Climate Design / KU Leuven campus Gent & Brussel

25/12/2024

25/10/2024

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241018-fire-proof-houses-and-the-people-rebuilding-their-homes-using-earth?utm_source=vrtnws&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vrt-nws-ons-klimaat&utm_content=81336&utm_term=10450046
Earthen construction, once overlooked by US builders, is gaining renewed interest. With climate change heightening wildfire risks in the western US, homeowners like Glover are now considering it as a fire-resistant building strategy.

These people are rebuilding homes lost to wildfires in the western US – only this time they are using a material that they hope won't burn.

05/10/2024

https://vimeo.com/84044871 Architecture as a process > Learn more about architect Diébédo Francis Kéré

Learn more about architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, whose work appears in the Royal Academy exhibition 'Sensing Spaces: Architecture…

02/07/2024

Heat Island Effect?
City Climate Design is urgent.

https://regenerativedesign.world

27/04/2024

https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/news/eu-parliament-approves-new-ecodesign-rules-to-make-products-more-sustainable/ The end of the take, make, waste economy?

The European Parliament approved on Tuesday (23 April) new rules to make products sold in the EU more reusable, repairable, upgradeable, and recyclable.

27/04/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Rp3iPLtOI EUROPE CLIMATE IS CHANGING FAST > The number of people dying across Europe due to rising heat has risen by almost a third in the past two decades, according to a new report from the EU's s**ce program Copernicus. Authors said 2023 saw a record number of days with "extreme heat stress", affecting people across the continent. It was also a wetter year on average, with Europe as a whole seeing around 7% more rainfall.

The number of people dying across Europe due to rising heat has risen by almost a third in the past two decades, according to a new report from the EU's s**c...

25/03/2024

Follow the format and plant a forest >

15/03/2024

https://regenerativedesign.world/biophilic-design/ DOWNLOAD THE BOOKLET / Biophilic design is an approach to design that integrates nature into interior and exterior s**ces to create a healthier, more productive, and more enjoyable environment for occupants. This approach is inspired by the ideas and research of the renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson. Wilson’s concept of biophilia, the inherent human affinity and connection with nature, has greatly influenced the development of biophilic design. This approach recognizes the human-nature connection's importance and its benefits for physical and mental well-being.

26/02/2024

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240222-depaving-the-cities-replacing-concrete-with-earth-and-plants From Australia to Ontario, cities are taking up unnecessary stretches of concrete and asphalt, allowing nature to take hold in their place.

From Australia to Ontario, cities are taking up unnecessary stretches of concrete and asphalt, allowing nature to take hold in their place.

09/02/2024

Breda, Chattanooga, Glasgow, Rotterdam, and Southampton are nominated. > Inspired by the world’s National Parks, National Park Cities work together for better lives, health and well-being, relationships with nature, responsible consumption, improved places, habitats, air, water, sea and land, and time outdoors, culture, art, playing, walking, and cycling. Each city will develop their own version of the Universal Charter For National Park Cities, originally created through collaborative efforts among people in 50 countries.

The National Park City Foundation, in conjunction with Salzburg Global Seminar and World Urban Parks are pleased to announce that five more cities have been successfully nominated to become Nationa...

02/02/2024

https://www.circularity-gap.world/2024 The circular economy is gaining popularity, but falling short on action. The Circularity Gap Reports have provided crucial analysis and theory on the global state of circularity since 2019. Global circularity is still in decline and consumption continues to accelerate.

02/01/2024

2024 - 𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿. Tine Van Aerschot