Energiesprong - Zero energy housing retrofits that began in the Netherlands but have now been happening around Europe and inspiring similar solutions in New York and California. Retrofits are performed at no upfront cost to the residents. • Over 5,00… ift.tt/2T396iq

If anyone out there would like to provide a technical review of our strategy to transform Greater Melbourne into a self sufficient city by 2030 using only profitable initiatives, hit us up and slide into my DMs. Technical side is being wrapped up by Frid… ift.tt/38f9sH7

April 16. Melbourne. Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats. Speaking along with The Lord Mayor @sallycapp_ Jill Garner the Government Architect. Alex Tzannes @tzarchitecture Richard Hassell from @woha_architects and more. ift.tt/2Tc9zPi

Los Angeles Mandates Retrofits - Los Angeles also recently announced their own “Green New Deal” • requires all current building stock to be retrofit to net positive by 2050 • targets reductions in building energy use per m2 for all building types of … ift.tt/2VOsXUj

Solar Uptake in South Australia 32% of residences in Adelaide now have solar PV systems installed. • total capacity is more than 800MW • most of these systems have been installed in the last 10 years • during peak solar generation times, PV has gene… ift.tt/3cEUzRI

Rooftop PV Uptake in Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu has the most PV installed per capita of US cities with 640W installed per person. •As of 2017 almost 20% of single family houses and townhouses have solar PV (~50,000 dwellings total) •Since 2017 permit… ift.tt/3aG8u82

Solar Uptake in Los Angeles Los Angeles now has the most installed PV total of any city in the US in terms of total kW. • LA also plans to expand Feed-in-Tariff programs, create standard plans for carport solar, require all newly built parking struc… ift.tt/2IAdXRS

Germany to Decommission All Coal Plants Germany will decommission all of its 84 coal fired power plants within the next 19 years. • Currently 35% of energy is from coal • 12.6GW of coal power capacity will be decommissioned by 2022, and another 25.6… ift.tt/2TS9S0T

Copenhagen on Track for Carbon Neutrality by 2025 • The city’s energy utility, HOFOR, has invested billions of euros to build 360 wind turbines by 2025 • It will replace its coal fired power plants with biomass plants burning sustainably sourced wood… ift.tt/39KvgMf

Water Unlimited - Singapore’s Recycled Sewer Water - NEWater is the brand name given to reclaimed water treated and used for drinking in Singapore • Currently makes up 40% of the drinking water supply • Expected to rise to 55% by 2060 • Studies by an… ift.tt/2IJEnkj

London’s Recycled Water - 70% of London’s water is supplied by reservoirs filled by the River Thames. •London receives only half as much rainfall as Sydney •Classified as “seriously water stressed” by the Environment Agency •Thames water is said to h… ift.tt/3d2pBTA

Israel Recycles 87% of its wastewater • Majority of recycled water is used for irrigation • Around 50% is treated using an advanced process which allows it to be reused for any crops, rather than limited types of irrigation • Accounts for almost a th… ift.tt/2IO5XwO

Perth refills its drinking water aquifer with treated waste water • Water is stored and naturally filtered until it is needed • Greatly improves water security as it does not rely on rainfall • The groundwater replenishment scheme currently supplies … ift.tt/2wgPYVh

Copenhagen’s Biogas Grid - With Copenhagen’s target of carbon neutrality by 2025, the gas grid must become fully decarbonised. • New biogas upgrading facility means 44% of the city’s grid gas supply is now from biogas as of June 2019 • Aiming for 60%… ift.tt/2WBYby8

.Finding Infinity has spent the past two years developing a 10-point strategy for Melbourne to become completely self-sufficient in terms of energy, food and water. dezeen.com/2021/04/02/mel…

Here is what we saw at one of the first design gatherings to take place physically this year. The protagonists were communities, the city of the future, and sustainability. domusweb.it/en/design/gall… #mdw2021 #melbourne #design

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