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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 …
Transforming high rise housing into sustainable homes
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4 Dec. 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Existing high-rise residential buildings could be transformed into exemplars of green living, outlines a new report by the Green Alliance. 'Towering ambitions: transforming …
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 …
UK Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Report
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1 July 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The UK Department for Transport has published its strategy for a plug in vehicle infrastructure which covers areas such as removing barriers to the market and producing a …
On Your Bike: Denmark shows Europe how to cut emissions by a quarter
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12 Dec. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Europe could cut its total greenhouse gas emissions by up to 26% if levels of cycling were equivalent to those found in Denmark, says a new study by the European Cyclists’ …
Electric Vehicles Are Commercially Viable for Business Fleets, says report
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21 Feb. 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
A new report published by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) and Cenex claims that electric vehicles (EVs) can be commercially viable in business fleets. The EV20 Plugged-In …
New York Tops List of World's Most Competitive Cities
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13 March 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
New York has topped the list of the world's most competitive cites, narrowly beating London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris. The new index has been devised by the Economist …

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