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What Is Sustainable Development?
Sustainable development (SD) encompasses 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It seeks to ensure both social advancement and environmental preservation within Earth’s capacity for life support. To achieve SD, there…
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The Benefits of Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency refers to using less energy for similar or better results while still producing the same or greater outcomes, thus reducing both environmental impacts and financial costs. Energy…
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Benefits of Smart Grids for Utilities and Consumers
Modernizing the grid with smart technologies provides utilities and consumers alike with multiple advantages, including internal modernization which reduces energy costs and peaks, allows for better utilization of renewables…
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How Smart Cities Are Embracing the Internet of Things
As smart technology progresses, cities can use it to become more efficient and sustainable. Cities can monitor infrastructure while collecting real-time data about traffic congestion, air quality issues, public…
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Energy Storage – A Crucial Technology to Help Us Achieve Our Clean Energy Goals
Energy storage is a key technology that will enable us to reach our clean energy goals. There are various forms of storage solutions, including batteries, thermal, and mechanical. Grid-scale…
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The Importance of Urban Mobility
Urban mobility refers to how people move throughout cities and towns, using various techniques for designing efficient yet sustainable transportation systems. Columns 1 through 3 of the regression results…
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NAHB Land Use Planning Guide
Land use planning requires multiple critical steps and coordination with title services, land surveys and zoning regulations. Economic efficiency and proximity to infrastructure are also essential aspects of planning….
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The Importance of Zoning Regulations in Commercial Real Estate
Zoning can provide relief to suburban communities where parks, retail stores and restaurants have recently opened in their neighborhood; but less so when an industrial manufacturing plant takes over…
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Community Engagement – Empowering Communities to Take Ownership of Their Own Future
Community engagement is an approach to community development that empowers residents to shape their own future. For it to be successful, however, community engagement must include participation by a…
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Establishing a Digital Governance Framework
Digital governance refers to creating a formal governance framework within companies to ensure they conduct digital activities in a legal and efficient manner, helping prevent data breaches or legal…