Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Actions toward net zero that help deliver business resilience on multiple levels include onsite renewable energy, the central feature of net-zero energy buildings, because it withstands disruptions to a centralised energy grid. Bates advocates for embracing net zero as a competitive differentiator. "We

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. Pavement is degrading faster. As of last summer, they’ve only found five.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We started in 2011 meeting three demanding — and sometimes competing — objectives: placemaking, enhancing transit experience and improving infrastructure. It facilitates social resilience. A resilient city is better prepared to fight climate change. This project plans to be a regenerative project.

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Climate change Transportation Europe Stormwater 28

Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Health care, already a longstanding challenge in the islands, is expected to get worse, as temperatures rise and mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Zika proliferate. Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse. Residents have ideas. Puerto Rico, U.S.

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