Cities post-covid will become more sustainable

Home News Computing (Image credit: Jamesteohart / Shutterstock) The pandemic may be far from over, but life is slowly returning to normal. That means that the problems that we have been somewhat distracted from for the last 18 months are now back at the top of the agenda – and none is anything near as urgent as climate change.It can be difficult to know how to chip away at such a monumental challenge. But when you look at the amounts of energy we unthinkingly waste every day, there are enormous opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, not least in the built environment.The technology to reduce building emissions is there, and so is the will. So how do we make our cities greener and our buildings more energy efficient, and in a way that’s also affordable? It all starts with getting smart.Are buildings that bad?It’s easy to pin all the blame for greenhouse gas emissions on the most visible manifestations like cars and airplanes. In fact, if we count construction, buildings are… Click below to read the full story from TechRadar
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