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Smart data & sustainable design
In the past couple of weeks we’ve looked at sustainable design through the lenses of open data and big data, and this week we’re looking at the holy grail, which is “smart data.” Is “smart data” really just a way of describing how communications and physical engineering are merging into new systems that enable “smarter”… Continue Reading
Sustainable Design improved by Open Data?
Recently New York City released building permit, property record, and building footprint data. New York is releasing this and other data as part of its effort to implement the 2012 Open Data law. The World Bank also recently announced a million dollar open data initiative to help developing countries get going with open data. When… Continue Reading
Upcycling
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a big new competition to help develop the circular economy and, on the same theme, a new film called Trashed. This time I want to mention a couple of examples of upcycling. Upcycling, as you may know, is the process of recycling a material into something… Continue Reading
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