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  • This year, Ruukki will supply sandwich panels and design profiles in the Ruukki LowCarbon product family to a logistics center Nrep Logicenters is building in Finland. SSAB
  • By 2026, flexible, crowdsourced, project-based teams will fill critical gaps across design, building, and operations. Onnec
  • In high-income countries the primary challenge is retrofitting inefficient building stock; in developing countries, where building stock is expected to double by 2050, integrating health and climate innovations into future planning, design and construction will be key. Forum for the Future
  • South of the border in Victoria, the City of Melbourne is effectively banning new gas connections for new large apartment buildings of more than 5000 sq m in size under a proposed sustainable building design amendment, which will require a change to state planning legislation. The Fifth Estate
  • BESA's technical director, Graeme Fox, warned against considering hydrogen a significant factor in building decarbonization, emphasising its limited role compared to full building retrofits utilising energy-efficient design and existing low-carbon heating and cooling solutions. International Fire & Safety Journal
  • Canva has responded by integrating AI features, but startups building AI-native design tools could leapfrog existing platforms with superior capabilities. Untaylored
  • The Green Climate Fund's regional hubs will streamline investment into sustainable building design and climate-resilient infrastructure. Whole Life Carbon
  • Efforts will include developing a roadmap that outlines steps to incorporate Illinois' legislative climate goals into new and existing building policies, as well as providing workforce training and technical assistance to jurisdictions and the design and construction industries. Energy.gov
  • Building on the achievements in Italy through the 'G7 Verona Process on Digital Development', the Italian G7 Presidency and UNDP will continue their engagement to co-design an AI Hub for Sustainable Development with African leaders in 2024. UNDP
  • As the UK construction sector seeks to translate policy intent into delivery, success will hinge on embedding sustainable building practices and defensible whole life carbon strategies into every stage of design and procurement. Whole Life Carbon
  • Pretty much every methodology for building design will describe Ireland and the UK as located in a cool temperate climate. Selfbuild
  • Nvidia is building a custom chip design unit that might help build specialized AI chips for others. Morningstar UK
  • With construction ranked as the second-largest global user of plastics, any curbs on polymer production threaten the availability of insulation foams, membranes and sealants central to sustainable building design. Whole Life Carbon
  • A simple Snapchat AR filter might be a few thousand dollars to have an AR creator design (or even free if you have in-house talent and use available tools), whereas building a custom virtual world could run tens of thousands or more. Ticket Fairy

Last updated: 20 June 2026



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