How the Circular Economy Creates a More Sustainable, Wealthier World
Through reusing materials and eliminating waste, a circular economy offers a solution to natural resource overuse, social inequity, and the climate crisis.
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How Data-Center Water Cooling Is Changing the Sustainability Game
As data centers skyrocket, so does carbon consumption. But data-center water cooling is a boon for both sustainability and efficiency.
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How VR Training in the Workplace Is Transforming Learning on the Job
VR training in the workplace is a booming business—especially for a newly remote workforce. Simulated virtual-reality scenarios help nurses, managers, architects, and more learn on the job.
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Switching on Electric Construction Equipment Can Make Jobsites Greener
A new generation of electric construction equipment—heavy machinery such as excavators and cranes—plugs in for greener jobsites.
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Generative Design Helps These Architects Hold Their Clients’ Horses—Literally
The generative-design process is a beast of burden for Populous architects—facilitating the layout of equine expos and livestock shows is just the start.
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Digitally Preserving Brazil’s Ipiranga Museum Is a Model of Collaboration
Learn how preserving Brazil's Ipiranga Museum with a full-scale digital 3D model will have lasting cultural impacts for generations to come.
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Fiber on the Farm: How 5G in Rural Areas Could Revitalize Forgotten Communities
The considerable challenge of implementing 5G in rural areas of America could be worth the potential for education and agriculture.
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Tackling a Tricky Flatiron-Shaped Build With Collaborative Construction Methods
Digital orchestration helped a collaborative team assemble a flatiron-type building in an odd-shaped triangular lot—a win for precast construction and BIM coordination.
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How Sustainable Manufacturing Is Transforming the Industry With Green Innovation
Sustainable manufacturing— from material extraction to logistics—helps companies cut carbon emissions, appeal to customers, and tap new sources of environmentally focused funding.
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Water Infrastructure Is Key to a Fast-Flowing Industrial Economy
America’s manufacturing economy depends on the increasingly leaky pipes undergirding the US water system—it's time to start funding water-infrastructure upgrades.
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How Sustainable Manufacturing Supports a Clean, Circular Economy—and Vice Versa
Adopting sustainable manufacturing slashes carbon emissions and energy use, advances global equity and environmental goals, and boosts economies.
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Smart Architecture: Data-Driven Design for Smart Buildings
Smart architecture improves the efficiency and sustainability of buildings using digital tools, data, AI, smart sensors, and machine learning.
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How New Architecture Technologies Help Design the Buildings of Tomorrow, Today
Technology has long reshaped the possibilities of architecture. Now, new digital design tools are transforming how buildings are imagined and built.
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What Is the Future of Virtual and Augmented Reality?
Explore the future of virtual reality, from college campus tours with a DIY VR headset to a space suit that will help astronauts prepare for a Mars landing.
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