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Let the Sun Shine In: Redirecting Sunlight to Urban Alleyways
2014-04-14 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
In dense urban centers, many people live and work in dim and narrow streets surrounded by tall buildings that block sunlight. To alleviate the problem, Egyptian researchers have developed a corrugated, translucent panel that is mounted on rooftops and hung over the edge at an angle, where it spreads sunlight onto street below. Researchers describe their design in a paper published in Energy Express, a supplement of The Optical Society’s open-access journal Optics Express. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Garden cities: how ecosystem services valuation can enable visionary urban development
2014-04-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Giving a value to ecosystem services like food, fuel and pollination has the potential to fundamentally change the way 'garden cities` are designed and built, argues Claire Wansbury. The advantages of the most energetic and active town life, with the beauty and delight of the country, may be secured in perfect combination. This vision of how a garden city might work was introduced by Ebenezer Howard, the originator of the idea, in 1898. The latest Wolfson Economic Prize was launched in November...
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Should You Bet on Urban Outfitters' Turnaround?
2014-04-06 13:02:58| Apparel - Topix.net
The company's latest results failed to meet consensus estimates as severe winter weather, which hurt many other retailers as well, weighed on Urban's results.
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Novo Nordisk Launches 'Cities Changing Diabetes' to Fight Urban Diabetes
2014-04-05 23:53:58| Biotech - Topix.net
Novo Nordisk announces the launch of 'Cities Changing Diabetes', an ambitious new partnership programme to fight the urban diabetes challenge.
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US: Urban Outfitters brand weakness set to continue
2014-04-03 11:18:31| Footwear - Topix.net
Weakness at Urban Outfitters' namesake brand is likely to continue into the first quarter for the lifestyle retailer, according to analysts.
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