Aarni HeiskanenAug 15, 2023
Virtual power plants: The likely future of power generation can be glimpsed in Germany, where in 2022 energy company Next Kraftwerke passed the 10,000-megawatt mark of networked capacity – enough energy to serve about 5 million US homes.
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What Is a Virtual Power Plant?

Virtual power plants can provide a big benefit to the grid and send some rewards your way. Here's what you need to know.

CNET
Aarni HeiskanenAug 14, 2023
Carbonation causes cement-based products to act as natural carbon sinks, sequestering CO2 from the air and storing it permanently. Chemically-induced pre-cure carbonation increases this capability.
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3 Questions: Boosting concrete’s ability to serve as a natural “carbon sink”

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub postdoc Damian Stefaniuk describes his research on chemically-induced pre-cure carbonation, which can theoretically make concrete’s uptake capacity sufficient to offset at least 40% of the emissions from the calcination of cement.

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Aarni HeiskanenJun 17, 2023

With more hybrid workers and new office needs, firms like Zaha Hadid Architects use artificial intelligence for solutions.

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How A.I. Is Helping Architects Change Workplace Design

With more hybrid workers and new office needs, firms like Zaha Hadid Architects are turning to artificial intelligence for solutions.

The New York Times
Aarni HeiskanenJun 17, 2023

Hexagon Geosystems division has launched several construction technology solutions, including a new cloud-based software to visualize, federate and help control project data, a Reality Cloud Studio, and a partnership with Sony.

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Hexagon unveils new construction technology solutions

New reality cloud studio, software to visualise, federate and help control project data, and partnership to advance reality capture solutions announced

KHL Group LLP