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Urban Ecology and Energy

Projects that repurpose existing urban assets to meet the urban ecology and energy needs of cities – creating sustainable cities with resilient solutions.

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Water from Air: The Power of Repurposing

2023-08-15

In Lima, Peru, harvesting water from air became possible by repurposing an existing billboard.Continue Reading

Waste to Energy

From Waste to Energy: How Urban Waste is Powering Our Cities

2023-04-01

Repurposing the City isn’t only about finding new use for the structures of the city, but all urban resources.Continue Reading

design with the city

Design With the City, Not For It: How to Discover Unlimited Urban Potential

2022-06-30

Adaptive reuse and using the city’s resources is about learning to design with the city, not for it – to design with its supply of materials.Continue Reading

Recovering Energy from Water Pressure

Recovering Energy from Infrastructure: Water Power

2020-10-21

Recovering energy from infrastructure is an opportunity gaining wide attention.Continue Reading

The future of energy storage could be woven into industrial brick buildings

Could Brick Buildings be Repurposed as Batteries?

2020-08-12

New Scientist reports that bricks can be turned into efficient energy storage devices.Continue Reading

Ubitricity is repurposing street light poles into EV charging stations

Repurposing Street Light Poles Into EV Charging Infrastructure

2019-10-08

SimpleSocket enables any street light to be converted into an electric vehicle charging station. Continue Reading

Repurposing Reykjavík Geothermal Water Tanks

Repurposing Reykjavík’s Geothermal Water Tanks

2019-07-06

Reykjavík has turned a piece of functional urban infrastructure into a cultural icon in the city by repurposing geothermal waterContinue Reading

Green New Deal Urban Infrastructure

Green New Deal: Creating Next Generation Urban Infrastructure by Repurposing It for New Use

2019-04-11

By only repairing urban infrastructure, we are missing an opportunity to repurpose it for new use, making cities more resilient and livable using by using the assets already in place.Continue Reading

Renewable Energy Under City Streets: Generating Power from City Water Pipes

2019-01-28

LucidPipe applies the same principles of hydroelectric dams to urban water systems, generating power from the movement of water through the city’s pipes.Continue Reading

Green New Deal Urban Infrastructure

Future Food Source? Repurposed Bridge Provides Food and Energy

2017-07-15

An algae growing system was installed on a Geneva highway bridge, turning part of the city’s grey infrastructure into an air-cleaning platform for future urban food and fuel.Continue Reading

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Reprogramming the City Book: Adaptive Reuse

Global Overview of Adaptive Reuse

41 Projects from 17 Countries

“A hopeful anthology of solutions for our hot, crowded planet.” – Renée Loth, AchitectureBoston

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