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2degrees Sustainability Essentials Series: Smart Cities
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19 Sept. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The 2degrees Sustainability Essentials Series provides the necessary guidance to a range of topics, for companies at the start of their sustainability journeys, or for …
100 innovative and inspiring examples of urban infrastructure
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18 July 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The second ediiton of KPMG’s Infrastructure 100 provides insight into the infrastructure projects that make great cities, with a particular focus on the innovations that make …
New "Green City Index" sponsored by Siemens
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19 July 2011 — added by Will Bittinger, 2degrees
North American cities are building on their leading position as efficient energy users amid accelerating urbanization in the US and around the globe. A new Green City Index …
How You Could Get Involved in Taiwan's Low Carbon City Pilot
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7 June 2012 — added by Oliver Hurrey, 2degrees
2degrees would highly recommend those UK businesses that could help Taiwan with their low carbon city pilot to take part in this free briefing on the morning of the 5th …
Cities Report Significant Economic Opportunity Underlies Action on Climate Change
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8 June 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
A new report by the Carbon Disclosure Project, with analysis by AECOM,, presents a global snapshot of the activities, challenges and opportunities facing cities as a result …
The Rise of LEDs and What it Means for Cities
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19 June 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
LED (light-emitting diodes) are revolutionizing the energy efficiency of lighting. They are also infinitely scalable, extremely reliable, and have a much longer lifetime than …
How Technology Can be Used to Meet the Challenges of Urbanization
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30 Nov. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The Climate Group has published 'Information Marketplaces: The New Economics of Cities', a report written in partnership with Arup, Accenture, Horizon and the University of …
Future Cities in a Resource Constrained World
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7 Sept. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Shell has published a paper examining the drivers of city development and which tracks the development pathways of different city archetypes to 2025 as well as discussing …
Webinar Presentation: Smarter Homes – Moving Towards The Net Zero Carbon Target
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5 March 2010 — added by Anandita Singh, 2degrees
Presented by Ann Cousins, Sustainability Consultant, Arup, Ben Ross, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Forum for the Future and Lorna Pelly, Principal Sustainability …
Electric Car Tops Greenest Vehicle List for First Time in 12 Years
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8 Feb. 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has released its 14th annual rankings of greenest vehicles, putting a battery electric vehicle in the top spot for the …