Ruth Saint

Postdoctoral research fellow, Edinburgh Napier University

Eiffel Tower La Defense district in Paris

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future – not skyscrapers

Our recent study, which examined whether building denser and taller is the right path to sustainability, busts this myth: we found that densely built, low-rise environments are more space and carbon efficient, while high-rise buildings have a drastically higher carbon impact.

October 28, 2021