At the Year in Infrastructure 2016 conference in London the Be Inspired Awards set some new records. There were 311 submissions from 22 countries. Of these 110 were completed and operational projects and 120 were under […]
Introduction Building Information Models are comprehensive digital representations of buildings which include 3D geometry and associated data. They are widely used for designing, engineering, and constructing buildings (vertical BIM) and infrastructure (horizontal BIM). Owners are […]
2 November 14:30 – 15:30 Dr. Anne Kemp Atkins Fellow and Director, Atkins Dr. Nicole Metje Reader in Infrastructure Monitoring, University of Birmingham (UK) “Out of site and out of mind.” Many of the […]
Many commodity products are manufactured from organic compounds sourced originally from fossil fuels. Closing the carbon cycle by utilizing CO2 and displacing fossil fuels as a source (feedstock) for these commodities is a key intermediate […]
200 countries have agreed in Kigali to reduce the emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are greenhouse gases used as an alternative to ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in foam production, refrigeration, and air conditioning. When it was […]
Methane has the second-largest global radiative forcing impact of anthropogenic greenhouse gases after carbon dioxide. In addition to anthropogenic sources, mainly fossil fuels, livestock and waste, natural methane sources include the biosphere (wetlands, termites, oceans, […]
As the electric power industry generates increasing amounts of renewable energy from intermittent sources such as wind and solar PV, the ability to nowcast radiance and wind velocity with km resolution up to 25 minutes […]
There is little doubt that “transactive energy” is in the future of electric power in North America, which already has continental grids, and in the EU with the development of the EU’s supergrid. The world […]