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Doctoral College Summary Within Europe, all member states are required to define and implement the Near Zero Energy Building (NZEB) standard for all new buildings from 2020 on. The EU requires member states to ensure that each country’s NZEB standard is not undermined by performance gaps between theoretical and actual use, and by poor indoor environmental quality. This provides challenges for all stakeholders, from those writing the building regulations, through to the architects, engineers, ...

Still keep building in the most vulnerable parts of our country. little progress, a lot of backsliding. >> if you take this seriously youre talking about something comprehensive and ambitious conceptualizing everything from flood insurance, zoning, building, preparedness. how we deal with the built environment. >> yeah, we have -- everything about it, we just went through hurricane maria in puerto rico, just wrecked the country, we just rebuilt the electrical system. exactly the same way it was ...

More like snooze alarms. we get all aroused and the drama and hit the button and were back into a state of complacency. things have been -- some things are better. fema is better than it was during the old michael brown days but we have a lot of work to do. and im especially worried about the upstream issues like climate change, like we still have very vulnerable people living in poverty in very high risk areas, still keep building in the most vulnerable parts of our country. its a little progre...

Monocle magazine says that why copenhagen only made it to sixth place on this years list well the most livable city. weve seen extraordinary growth within the city a lot of new development but a lot of new development which is not very sympathetic to the rest of the built environment so. buildings architecture later but we see a lot of buildings which have no relationship to the street. despite this criticism residents still regard copenhagen as europes most pleasant capital. is so many people. ...

Gentle physical activity which keeps their metabolism at higher rates and keeps their food being processed more smoothly and more thoroughly throughout the day. >> so now that were talking about whats being done other places, if you want to bring it to the united states, i think we would be hard to have change all of those habits, but i understand youre using sample blue zones or youre trying to create them. what do you think the biggest challenge is there? >> well, the biggest challenge is to g...

seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. >> the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. >> nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to "early start." >> were really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. lets get started. up first, john ...