3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Early in the design process, an HGA structural analysis estimated that a timber frame system would reduce the buildings’ embodied carbon footprint by approximately 75 percent when compared to a traditional steel structure.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Green Bond proceeds require achieving a minimum 20% reduction in upfront carbon emissions through the adaptive reuse of existing buildings (i.e., avoiding demolition and construction) where appropriate, and the use of low embodied carbon construction practices in major refurbishments and new construction.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 14, 2022

Last fall, the Daily Mail disclosed the harsh conclusions of a British housing economist who debunked the national government’s “energy performance certificates” (EPCs) – a rating system for commercial or residential buildings that are being developed, sold or rented. Just 12 years ago, a New York developer erected a US$1.8-billion

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

These alternatives are known as Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM) and can be blended with cement to achieve a lower carbon footprint than traditional concrete. The most widely used SCMs derive from industrial waste; however, a host of more promising and more long-term alternatives are already in development and being trialled.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

The nature of research and development conducted in labs can pit climate obligations against competing imperatives, from finding cures for deadly diseases to inventing materials that neutralize pollutants or reverse environmental damage. Carbon-neutral chemistry.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

We need agreed carbon data measuring if we are to break the cycle of short-term solutions resulting from short timescales, short political cycles, and reactive solutions. Developing a shared understanding of the sector’s share of the UK carbon budget. Put simply, the will is there but the tools are not.”.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

During the launch phase of the program, IWBI is partnering with leading architects, builders, developers, operators and owners - such as Assembly OSM - to transform the global residential market to make healthier and more resilient homes more accessible to more people in more places.

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