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How Green Are Smart Cities, and How Smart Are Green Cities?

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How smart and green a city is can be determined by environmental initiatives, progressive urban planning, infrastructure with technology at its core and the availability of IoT-monitored resources for people working and living in the city. Right: Smart City Illustration. Image by Moondance via Pixabay.

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Checking in to Meliá Frankfurt City – a hotel that means business

Hotel Designs

Preconceptions are indeed there to be challenged, which is exactly what Meliá Frankfurt City – a 431-key hotel that unapologetically really means business – did in 2021, when it arrived to join some of its relatives in Germany’s fifth largest city, with effortless style. What we can agree on, though, is the building’s eco rating.

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Zaha Hadid Architects completes dune-like Beeah Headquarters in Sharjah

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With their new headquarters, Beeah demonstrates how technology can scale sustainable impact and ultimately serve as a blueprint for tomorrow's smart, sustainable cities.". A smart building management system has been incorporated to automatically adjust lighting and temperature depending on occupancy and the time of day.

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BEEAH Group’s new headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

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With their new headquarters, BEEAH demonstrates how technology can scale sustainable impact and ultimately serve as a blueprint for tomorrow’s smart, sustainable cities. Glass reinforced fibre panels reduce solar gain while slab and glass cooling regulate interior temperatures for optimum comfort. The 9,000 sq.

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BEEAH Headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

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With their new headquarters, BEEAH demonstrates how technology can scale sustainable impact and ultimately serve as a blueprint for tomorrow’s smart, sustainable cities. Glass reinforced fibre panels reduce solar gain while slab and glass cooling regulate interior temperatures for optimum comfort. The 9,000 sq.

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“PHIVE” civic center by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

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Parramatta city is located on the west side of Sydney, being part of the Great Sydney as an important business district. The building also houses a Discovery Centre and cultural heritage spaces which includes interactive displays and exhibitions, and an Aboriginal Keeping Place for local Indigenous objects.

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The next phase of sustainability in luxury hotels

BD+C

For example, as hotels look to curating elegant spaces for guests, opportunities arise for energy savings in guest bedrooms using smart building controls. There is an increasing opportunity to create systems that allow a guest’s smart device or room key to help regulate temperatures for energy savings.