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Insights 2023: Mario Macri

Sustainability Matters

It is now more important than ever to aim towards building smart cities that are truly sustainable, have cleaner transportation and feature more efficient buildings and infrastructures that serve essential human needs such as homes, water, electricity and connectivity. Urgency will be compounded as demand picks up.

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Hong Kong’s Standard Chartered Bank goes digital in 30-year-old building amid urban renewal push

Eco-Business

Johnson Controls, CBRE joint providers of smart building technologies and commercial real estate services SHANGHAI, October 23, 2019 - Johnson Controls and CBRE have developed a customized, integrated digital solution for the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) office that is housed in the SCB Building in Kowloon East, Hong Kong.

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Rotterdam uses smart tech to 'save city from drowning'

Corporate Knights

While typical green roofs function like sponges and look like gardens, Rotterdam is working with public and private landlords to develop a “green-blue grid.” The tanks, in turn, are equipped with electronic drain valves that can be opened and closed remotely, in some cases via a smart phone app. .