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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

Biffa says it has reduced carbon emissions by 70% since 2002 and aims to be net-zero by 2050. Assemblin Caverion Group AB Smart building services Sweden-based Assemblin Caverion Group is a northern and central European technical-service and -installation company formed in 2024 from the merger of Assemblin and Caverion.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

So, I prefer wise buildings to smart buildings because we can go beyond statistical significance into a natural intelligence. Plato, and then Aristotle, his student, talked about what he called practical wisdom. Aristotle was looking for truth in science and numbers. Plato is looking for truth in meaning.

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Insights 2023: Mario Macri

Sustainability Matters

Just as e-mobility is an integral part of a ‘smart’ habitat because the infrastructure and vehicles are all connected, meaning power loads can be managed according to demand, the same applies to smart buildings. Since 2002 the SF 6 concentration in the atmosphere has doubled!