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Climate Change Is Forcing Building Materials of Cities to Evolve https://lnkd.in/eB_S2_qY

As designed landscapes become more prevalent out of necessity for mitigating the effects of climate change, let's ensure we are applying a life cycle analysis to keep their carbon footprints to a minimum 💚 🌾 🌸 #landscapearchitecture #landscapedesign #landdevelopment #greenconstruction #greeninfrastructure https://lnkd.in/g32eVW4K

Brisbane-based multidisciplinary design collective LatStudios is walking the talk on climate action. LatStudios' team of designers, landscape architects, architects, and urban designers are conscious of the impact society has on the environment and are working to reduce this impact by prioritising sustainability in both project work and workplace operations. The proactive design studio has decreased its rubbish and recycling by an amount of up to 25% through a variety of waste-based initiatives, including engaging in segregated recycling, utilising reusable cups, cutlery, and crockery, and implementing an office worm farm for organic waste! Managing to accommodate the worm farm in a kitchen cupboard, LatStudios are an exceptional example of how an inner-city office found the space, time, and passion to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “We always say with design, just begin anywhere. It’s the same with this process, reducing emissions and making a healthier future,” Director Damian Thompson says. For more bright ideas about how your business can enter a cleaner, greener era, head to our website: https://lnkd.in/gaswk7ZW #Sustainability #Climate #NetZero

The measure has been approved as one of the responses to the climate shocks that have been hitting the Big Apple for years. #WeBuildValue #GreenConcrete #SustainabilityInfrastructure https://lnkd.in/eNwJYcmd

The French approach to Olympic development is a massive step in the right direction as we grapple with development and decarbonization in a rapidly changing climate.

Approaching global warming and innovation in context is essential. Research into behavioral change and characteristics of low-carbon transitions is enlightening and I'm gaining many insights to the gaps that lie within digital technologies and adequate venues which lead to sufficient change. #daylighting #earth #health #lifespan #retina #occupantcomfort #leedgreenassociate #wellap #xds #sustainabledesign #climate #AI Stay tuned... 

Interesting article released today on resiliency in US Cities: Most resilient and least resilient rankings. Most Climate-Resilient Cities (2023) (architecturaldigest.com) The AD article below references 'The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN)' aimed at helping private and public sectors prioritize climate adaptation, ultimately lowering risk and enhancing readiness. With knowledge from ND-GAIN, leaders can gauge countries and cities based upon critical environmental, economic and social sectors. Link here to the The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN): Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative // University of Notre Dame (nd.edu)

While we seek to tackle the climate crisis, there are realities of our changing climate that we already need to live with. Sea levels have been rising at an accelerating pace, with U.S. coastlines estimated to see a rise of 10 to 12 inches by 2050.

Architect thinking requires being able to zoom in and out to see things from different perspectives. The French band Phoenix captured this concept beautifully in a video played on their 2023 tour. During the song "Sunskrupt!" the band played a video in the background that simultaneously blew my mind while expanding it. The video starts out a little slow...there is a man laying on a picnic blanket in the grass, filmed from overhead. There is a marker on the left side of the screen denoting the distance of the camera from the subject, which begins at 1 meter, or 10^0 meters. The camera begins to gradually zoom out, revealing the man's partner is also with him on the blanket. At 10 meters, you can see that the couple is in the middle of an open grassy area. At 100 meters, you can barely make out the shape of the couple beyond the square of the blanket they are laying on together. The zooming out accelerates. At 1,000 meters the topography of the surrounding area becomes apparent. It is revealed the grassy area where the couple is having their picnic is located next to a harbor. Other structures begin to come into the picture at a high level of abstraction given the distance. At 10,000, or 10^4 meters, you realize you're looking at the city of Chicago from above! On and on the sequence goes. At 1 million meters you can see the outline of the United States. At 10 million, or 10^7 meters, you see the entire Earth in space. Eventually the camera stops once it reaches a distance of 100 million light years, or 10^24 meters. And then, like a roller coaster after the slow climb to its apex, there is a brief pause before heading back down to earth at an accelerating rate of velocity. The camera comes back to where it originally started: 1 meter. And then it does something completely bonkers and unexpected, but that's the part that you need to watch for yourself. This video fundamentally changed my ability to think about the concept of zooming in and zooming out, and seeing from multiple perspectives along the way. --- I tried in vain to find an original version of the video, but the best I could find was a YouTube video that someone uploaded from a show in Seattle. I have fast-forwarded the link to 4:06 to capture the "zoom in" part of the video, but I do recommend watching the entire thing from the beginning because it is pretty amazing. Enjoy.

NO! Please don't take away big windows - natural light is beautiful and makes everyone feel better*... 🌞 ISO 52120-1:2022 shows how EPC class ratings of A and B can be achieved with Dynamic shading (Combined light / blind / HVAC control), and EPC class C by automatic blinds. Makes sense to pursue these avenues first rather than effectively just bricking up the windows!? If you are a landlord looking at options to bring your building to EPC D or below then motorising or automating your blinds is worth considering, please DM me. *This is clearly as long as the incoming light / heat is optimised with effective shading systems - uncontrolled daylight can cause glare and headaches and over-heated buildings. Obviously if your blinds are not optimised currently then let us know, help is not far away!