2022-07-21 15:31
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2022-07-21 15:31
This week’s show is a little bit different! I’ve spent the last week in Barcelona at the Smart City Expo World Congress - the biggest Smart City conference in Europe.
It was a mi… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This week’s show comes from Helsinki, Finland. I sat down with Paloma Bautista, the Chief Operating Officer at CHAOS. CHAOS is building a smart city intelligence platform and working c… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Values are important to me. This post is a truthful account of what I care about and the ethics and values upon which future:distributed has been built.
Follow my trip around the world and s… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This week’s show is all about managing innovation within large incumbent businesses and it comes from Copenhagen in Denmark!
I speak with Line Lyst the Director of Innovation at the la… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Quickly becoming the most technologically advanced region in the world, it's perhaps no suprise to see Smart Cities in China being developed at a phenomenal pace.
Smart is the driving new be… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Until recently, construction planning had been done the same way for decades.
However, the last few years has seen a number of startups
and smaller companies implement technology to try to g… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
How can citizens and experts take Climate Action to revolutionise our cities?
This week’s show comes from Denmark. I sat down with Bjarke Kovshøj, the Climathon City Manager for… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
In this post, I'll be introducing my first mini-series: a trip through the Nordics, meeting the people right at the cutting edge of the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) indu… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This week’s interview comes from Sweden, I sat down with Jerker Lessing, the Director of Research and Development for BoKlok Housing. BoKlok is the collaboration between Skanska and Ik… Read More
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What is the Green Homes Grant?
Launched by the UK Government in September 2020, the Green Homes Grant offers homeowners up to £5,000 (non-repayable) to be put towards the cost of insta… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
In May 2020, it was announced that Red Hat would be joining the FIWARE Foundation as their newest Platinum Member. Now the dust has begun to settle, I sat down with Shashin Shinde (Chief Te… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Smart cities mean different things to different people. To some, a smart city is a municipality that uses digital technology to increase operational efficiency and improve its citizens' welf… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This week's show is all about how Data Trusts and Project Data Analytics can help us deliver construction projects more efficiently.
I sat down with Martin Paver, CEO of Projecting Success a… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
The concept of Social Housing can be traced back to the 1850s when Prince Albert of Britain proposed the first blueprint for social houses, as we have it today. Later on, in 1919, Denmark es… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
In this article, I take an in-depth look at RealDania - a non-profit organisation in Denmark who's mission is to create quality of life for all through the built environment.
There's a few i… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Solibri are the market leaders in Quality Assurance and Quality Control software for the construction industry.
Back in late 2019, I sat down with their Product Director, Juan Rodrígu… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Digitising the Estonian built environment. This show comes from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Tallinn has a really incredible reputation for being the ‘most digital society in the w… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
It has been a fast 12 months since my first Future Distributed post, so I thought a ‘Review of the Year’ style post was warranted.
A lot has happened since September 2019, in the… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Managing BIM in one of Norway's leading architectural offices is no easy task.
This week’s interview is with Margarida Barbosa, BIM Manager at A-lab Architects in Oslo, Norway.
Margari… Read More
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Copenhagen is known today as one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. This is because the city prioritizes cycling infrastructure by constructing one-way cycle tracks as part of al… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Social Housing in the UK has a long and winding history stretching back as far as the 11th century. Of course since then the stock of public housing and the policies (and organizations) that… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
In the world today, more than half of people live in urban centers and the UN projects that number will grow to 68 percent by the middle of the century. On top of this, political, environmen… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
The green retrofit of the world's existing housing stock is one of the most important tasks to be carried out before 2050, if we are to reduce our emissions to meet the Paris Climate Agreeme… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Discussing the Future of Mobility with an expert in the field, Raphael Cavalcanti.
We spoke while Raphael was in between roles, but he’s now started his new role as an Urban Mobility S… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Sustainable Cities play a vital part if we are to meet the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rises to no more than 2 °C.
I condense a world full of built environment innovation… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
In May 2021, the UK Government announced legislation to ban the installation of gas boilers in homes. The Government introduced this legislation following the International Energy Agency (IE… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Coworking is changing the working world. We've all heard about the rise and fall of WeWork, but did you know that a new Coworking space opens in London every 5 days?
They are not opening for… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Managing building information modelling on a large-scale infrastructure project is not an easy task.
In this episode I spoke with Armin Khagebahri, BIM Manager at WSP, working on the client… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Hydrogen is likely to play a vital role in our domestic and commercial energy mix as we transition towards a low carbon economy. If you receive our newsletter, you will know that governments… Read More
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Anna Gissler, CEO of Invest Stockholm
Did you know Stockholm produces more Unicorns* per capita than any other region in the world after Silicon Valley?
* Unicorn - privately held startup co… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This week’s show is all about Generative Design & Reality Capture in the construction industry. The episode comes from Copenhagen, Denmark and the famous BLOXhub coworking space fo… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
On this week's show, I take a deep-dive on Data Templates in the Construction industry with Lars Fredenlund.
Lars has been right at the forefront of the industry push towards to use of data… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Green spaces in cities is something some of us take for granted and others wish for. This articles explores the green spaces in cities in more detail and the benefits can they bring to citiz… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This week’s show comes from Helsinki, Finland. I speak with Teemu Lehtinen. Teemu managed the KIRA-Digi programme…
This is one of the most amazing programmes of built environmen… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
As the dust settles after a whirlwind Smart City Expo World Congress 2019, this post lays out some of my most important takeaways.
I've changed up the format since my last event review Oslo… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
I frequently get asked What is a Smart City and my answer invariably depends on who I am speaking to. Such is to say: the smart city is many things to many people, and many definitions exist… Read More
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Now onto this week’s show which was recorded late in 2019 when I was in Helsinki, Finland. I spoke with Sami Sahala, who focuses on Smart Cities and Smart Mobility at Forum Virium, the… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Can construction software be designed in such a way that it is so easy to use, no training is required to operate it? Torben Dalgaard, CEO of Dalux, believes so.
Torben took over Dalux as CE… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Stockholm won the 2019 Smart City Award for its role on the GrowSmarter project. Before receiving this award, whilst I was in Stockholm, I interviewed Lisa Enarsson.
Lisa is a Project Manage… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
With the gas boiler ban approaching in the UK and other regions worldwide, we must look for alternative technologies for central heating and cooling in our homes.
As an alternative to gas, a… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Hear about the story of how the Digital Advancement Academy was set up to address the industry digital skills gap, from Iain Miskimmin of Bentley Systems.
Links:
Book 1 - Real Leadership: T… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
In this article, I make the case for starting this blog. And for starting a new direction for my life. I describe the problem that I'm trying to solve and hence, the value you can hopefully… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
What does it take to turn a smart building into an Empathic Building?
This week’s show comes from Helsinki, Finland. I speak with Tomi Teikko.
Tomi works for the Nordic IT Services and… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Ground source heat pumps (GSHP) is a renewable energy source with heat is extracted from the ground for homes and or commercial buildings.
This natural heat source can reduce energy bills by… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
The average American household spends up to $2000 on energy bills annually. The bulk of this fee is taken up by unnecessary electricity usage such as cooling systems, and air leaks, amongst… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
Denmark is home to some of the world's best green and sustainable buildings. Perhaps this won't come as a surprise to many, as Denmark is a country renowned globally for design, architecture… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This week’s show is all about the DIGITAL TWIN! I sat down with David Cameron, Coordinator at the Sirius Centre for Research-based Innovation, at the University of Oslo.
This research… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
In September 2019, I attended Oslo Innovation Week 2019. An inspiring program of events was scheduled (check the link for more details!) around the themes of:
Future of Work
Cities
Entrepren… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
I am writing this post in the hope that it leads to more real-word impact from your Hackathon. I'm passionate about the good that can come from hackathons so I want to share my thoughts on w… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
This article contains translated extracts from an article published here, on 2020/05/16, by Gao Qing. Shared in interests of knowledge-sharing and collaboration.
For the first time since its… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
For centuries we have thought about design and construction as a linear process, whereby we procure the materials we need to construct the designs created by architects and engineers.
This h… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
As gas prices continue to rise by around 10% annually, and governments around the world are starting to ban gas boilers, more people will look for alternatives.
Most people think of big indu… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
For many, the Coronavirus crisis has offered the chance to reconnect with what we truly value in this world. Against a backdrop of devastation and suffering, huge proportions of the working… Read More
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There's no denying that concrete is an incredibly versatile and relatively low-cost construction material used worldwide. If we lived on an infinite planet with infinite sand and water resou… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
I was pretty shocked on 23rd of June, 2016. The day of the Brexit vote, and the day I realised my view of the world was fundamentally different to the majority of the people in the country I… Read More
2022-07-21 15:31
When talking about climate change, conversations typically focus on our emissions. In the built environment, we talk about embedded emissions from materials and the construction process, and… Read More
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