It has been five years since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals; the 2020 report notes that progress had been made in some areas, such as improving maternal and child health, expanding access to electricity, and increasing women’s representation in government. Yet even these advances were offset elsewhere by growing food insecurity, deterioration of the […]
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Despite that the world is not on track to meet climate objectives and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) for universal access to clean, affordable and reliable energy, Marcel Alers, UNDP Head of Energy, said that “clean energy solutions exist that can get us there”. “There is growing momentum to make them political and investment priorities,” he added. Men install solar […]
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The Stonex administrative and industrial complex is developed as a native production-house. Considering the nature of work and the movement of raw and finished products, the building is designed with vehicular access only from one side, and not all around the building. This allows for the maximum possible green cover and softscaping, where the factory […]
A home away from home—the Girls Hostel at Mann School, New Delhi, follows an empathetic design approach, offering children a safe learning environment with the freedom to interact, engage and grow. The building is located within the complex of the Mann School as the existing boarding facilities could not cater to the increasing number of […]
Brought to you by Technal At Technal, sustainability is at the heart of the business. The company provides effective and reliable aluminium windows, sliders, doors and façades that produce long-term results over a building’s life cycle. With people spending more than 90 per cent of their lifetime working and living within buildings, and buildings accounting […]
Brought to you by USG Boral Demand for prefabricated construction is expected to grow in the post-pandemic world. It brings about many benefits, from cost and time savings to safer construction protocols, with minimal labour needed for installation, allowing implementation of physical distancing measures. USG Boral offers high-quality building products that are compliant with international […]
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An air conditioner with air-purifying panel in one unit Brought to you by Samsung Samsung’s Wind-Free range of air conditioners is a powerful solution that controls the temperature and humidity of the indoor space. It incorporates an air-purifying panel that is designed to improve air quality with its advanced filtration system, a two-step system that […]
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Brought to you by Mapei Urban development has led to an inevitable increase of noise coming from our surroundings. Mapei offers two types of soundproofing solutions to improve the acoustic efficiency of our living and working environments. Mapesonic CR This is an innovative, under-floor soundproofing system to combat the noise of footsteps transmitted through floor […]
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PM Lee Hsien Loong delivered a video message at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on 12 December 2020. Excellencies, Climate change is an existential threat for all of us, but especially for a small island state like Singapore. This global challenge like this requires a […]
On 11 December 2020, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement, World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) announces 18 new businesses and organisations as signatories to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment). After urging the building and construction sector to #ActOnClimate during World Green Building Week 2020, WorldGBC, […]
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In theory, sustainability should allow us to continue to meet the needs of this and future generations. That was the point made by the Brundtland Commission in their definition of sustainability. But that does not address a more basic question of whether or not we should be continuing the current situation. The ecosystems that support […]
A CRISIS OF PERCEPTION For centuries, cities evolved gradually in terms of their physical and population size. This trend, however, dramatically shifted in the last 50 years, with urban growth occurring at an exponential scale and rate as urban population numbers spiked. By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s projected 9.7 billion population will live in […]
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