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Archive for the ‘Global’ Category

Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

This report, produced jointly by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), offers policy makers a comprehensive understanding of the options available to support the development of renewables.

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TedX Talk: Can Satellites Help Us Predict Infrastructure Collapses?

Friday, April 27th, 2018

Bridges and other structures fall down relatively often, and every time it happens we wonder if we could have known earlier that there was a problem. What if we could use images from satellites to predict when (and what) might be at risk? Sakthy Selvakumaran is here to show us how. Sakthy Selvakumaran has worked as a civil and structural engineer in multiple roles, continents and cultures before returning to academia.

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City Beautiful: Are urban gondolas a viable form of public transportation?

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

YouTube channel “City Beautiful” travels to Medellin to document a functioning transit system based on urban gondolas. Several proposals could bring similar transit options to the United States, where cities like New York and Portland have already adopted small scale urban gondola use.

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Nature-Based Solutions for Water

Friday, March 23rd, 2018
Physical Water Scarcity - 2010 and 2050

UN WATER The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018 Executive Summary Nature-based solutions (NBS) are inspired and supported by nature and use, or mimic, natural processes to contribute to the improved management of water. An NBS can involve conserving or rehabilitating natural ecosystems and/or the enhancement or creation of natural processes in modified or […]

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Smart Cities – What’s in it for Citizens?

Friday, March 16th, 2018
The Top 20 Global City Performance by Index, 2017

JUNIPER RESEARCH What is a Smart City? “A Smart City is an urban ecosystem that places emphasis on the use of digital technology, shared knowledge and cohesive processes to underpin citizen benefits in vectors such as mobility, public safety, health and productivity.” Many smart city studies have been conducted with the aim of projecting technology […]

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Global Traffic Scorecard

Monday, February 12th, 2018
Worldwide Traffic Study - Global Traffic Scorecard - INRIX research

The INRIX 2017 Traffic Scorecard is the largest and most detailed study of congestion to date. It includes data on 1,360 cities in 38 countries covering more than 100,000 square miles (250,000 square kilometers) of road and focuses on congestion across all times of the day and week. It confirms, as previous INRIX Traffic Scorecards have found, that congestion is a significant and growing burden on our cities. It is clear that congestion is a global phenomenon, and impacts businesses as well as commuters, small cities as well as large ones and developing as well as developed economies.

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The Future of Infrastructure: Expert Opinions from Around the World

Monday, February 5th, 2018
The future of infrastructure - key findings

We find an industry that is unified in its belief that infrastructure will play an important role in shaping the society of the future. Over 80 percent of the more than 500 professionals surveyed agree that national prosperity depends on civil infrastructure

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Wall Street Journal Video: How a Steel Box Changed the World

Wednesday, January 31st, 2018

As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and the future will see fewer players stay above water.

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Filling the Gap: A Realistic Look at Today’s Challenges and Opportunities in U.S. Infrastructure

Monday, December 11th, 2017
Survey of Infrastructure Executives - respondents

Developing nations aren’t the only ones with poor infrastructure. Across the U.S., examples of citizens, government officials and the press criticizing the condition of their roads and bridges, airports, schools or other infrastructure are easy to find. This should come as no surprise, says Scott Pattison, CEO of the U.S. National Governors Association (NGA), “because as a nation, we are critically underinvesting in our infrastructure.”

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ACEC’S ENGINEERING INC. — Withstanding the Immense Power of Wind

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
Engineering, Inc. - November/ December 2017

Engineering wind-resilient structures and spaces is a complicated endeavor that relies on both human ingenuity and science. Projects must also mesh with other environmental factors, including falling snow and ice, snow loads and solar conditions. Consulting firms tap detailed climatological data, local wind data and more to grasp how wind affects a structure in a particular spot. But that’s only a start.

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