Building in a Post-Pandemic World with USG Boral

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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Samsung’s Innovative Air-Purifying and Cooling Technology with PM1.0 Filter

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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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Moving Beyond Sustainability

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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 […]

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Landscape Architecture Is Our First Line of Defence

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The design community’s response to COVID-19, much like our reaction to issues of sustainability, tends to gravitate toward silver bullet solutions rather than necessary incremental change. Similarly, at the onset of the pandemic, our hubris and desire to manage Mother Nature guided us to focus on human-centric solutions to our predicament: advancing sensor technology [1] […]

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Anna Heringer

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NK: Let’s start with your speech at the LafargeHolcim Forum in Cairo, 2019. On stage, you looked squarely at the CEO of LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s largest producers of cement, who was seated in the front row, and asked that his company raise the price of cement. What made you abandon the polite tone […]

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YEAR-END 2020

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The sustainability roadmap that emerged two decades ago has failed us. Yes, more buildings in Asia are certified Green. And yes, more professionals and developers now buy into the need for change. But the situation is escalating faster than the pace at which solutions are generated. There is also a substance gap here. Are things […]

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