Extreme weather and flooding are on the rise. Susanne Karr talks to Düsseldorf architect Jan Hinnerk Meyer about his concept for a flood competence center and what needs to be done now.
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Smart building technologies
What are the effects of the shortage of skilled workers in technology and what skills are missing on the employment market? What skills will be in demand in the future? A total of 35 managers from the building sector answered my questions, focusing on the value chain of smart building technologies. The result is a...
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Managing living at home despite mobility restrictions
Our society is ageing and there are not enough care places. Care will increasingly (have to) take place at home. What we should be aware of in order to be able to live within our own four walls despite mobility restrictions.
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Ambient Assisted Living: A necessity, not a wish
The requirements for residential construction change over time. Anyone who has not yet heard of the term "Ambient Assisted Living" (AAL) will be increasingly confronted with it in the coming years. Because with demographic change and the impending shortage of medical nursing staff, we are facing a radical change: The care of the future will increasingly take place at home.
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Study: Burden of private healthcare expenditure is increasing
An IHS study commissioned by the WHO revealed that individual households in Austria are sometimes heavily burdened by private healthcare expenditure. Aids such as wheelchairs or prostheses are not affected by any upper limit.
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Laufen: From Gmunden out into the world
Laufen's ceramic kiln was fired with gas for four decades. This is now over: After four years of development, the Gmunden production facility is being converted to an electric tunnel kiln.
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Girls in technology: In search of inspiration
The Role Models Initiative of the OVE makes successful girls and women in technology visible. Girls! TechUp role model Hüzüme Erkaptan in an interview about her career path, what drives her and how she masters the challenge.
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Transitional technology PV panels: the future belongs to smart tiles
Two generations of roofers pull together: Peter and Maximilian Koch on PV installations and why the industry is facing challenges.
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Supervisory Board: Sparring partners in dynamic times
Lifelong learning - this also applies to supervisory board members. The aim is to equip the Supervisory Board for its advisory and control function in the long term.
