They have found a way to turn tall buildings into batteries. And that makes Benidorm our best asset

The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, what do we do if there is no renewable energy when we need to turn on the lights? Normally, pulling lithium batteries either pumped hydroelectric plants. But cities that build vertically like Benidorm have another untapped option. In short. A comprehensive University of Waterloo … Read more

Someone has analyzed 136 million buildings threatened by rising sea levels. And there are reasons to worry

One of the biggest threats we have as a society is undoubtedly rising sea levels. A process that is slow, but that can end up changing the mental maps that we now have from world geography to finish coastal areas of some regions completely flooded. Something that a study wanted to shed light on analyzed … Read more

All new construction buildings are becoming the same building

It doesn’t matter that you live in Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Grenade, Malaga either Vigoto name just a handful of cities. If you take a walk through the majority of municipalities in Spain, it is more than likely to meet the same picture: white and black residential buildings. The chromatic sobriety taken to the extreme seems … Read more

The material created in China that lowers the temperature of the buildings without consuming a single electricity watt

A world where buildings are not only well isolated from abroad, but cool them as much as an air conditioning, without consuming a single electricity watt. That is what a team of Chinese and Australian scientists promises with their new bioplastic material. Short. Researchers at the University of Zhengzhou and the University of Australia del … Read more

With the electric consumption triggered by the air conditioning, Singapore has had an idea: buildings that “sweat”

Fresh news: it’s hot. A lotand it doesn’t look like This summer is going to give us a break. Bet on Fans or by him air-conditioning It is a solution, but there is a problem: temperatures will continue to increase and Electricity consumed by air conditioning devices It is a problem. Urgently Find passive solutionsand … Read more

China is moving whole buildings at the same time to build underneath. Because? Because it can

In China The buildings are. Literally. No matter how heavy and large that they are or if it is delicate brick and wood constructions raised a century ago. When it is necessary, the country’s engineers manage so that their houses are “lifted” and begin to “walk” slowly through the streets. It sounds crazy, but it … Read more

Dubai is building two buildings signed by Bugatti. That means being able to park your supercar in the 52 -floor hall

Someone drive a supercar Through the streets of Dubai it is something as usual as a humble Dacia Sandero travels the streets of any city in Spain. The difference is that, park those cars valued at millions of euros In the living room of a luxury attic on floor 52, it may also become common, … Read more

China has ships the size of buildings that sail on mountains. All thanks to the largest elevators in the world

China is the cradle of record mega -structures. They build in all dimensions (they have unnoticing skyscrapers in the world and deeper oil well) and, on many occasions, they are extremely complicated works, such as the Gaoligongshan tunnel or that of Huajiang Great Canyon Bridge. Something that also abounds in China are pharaonic dams, being … Read more

What neighbors and tourists do not live in the same buildings

In Spain, for a long time, talking about housing is doing it upward prices and a pressure increasing For the pocket of families. Especially in big cities, such as Madrid, Barcelona either Malagawhere drawing is further complicated by The pressure that exercises tourist rent in the market. To tackle that challenge the capital has just … Read more

We have a problem with heat in buildings. A Navarra investigation knows how to cool them without air conditioning

Every year we repeat the phrase that this has been the year less hot in the coming yearssince it is one of the consequences of climate change. One of the “traditional” ways that we have to refresh in our homes is with an air conditioning system, but poses an economic problem, because the invoices are … Read more

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