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fromFast Company
1 week ago

A city in Southern Spain holds an ancient secret to fighting extreme heat

We have deployed several types of cooling systems here, each one used depending on climatic conditions. The system, created millennia ago but updated for the 21st century, works by cooling water underground in the naturally low temperatures at night. To cool water more quickly, some is also sent to the roof via solar-powered pumps and sprayed out of nozzles in a thin layer through a method known as a falling film, before draining back down underground.
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NYC real estate
fromHoodline
1 week ago

East River Park Rises, and Lower Manhattan Wonders What It Lost

Lower Manhattan's East River Park has been rebuilt with elevated terrain serving as both public recreation space and flood protection infrastructure against storm surge and sea-level rise.
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fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago

Ontario's scrapping of Toronto's green roof bylaw has opposition MPPS, advocates seeing red | CBC News

Ontario repealed Toronto's mandatory green roof bylaw, removing the city's enforcement authority and making green roofs voluntary.
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