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Designing for a climate-changed built environment
Arup’s experts share their approaches to help futureproof our climate changing world
How higher education stays ahead of the sustainability curve
Four Arup experts weigh in on the cultural, social, and commercial forces that help higher-ed institutions drive ambitious sustainability goals.
The future of higher education
The world of higher education has been profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and is forcing designers and administrators to change their approach.
Private sector resilience: The case for solving far-reaching problems
Arup engineers discuss the private sector’s resilience-related risks and opportunities, including those posed by COVID-19, and how they interact with their ecosystems at large.
Structural engineers hold the keys to carbon neutrality
Arup’s senior structural engineer Lauren Wingo and sustainability associate Frances Yang are part of the SE 2050 working group designing and managing a commitment initiative to help structural engineers meet this challenge to achieve carbon neutrality.
Going local: America’s growing offshore ambitions
Three years on, the industry has attracted global attention and captured the imagination of the Eastern US.
Innovations at sea: Lowering the costs of offshore wind
The key to expanding the development of offshore wind energy is bringing down development and operating costs.
How do you build a laboratory that combines high performance with energy efficiency?
Arup provided comprehensive strategies for Northeastern University’s new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC).
What does an age-inclusive city look like?
As our lifespans extend it’s becoming clear we need to do a better job of designing cities that work for the old as well as the young.
Hitting the accelerator: building an electric vehicle charging grid for all
How can cities, infrastructure owners and transport authorities make joined-up decisions around EV charging infrastructure to reap the benefits of low emission vehicles?
The electric vehicle revolution: Why it’s already time to invest in the grid
How should interested investors approach the EV charging grid opportunity?
Design with water
As heavily populated regions start to experience acute water scarcity, there is a clear need to develop alternative means of meeting demand.
A shared city will include seniors
Due to rapid urbanization many of the world’s seniors will now live their entire lives in urban environments.
How do you build a hospital that balances cutting edge technology and affordable healthcare?
In 2013, Kaiser Permanente (KP) – a non-profit health plan and care provider – invited the world’s most talented minds to submit their designs for the hospital of the future.
Future-proofing data centres: designing Russia’s largest data hall – IXcellerate Moscow One
A reliable infrastructure network, high internet penetration rates and connectivity along with comparatively lower power costs are making Russia a go-to location for data centres.
How can we build more water-resilient cities?
With over 2 billion new urban citizens anticipated by 2050, cities increasingly recognise the need for better understanding of the water-related risks, and for tools that help prioritise action and investments to become more resilient.
Rethinking timber buildings
New uses and hybrid materials are emerging that could transform how and where we choose to build, and the sustainability and resilience of our designs.
Future of Schools
Schools must prepare students with the knowledge, skills and adaptability for unknown jobs and technology that has not yet been invented.
Green building envelopes for lower city temperatures
It’s never been more important to design buildings to offset the urban heat island effect created by our cities.
Daylight, urban density, and the role of regulation
If daylight guidelines were strategically implemented within building regulations, more naturally lit cities would evolve.
John W. Olver Transit Center
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