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Buildings can't serve aging population: expert
Taipei :: Taiwan | 10 days ago
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Many of Taiwan's existing buildings lack the necessary facilities to accommodate the aging population, an urban planning expert said yesterday, urging the government to rethink its housing policy. Ten years from now, the nation will see over 18
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Facility Management Program Addresses Need to Sustainably Update our Country's New and Old Buildings
New Program Launches in June with Subject Matter from the International Facility Management Association Denver, Colorado, June 05, 2013 – Across America in small towns and thriving cities, a similar issue is cropping up: aging
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Property chiefs give mixed review
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 month ago
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Industry leaders fear rental rises and threat to old buildings, but affordability push praised. Residential rents could rise and historic buildings might be abandoned, say property chiefs who have mixed feelings about real estate changes in the
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Poor residents forced to...
Say'ūn :: Yemen | 4 months ago
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Sunday 24 February 2013 Last Update 24 February 2013 12:27 am Poor residents in old Jeddah districts say they have to live in dangerous dilapidated buildings because they cannot afford higher rents in other areas. Most of the people living in these
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Image of ghostly man spotted on Google Earth at remains of village
Bristol :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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14 February 2013 A haunting image of a man was captured on Google Earth at the remains of a house in a 'ghost village' bulldozed to make way for an airfield. Fiona Powell, 38, of Bristol, came across the dark figure when she was scouring aerial views
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Diriyah: A glimpse into...
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 5 months ago
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Old Diriyah, a town on the northwestern outskirts of Riyadh, boasts of a great historic past. So when the day is clear and the skies are spotlessly blue, it draws Saudi and expatriate visitors alike, particularly on weekends...I keep tender memories
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'Great character' spawns opportunity
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 5 months ago
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Herald-Leader columnist When Chad Needham moved back to Lexington after a few years away working in corporate marketing, he started a pizza company. Then he recognized another business opportunity all around him. He noticed that older neighborhoods
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Old Town developer to receive lifetime achievement award
Old Town :: ME :: USA | 6 months ago
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Photos Ask Dave Burk how many rehabs of old commercial and warehouse buildings in Old Town he's been involved with and he'll tell you he doesn't have an exact count, other than to say the majority. The exact number is 39, according to the Center for
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Johor Ruler wants old buildings in Muar gazetted
Bandar Maharani :: Malaysia | 7 months ago
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Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar wants the state government to gazette all old buildings in this town as heritage buildings. He said the buildings, including the Muar High School, the old Muar courthouse, the old Muar post office, the town
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Swiss seek way to an energy-producing house
Zurich :: Switzerland | 7 months ago
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That will require a commitment to constructing buildings that could even put out more energy than they use. After 2020, new buildings should be as energy-neutral as possible over the course of a year, the Conference of Cantonal Energy Directors
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