CASE STUDY | Limerick’s positive energy city experiment

Continuing its partnership with CREtech, PlaceTech will head to New York on 12-13 October 2022 for two packed days diving into the latest in real estate innovation.

Pointless dillydallying behind red lights could be a thing of the past in Helsinki as the city trials smart cameras to improve traffic flow. 

Having invested £325m in R&D over the last five years, the construction giant is launching an initiative to fund ideas that come straight from its employees.

Industry professionals from CBRE and Arup are among the latest to sign up to WiredScore’s training programme.

National planning director Jeremy Hinds of Savills says a debate about urban drainage is urgently needed to ensure cities are not overwhelmed by rising rainfall due to climate change and more extreme weather.

Is real estate a force for good for the environment? Striking an optimistic note in her keynote address earlier this week, Julie Hirigoyen, CEO of the UK Green Building Council, showcased several exceptional buildings that suggest it can be.

A week on from the latest UN climate report, PlaceTech looks back on a report identifying impactful, scalable and investable tech that can power urban decarbonisation.

While hyperloop projects around the world stall or get scrapped entirely, a Toronto startup has secured funding to develop a high-speed tube transportation line between Edmonton and Calgary.

Urban-Air Port’s first site opens this month and will serve as the blueprint for more than 200 similar drone stations across the world in the next five years as air taxis and autonomous delivery become a reality.