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CREtech
Brendan Wallace talks with Scott Rechler, Chairman & CEO at RXR Realty LLC on his vision on making investment decisions, social impacts on sustainability, new opportunities, and technologies to create more sustainable projects and interesting parallels in proptech.
The Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Corp. is going to permit some staff to work from home on a regular basis even after the pandemic fades, in another sign that changes to work routines made in recent months will be enduring.
The Mercury News
Search giant is continuing to push its plans despite the coronavirus pandemic. Google unveiled on Wednesday its most detailed vision yet for a transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose, a game-changing development that bids to reshape the west edges of the city’s urban core.
CREtech
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TechCrunch
As smoke from fires chokes the skies in the western U.S. and pollution chokes much of the world, air quality has become yet another issue for civilization to address.
Bloomberg
A startup that lets building owners cut their carbon footprint without buying expensive equipment has raised $156.5 million from backers including a major real estate services company and one of Europe’s largest utilities. Redaptive Inc. has now raised more than $181 million to date.
Proxyclick
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PlaceTech.
Tech investor Oded Eliashiv shares his pick from his stable of startups. With Covid-19 continuing to impact the property world, a number of innovative Israeli proptech companies are developing creative ways to assist building owners, managers, and agents during these difficult times. According to IVC Research Center, there are approximately 8,300 active startups in Israel. These include a growing number of proptech companies, some of which are already active in the European market….
Wall Street Journal
What if you can make something with fewer greenhouse-gas emissions than your competitors, but get no financial benefit? It’s a business problem Gregory Barker is trying to solve. Mr. Barker is the executive chairman of En+ Group PLC, the world’s largest aluminum maker outside China. It uses hydroelectricity to power smelters in Siberia that make aluminum with one-fifth the emissions of rivals in China burning coal.
Crunchbase
Redaptive, an Efficiency-as-a-Service tool for commercial and industrial customers, secured $150 million in private placement funding after raising $6.5 million earlier this year.
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