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Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy

Consideration of the efficiency of energy use at the city-scale can present budget-constrained cities with a significant opportunity to respond to their energy needs without sacrificing their development priorities. The World Bank’s Energy Sector Management & Assistance Programme recognised that for city authorities to successfully identify appropriate and feasible energy efficiency interventions, they need new and practical tools that inform the underpinning decision-making processes. Looking to catalyse more rapid understanding of city-scale energy use issues and appropriate responses, the World Bank commissioned Happold Consulting to develop a Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE).

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Categories: Energy, Transport, Urban development, Water, Waste, Sustainability, Environment, Transport, Urban development, Water, United Kingdom, United States


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Al Ghurair City Centre Phase ll, Dubai, UAE

The Al Ghurair Retail Centre is Dubai’s oldest shopping complex and its growth has mirrored that of Dubai. In 2005 the Al Ghurair family embarked on its third expansion phase for the centre combining retail, residential and 5 star hotel components with basement car parking in a 200,000m² development adjacent to the original site.

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Categories: Retail, Structural engineering, Building services engineering, Saudi Arabia, UAE


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Xeritown, Dubai, UAE

Xeritown is a dense residential development to be built on 59 hectares of the emerging urban district of Dubailand.

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Categories: Urban development, Sustainability, Facades, Saudi Arabia, UAE


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Ralph Wilson Football Stadium

The Ralph Wilson Football Stadium was constructed in the 1970s, is owned by the County of Erie, New York and was recently leased to the Buffalo Bills Football team for another 10 years. The 62,000 seat stadium is...

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Categories: Sports & Entertainment, Structural engineering, United States


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Washington University in St. Louis Brown School Expansion

The Brown School Expansion Project, currently in design, is an opportunity for Washington University in St. Louis’ School of Social Work to design and construct a building that fully embraces their vision, which is...

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Categories: Education, Building services engineering, Lighting, Sustainability, United States


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Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School

The new Olin Business School is a 174,000 SF faculty and teaching education building on the Washington University in St. Louis campus. As one of the top business degree programs in the nation and an institution of...

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Categories: Education, Building services engineering, United States


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Central Library of Liverpool

The newly refurbished Central Library in Liverpool opened to the public in May 2013. The library has undergone a stunning £50m renovation, including the restoration of the library’s 150 year old Grade II listed sections such as the facade and the Picton, Hornby and Oak reading rooms. A new repository has also been added, which now provides a home for a historically valuable archive of artefacts dating back over 800 years.

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Categories: Civic, Sustainability, Lighting, United Kingdom


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European Spallation Source (ESS)

The European Spallation Source (ESS) will become the world’s largest and most advanced facility for neutron-based research. ESS is located in the university city of Lund in southern Sweden.

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Categories: Scientific, Computational analysis, Sustainability, Facades, Structural engineering, Nordics


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North Gate development

With an enviable selection of world class tenants, the North Gate development is set to provide over 370,000m2 of retail, commercial office and parking facilities towards the north of Doha. Works are currently on-going with an expected completion date of mid 2014.

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Categories: Commercial office, Retail, Urban development, Saudi Arabia, UAE