Bloxhub Debates
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Bloxhub Debates ensures setting the scene of current and relevant topics to the urban development agenda.
Bloxhub Debates is always developed and designed in close collaboration with external partners.
Each BLOXHUB Debates aims at engaging the many different actors involved in urban development in order to create fruitful discussions that can contribute to sustainable development.
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Mashup of Debates: Designing the Irresistible Circular Society
August 31, 2022 13:06 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBThis episode of Circular Passions is a mashup of four debates we held in the fall of 2021 on designing the irresistible circular society. In it you will hear from a whole range of experts and professionals about circular economy and how we can reach a circular transition. The debates and panelists are in the following order: No One Left Behind: How Do We Build Infrastructure for a Circular Future We Haven’t Yet Imagined? Panelists: Tom Casey, Transport Infrastructure Ireland; Russell S...
LEADING THE WAY TO MAXIMUM STANDARDS FOR HEALTHY BUILDINGS
August 06, 2021 12:56 - 1 hour - 107 MBWe have a lot of knowledge about healthy buildings, what is a healthy building and why should we all live, work, and spend time in healthy buildings. From light, indoor air quality, temperature, acoustics to space – we know a lot. But why do we not build healthy buildings as the most natural thing? Why do we build from minimum standards rather than from maximum standards? In this debate we will address the how-tos. We will share all the latest methods and tools in designing and creatin...
WATER SAFE CITIES
July 27, 2021 10:57 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how vulnerable cities are to extreme events and has brought the inequalities that exist in our societies into stark focus. It has demonstrated that the poorest and most vulnerable are often exposed to greater risk and find it harder to access essential services. At the same time, in many areas of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a crisis within a crisis — a public health emergency that requires frequent handwashing in conditions where access to wate...
IS USER-CENTRIC ARCHITECTURE A GOOD INVESTMENT?
July 11, 2021 13:04 - 1 hour - 107 MBThe situation: Architecture is about more than designing building envelopes to protect our belongings from the outside world. Buildings affect our lives, our health and our ability to restitute. More and more studies show that even simple building design decisions can have a significant impact on the future quality of life for a building’s occupants. However, buildings designed in great detail for very specific functions and tasks can perhaps not offer flexibility over time, as people’s ne...
GREEN BUILDINGS - GREEN JOBS
July 06, 2021 12:27 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBBuilding retrofits and clean construction are key to a greener, healthier future with opportunities for everyone. Buildings typically represent the biggest source of emissions in C40 cities. And recent C40 research shows that while a green and just recovery could create over 50 million good, sustainable jobs by 2025 in C40 cities, building retrofits and new energy efficient construction would be the most significant job-creating areas cities can invest in. The jobs would be local and they ...
CITY OF POSSIBILITIES
June 15, 2021 09:55 - 1 hour - 106 MBCity of Possibilities - How can we ensure adaptive re-use of urban space to fit the current needs of cities? During Covid-19 we have gotten used to images of deserted cities under lockdown and news of people moving out of the city centres. Recalling memories of vibrant urban spaces this debate asks, how we can meet the current needs of cities while ensuring a city of possibilities? Just how can we ensure adaptive re-use of urban space to fit the current needs of cities? And who should be i...
HOW INDOOR LIGHTING IS AFFECTING YOUR HEALTH
April 22, 2021 12:38 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBHow indoor lighting is affecting your health: a look beyond aesthetics and energy efficiency. Just as air, food, and water – light is a natural and vital source to our health. To most people, the absorption of light is an unconscious choice in life. It’s everywhere, always. But often not in a healthy way. Today, we spend more than 90% of our time indoors. But most indoor lighting is unhealthy and not tailored to the occupants of the space. What are the main challenges to improve this? ...
THE AIR WE BREATH
April 15, 2021 12:51 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBWe know healthy buildings depend on good air quality. But what is good air quality and just how advanced are we on knowledge, technology and in the business of running buildings on an everyday level? Join us for our BLOXHUb Debates where we focus on the latest research findings, the state of the art of tech and hear what is turning the big wheels in the engine room of buildings in terms of health, wellbeing, happiness and performance. Moderator: Lone Feifer, Director Sustainable Buil...
THE AIR WE BREATHE
April 15, 2021 12:51 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBWe know healthy buildings depend on good air quality. But what is good air quality and just how advanced are we on knowledge, technology and in the business of running buildings on an everyday level? Join us for our BLOXHUb Debates where we focus on the latest research findings, the state of the art of tech and hear what is turning the big wheels in the engine room of buildings in terms of health, wellbeing, happiness and performance. Moderator: Lone Feifer, Director Sustainable Buil...
THE VALUE OF SOUND - HOW DO WE GET BETTER ACOUSTICS IN ARCHITECTURE
April 13, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBOur indoor climate has a significant impact on our health and cognitive functions. Study after study shows that our wellbeing and performance improves dramatically with higher rates of ventilation, optimal humidity, lightning, noise control and well-designed spaces. So, what does it take to turn that knowledge into action? Join our next debate in our series on Healthy Buildings, where we take a look into sound and acoustics in public buildings and office environments and pose the following...
CAN CITIES FIX A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD ORDER?
March 18, 2021 09:08 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBMoving towards a green and just recovery What does it take to deliver an equitable and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic? Which role can cities play in delivering a green and just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic? And what will it take to create green jobs, invest in public services and give public spaces back to people and nature? The podcast is created by a collaboration between C40 and BLOXHUB. Speakers: Nina Hachigian, Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles for Internat...