#BendNotBreak In this series of 4 blogs we are exploring the emerging work that we are undertaking in partnership with Laudes Foundation. The overall goal of the collaboration is to look with fresh eyes at the challenges and opportunities presented by an equitable decarbonisation of Europe’s land and buildings. In…

#BendNotBreak In this series of 4 blogs we are exploring the emerging work that we are undertaking in partnership with Laudes Foundation. The overall goal of the collaboration is to look with fresh eyes at the challenges and opportunities presented by an equitable decarbonisation of Europe’s land and buildings. …

How can we overcome existing structural challenges to reach investment readiness for the long-term stewardship of Nature-based Solutions in cities? During the past two years, TreesAI — an initiative of Dark Matter Labs and Lucidminds — have been running a pilot alongside Glasgow City Council and a number of public…

#BendNotBreak In this series of 4 blogs we will explore the emerging work that we are undertaking in partnership with Laudes Foundation. The overall goal of the collaboration is to look with fresh eyes at the challenges and opportunities presented by an equitable decarbonisation of Europe’s land and buildings. A…

CircuLaw is an open public service that is aiming to accelerate the circular economy transition by enabling policymakers to make more and better use of existing laws and regulations. CircuLaw.nl is a digital platform that presents opportunities within the existing legal and regulatory framework in the Netherlands in an accessible…

This is the first in a short series of month notes about our Neighbourhood Warmth project. It has also been crossposted on the blog of our project partner, mysociety. Month 0: It’s getting hot in here Here’s a question posed by Immy Kaur at the Retrofit Reimagined event last year: “What if the climate transition and retrofit…

Part 2: Exploring how new digital tools and better shared data can support zero carbon, bio-based and circular construction. — This is part of a series of blog posts introducing the work Dark Matter Labs (DML) has been doing over the past two years as part of the Laudes Foundation funded HCC: EU CINCO project, to support efforts to decarbonise construction through the use of low embodied carbon, bio-based materials…

Part 1: Exploring innovations to support zero carbon, bio-based and circular construction. — This is the first in a series of posts introducing the work Dark Matter Labs (DML) has been doing over the past two years as part of the Laudes Foundation funded HCC: EU CINCO project, to support efforts to decarbonise construction through the use of low embodied carbon, bio-based materials…

This blog post aims to start a thought process on how to integrate urban mobility and logistical systems with management and stewardship of common urban assets as a means to unlocking greater quality of urban life. The provocation takes transportation-induced noise as a measurable proxy from which other outcomes are…