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As Greenbuild enters its 10 year, it is moving outside of the US for the first time and heading for Toronto, Canada. Offering a snapshot of the green building industry as a whole, well be bringing you blog post updates of whats happening at the event together with any key announcements and technology trends that emerge.
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Thought Leadership
Throughout October, well have blog posts form our regular line up of contributors including: Paul Hinkin of Black Architecture, Robert de Jong from the Urban Land Institute, Martin Townsend of BRE Global and Juliette Daniels of the London Climate Change
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Partnership.
79% of the world's population is forecast to live in cities by 2040. Given that cities provide an effective scale to respond to many of the challenges of resource constraints, they are becoming a focus for companies interested in understanding future growth opportunities and for governments developing responses to sustainability challenges. This webinar will look at a recent study by Shell examining the drivers of city development, the development pathways of different city archetypes to 2025 and the stresses on cities - which present both challenges and commercial opportunities.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5
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The smart grid has the potential to radically change the way we produce, distribute and use electricity. This webinar will explore the opportunities that the smart grid offers for the reduction in energy consumption of data centers, looking at this from both the
THURSDAY OCTOBER 6
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IT and data center facility perspective as well as offering tips on how to sell the idea to clients.
A group of leading global real estate companies have got together to monitor and improve the environmental performance of existing buildings. Find out how they are tackling the issues and what has been learnt so far about the performance of existing commercial office buildings across Europe.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 13
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In this podcast with Thomas Tang, Regional Director of AECOM Asia, we hear about the pressures that mass urbanization is having on cities across the region, find out how they are responding to the challenges and learn which ones to watch in
TUESDAY OCTOBER 18
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How can waste companies transform the image of the industry? This webinar will explore the need for better design for energy from waste infrastructure.
The roll out of electric vehicle infrastructure is gathering pace across the UK. This webinar will explore how much electric vehicle infrastructure is needed, what user behavior and technology trends are emerging, how local authorities are building flexibility into their electric vehicle infrastructure plans and de-risking their investments. Well also look at the practicalities of deploying electric vehicle infrastructure that should be considered and how to tackle the chicken and egg scenario of installing the infrastructure first or waiting for the demand to materialize.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21
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By April next year, all of the UK's Regional Development Agencies will have been abolished and responsibility for economic development passed on to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). But what does this mean for the sustainability agenda? This webinar will explore how LEPs aim to meet the challenges of delivering sustainability at a local level.
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