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Joint interview: ecodesign applied to off-site construction
Forward-planning, cost control and performance management: the specific expertise and benefits of off-site construction are also an opportunity to improve a building’s environmental footprint. The design phase is
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In pictures: the many faces of urban agriculture
As the number of urban agriculture projects is on the rise, there is a need to consider economic, environmental, food-related, regulatory and sustainability challenges. This trend comes in many different shapes and a
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[Position paper] Dynamic life cycle assessment explained
A “simplified” dynamic approach was proposed under the 2020 French environmental regulation (RE2020). This shift in methodology opens the debate on the shortcomings of static LCA that can be overcome through a
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Editorial: why a practical guide to rooftop vegetable gardens?
Historically, agriculture has forged our societies, in terms of both their social and spatial organisation. While the development of agriculture has led to sedentarisation and so the establishment of cities, the urban
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The 6 essentials of urban agriculture on rooftops
Faced with the densification of cities, which will accommodate nearly 66% of the world's population by 2050, rooftops represent an opportunity to reclaim under-exploited areas. Roofs constitute up to 32% of the
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