Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Durham, October 2023 Urban locations worldwide are struggling to manage stormwater drainage, in the face of extreme weather. And this seems to be a key factor in the increasing difficulties being faced worldwide, when it comes to managing the hydraulic capacity of sewer and stormwater networks.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

Autodesk Although the team is just at the start of this digitization journey, Tom is excited about what the data can do for energy efficiency — for instance, gradually pre-heating and cooling spaces, based on models of how many people will be in the space at a given time. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Southwick agrees.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2022

A report out last Thursday found that the understudied cooling effects of trees — like their role in the water cycle and the compounds they emit — have kept the planet half a degree Celsius cooler, not even accounting for the carbon dioxide they capture. Studies show that their presence makes people happier and healthier.

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