The City of Chicago is investing US$1 million to upgrade cooling infrastructure at 42 neighbourhood parks, targeting communities identified as the most vulnerable to extreme heat through a data-driven mapping tool. Announced by Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Park District, the first...
French municipalities have become a real-life laboratory for dimming and switching off street lighting at night, with lessons that are highly relevant to Australian cities and regions. From energy crisis to normal practice Facilitated by smart street lighting controls, off-peak dimming and...
Local councils across Australia and New Zealand are increasingly facing the problem of coastal erosion and land instability from rising sea levels. What was once a rare event, has evolved into a persistent trend that will likely continue to accelerate in coming decades. The scale of this...
Nature-based green infrastructure is transforming asset management, offering sustainable and cost-effective alternatives to traditional grey assets. With traditional infrastructure responsible for nearly 79% of global emissions and half of all resource use and waste, the shift toward green...
New Zealand’s infrastructure is facing mounting pressure from a changing climate. More frequent floods, longer droughts, and rising seas. Building resilience isn’t just about recovering after disasters; it’s about anticipating and adapting to change so we can protect our communities, economy,...
Creating new wastewater infrastructure is often time consuming and expensive, but when an area is increasing in population, is it often essential. One approach to increasing the performance of wastewater treatment assets, and avoiding many of the costs of increasing wastewater infrastructure...
By Steve Mooney Coastal erosion is a growing issue in New Zealand, and is presenting challenging questions for residents, as well as for local and national governments. Years of erosion have seen the coastland recede in some areas of the country, threatening many homes which may have also...
Few communities worldwide have worked harder or invested more in their firefighting capacity than California in recent years. Yet, the world was shocked by the scale of devastation caused by the Los Angeles fires in January. Now that the unproductive blame game and the recriminations have...
By David Jenkins Decarbonisation is one of the great challenges facing the construction industry, and to meet that challenge, infrastructure planners are increasingly focusing on the issue of embodied carbon. According to a recent KPMG report, 22% of buildings’ carbon emissions come from...
By David Jenkins A significant development in asset management practice has been the use of natural assets, which can replace traditional hard assets, or be used in parallel. These natural solutions can come with lower capital and operating costs, can mitigate the impacts of climate change,...
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