provides a healthy school environment and offers interactive learning about the environment and climate change.
Property & Construction
‘Ultra-white paint’ cools buildings and saves energy
Researchers have developed a relatively easy way to make white paints more reflective, helping to cool buildings passively.
Architecture & Design
Flexible workspace company builds a fully demountable office block
The super-low carbon, six-storey building combines steel and timber that can be adapted to the needs of its many tenants.
Property & Construction
Co-living company develops live-streamed sitcom
The programme is interactive and allows viewers to ask questions in online chats and receive answers in real-time.
Agriculture & Energy
An open-source collaboration to create the ultimate net-zero building
Located in Rockport, Maine, the BrightBuilt Barn peeks into the future to show what’s possible at the outer limits of sustainable design.
Architecture & Design
Carbon-negative homes put together like IKEA furniture
Startup NODE has designed environmentally friendly flat-pack housing that can be built in as quickly as two weeks.
Architecture & Design
A 250-metre-high ‘horizontal skyscraper’ in China
The Raffles City Chongqing complex includes a 300-metre-long horizontal sky bridge, named The Crystal.
Property & Construction
Sustainable building materials made from recyclable rubber and construction waste
The new rubber is made from sulfur and canola oil and does not melt.
Architecture & Design
Award-winning, self-sustaining home design in urban Sydney
The inner-Sydney terrace incorporates green technologies and some small-scale food production.