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Sustainability as a Catalyst for Growth: The Trane Technologies Approach

Corporate Knights

When we became Trane Technologies in 2020, investors already valued our focus as a climate innovator and the alignment of our investment and business strategy. In addition to that, reducing the carbon intensity associated with our products’ life cycles is increasingly important to our customers’ sustainability and resiliency goals.

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Green building labels need a renovation

Corporate Knights

But in the past few years, some governments have stepped into this breach by cranking up their sleepy old building codes as a means of driving decarbonization. San Francisco in 2020 banned the use of natural gas in all new buildings, joining New York City and a growing number of municipalities that have taken the same step.

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Trane Technologies Delivers on Low-Carbon Steel Commitment With 1M+ Sustainable HVAC Systems

3BL Media

steel manufacturers , the company’s low-carbon steel products – which include high-efficiency heat pumps and air conditioners – are enabling emission reductions in homes, schools, data centers and hospitals. “As Less than one year after Trane Technologies established groundbreaking purchase agreements with two major U.S.

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Trane Technologies Calls for Accelerated Climate Action, Increased Transparency at COP28

3BL Media

Accelerating decarbonization requires not only innovation, but also advocating for policies that remove barriers and support adoption at scale,” said Scott Tew, vice president of Sustainability, Trane Technologies. As the window for limiting global warming to 1.5°C

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UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak

Envirotec Magazine

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

Mon, 06/29/2020 - 02:30. After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni. Heather Clancy.

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Microsoft Buys Over 600,000 Tons of Green Cement to Help Build Sustainable Materials Market

ESG Today

Cement production is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, and one of the more difficult sectors to decarbonize. Cement currently accounts for approximately 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, with over 900 kg of CO2 emissions generated for every 1,000 kg of material produced.