All future residential buildings in Montpellier must feature works of art
And the value of the artworks can’t be lower than 1% of the price paid for the land lot
The French capital has considerably improved the security of its data
Thanks to a brand-new data centre, the City of Paris will have full control over its technologies for storage and usage of data. The first data centre in the French capital located in the 18th district is fully secure. It houses the entirety of the applications used by the agents of the City, its data and the digital services offered to the locals. It also welcomes the data of AP-HP, Paris Habitat and Eau de Paris.
Having its own data centre means first and foremost improved cyber security for the city, as it will no longer rely on external infrastructure. This will enable the data managers to prevent the access of unauthorized personnel and be quicker to react to possible outages. Second, it also saves finances and human resources to the local authority and facilitates immensely the application of GDPR to the data collected.
What is more, the data centre management makes it possible to optimize energy consumption and reuse the energy generated within a local loop of hot water that supplies the neighbourhood. Infrastructure of Paris Urban Heating Company (CPCU) has a thermal production centre with a power of 6.6 MW, powered by 50 % in biogas and 10% in heat recovery energy from the Data Centre. A heat pump will ensure that the energy recovered by the Data Centre will be sufficiently warm and to reach the temperature needed to heat the neighbourhood buildings as well as urban greenhouses on roofs.
Find more at Paris.fr
The price of monthly passes, however, will remain the same so that regular commuters won’t have to worry
The design of the new bills will be chosen in 2026
The first-of-their-kind, the two-wheelers have already been turning heads in France
Linköping (Sweden) wins in the European Rising Innovative City category
Identification in the Grand Duchy is about to go digital
Nijlen wants to be known as a bee-friendly town, which transforms words into actions
It will cost 39, instead of the regular 49 euros, in a bid to make public transit even more accessible
The Spanish island town gets high marks for creating an urban environment fully inclusive of people with disabilities
The price of monthly passes, however, will remain the same so that regular commuters won’t have to worry
It will cost 39, instead of the regular 49 euros, in a bid to make public transit even more accessible
The Spanish island town gets high marks for creating an urban environment fully inclusive of people with disabilities
The Dutch capital is vigorously trying to remake its image and reputation and put forward what makes it a breathing livable city
Apply by 10 November and do your part for the transformation of European public spaces
This one could be a real game-changer for our built environments and the way they look
The practical art objects are competing for one of the 2023 New European Bauhaus Prizes
An interview with a member of the No Hate Speech Network team
A talk with the first man to circumnavigate the globe with a solar plane, on whether sustainability can also be profitable
An interview with the president of the European Federation of Journalists