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What can we learn from Germany’s big bet on renewables?
When UL Chief Economist Erin Grossi spoke at our SmartWorlds: Future Energy
event earlier this fall, she detailed an important, major civic experiment
with using renewables in Germany today. Now read her white paper.
Hype no more, Hyperloop to break ground in California
“Beam me up, Scotty?” Transporters? Teleportation? If HTT’s Gresta &
Ahlborn are to be believed, the mythic Hyperloop will soon come to life.
Yes, the game is afoot, teams have formed, and now work on a test track is
about to start.
BW Sessions: CFI Mechanical
At our recent Demo Night: South event at Texas A&M University, BW had the
opportunity to meet Chuck Fell, founder of Houston-based CFI
Mechanical. Afterward, we chatted with CAD guru David Kunkel to pick his
brain about CFI. Check our chat inside.
C-SUITE CORNER: How has e-Builder survived and thrived?
BuiltWorlds’ Judy Schriener sits down with e-Builder founders Jon and Ron
Antevy to discuss how the 20-year-old pioneer in fully integrated,
cloud-based construction program management software has kept the lights
on.
Thinking BIENNIALLY: Designers OFFER Visions Of Chicago’s Future
Our own John Gregerson reports from the Chicago Architecture Biennial on
BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago. Now in just its third week, CAB is
the city’s extraordinary, three-month-long open dialogue on The State of
the Art of Architecture.
Fieldwire takes task management to the jobsite
Launched in January 2013 by co-founders Yves Frinault and Javed Singha, San
Francisco-based Fieldwire is helping project managers to run jobs more
efficiently from the field. BW’s Jonathan Barnes tells their story.
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