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Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is having an upgrade, Â ready for the new launch on 6th January 2014, BoB will be closed from 5pm on 13th December until 23rd December 2013. The upgrade is the most substantial update to BoB National since its launch in 2009 and will result in a range of new features and much more content, including:Â Over 1 million TV and radio programmes available, including all BBC TV and radio content dating from mid-2007; More than ten foreign language channels; An extended 30-day recording buffer; Display and search transcripts and thumbnails; Watch BoB on your handheld device; An improved way to create clips, playlists and clip compilations; An easy one-click citation to reference programmes in your work; A new-look website and improved navigation; Share what you’re watching on Twitter; Add You-Tube style comments on programmes and clips.
Designing with data: Shaping our future cities
Posted on: 28 November 2013
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RIBA and Arup present a report which shows how data on how people use cities and their services could revolutionise the way we design and plan our built environment. Through a series of case studies from around the world and insights from key experts, the report offers practitioners four main approaches to working with data and new technology to harness the wealth of opportunity big data presents. The report provides a starting point to smart architecture and planning, but there is further work to be done to roll this approach out. This begins with three recommendations to the UK Government to take place making into the digital age, and to extend the economic, social and environmental benefits of big data to the spatial disciplines of planning and design.
Satellites going local 2013: The water edition
Posted on: 28 November 2013
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This report presents operational examples of local and regional administrations and companies who use geospatial information, satellite navigation and satellite communications to improve water management locally, regionally and cross-border. It touches on sectors as diverse as water supply and management, agriculture, risk management, environmental protection and energy. Also for the first time, each good practice is linked to a specific reference to water-related regulations or policy objectives that the satellite service helps users comply with. Local and regional administrators and private companies who use or manage water sources can draw ideas and inspiration from these good practices so as to improve water management, and thus contribute to the sustainability of this vital resource on the long run.
The changing face of smart buildings: The Op-Ex advantage
Posted on: 27 November 2013
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Smart building technology has the potential to reduce global energy use dramatically, and is already changing how we live and work, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s latest report. The report examines the impact of smart buildings on the workplaces and cities of the future, including tracking technology advancements and environmentally-sustainable contributions.
CIB 2013 World Building Congress, Construction and Society. Brisbane, 5-9 May 2013
Posted on: 20 November 2013
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These are the 13 Proceedings from papers from the designated sessions that took place as part of the CIB World Building Congress, in Brisbane on 5-9 May 2013, under the responsibility of various CIB Task Groups and Commissions. For one event, several groups decided to merge together under the title “Architectural Management & IDDS; Improving Societal Performance of Architectural Design through Better Collaboration and Integration with the Aid of Information Technology and Knowledge Management.” This stream of the congress was organised on behalf of the following CIB Commissions: CIB W078 – Information Technology for Construction; CIB W096 – Architectural Management; CIB W102 – Information & Knowledge Management in Building; CIB’s priority theme Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions (IDDS). Other proceedings are available for: Disasters and the built environment; Energy and the built environment; Construction industry economics; Organisation and management of construction; Facilities management and maintenance; Education in the built environment; Procurement systems; Safety and health in construction; Construction in developing countries; Law and dispute resolution; Smart and sustainable built environments; Clients and users in construction.
urbanAPI – Information and Communication Technology
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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The urbanAPI – Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project will provide urban planners with the tools needed to actively plan and manage the urban environment. Tools will be developed within three urban planning contexts and scales:
Neighbourhood scale: Urban planning using a 3D scenario creator
City scale: The Public Motion explorer
Urban region scale: Interactive city region development simulation
Social media for construction businesses: What next?
Posted on: 4 November 2013
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This podcast involves a discussion on how social media is and should be treated differently to other marketing channels, and how social media will impact various departments within construction businesses such as customer relations, business development and investor relations.
Digital metamorphosis: 10 trends that are transforming the retail landscape
Posted on: 28 October 2013
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Retail businesses are rapidly evolving to remain relevant and competitive in a fast-changing field. According to JLL research, digital technology has reshaped, and will continue to reshape, the retail landscape.
The changing face of smart buildings: The Op-Ex advantage
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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Jones Lang LaSalle has published a report which explains how today’s building technology investment decisions are delivering return on investment (ROI) while shaping the way humans, machines and buildings will interact in the decades to come. Building owners, operators and investors are under pressure to manage costs, risks and energy consumption and are looking at smart building technologies to help their company’s triple bottom line (people, planet, profits).
What if smart cities of the future are chock full of bugs
Posted on: 24 October 2013
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The author of this essay investigates a largely unconsidered aspect of smart cities: what happens if (or perhaps when) they malfunction?
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