3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

Buildings account for at least 39% of energy-related global carbon emissions annually , and a significant portion of these emissions result from embodied carbon associated with building materials and construction. Improved ESG performance.

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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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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2022

To mark World Heritage Day, WSP considers the contribution of our built heritage in the fight against climate change. Sustainability (amplified by the lens of climate change) teaches us the value of preserving and protecting all resources for future generations.”. Heritage at risk from climate change….

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Sustainability Matters

JUNE 27, 2023

With up to 75% of the infrastructure that will be needed by 2050 yet to be built, it is critical that design and investment decisions made today consider the scale, scope and severity of climate change impacts. This has come from a global focus on climate change and net zero targets set by governments and corporations alike.

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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The effects of climate change are compounding water management challenges for communities around the world. The frequency and intensity of natural hazards are projected to increase due to climate change, making it more difficult to manage surface-water and groundwater resources. SOURCE: WSP.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Meanwhile, there are some important things we can do when designing with steel to make sure structures have lower 'embodied' and operational carbon emissions - for instance, minimising onsite waste, increasing the opportunity to repurposing structures, reusing and recycle steel, and enhancing passive insulation in buildings.

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 21, 2022

The race to reduce embodied carbon : A panel of industry leaders will explore beyond the rhetoric and spotlight how embodied carbon can be reduced in the built environment. How to make existing buildings fit for the future : This session proposes a fitness regime for buildings for a climate-changed future.

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3BL Media

MARCH 17, 2022

These global catastrophes are already underway and will only get worse…unless we make some drastic and immediate changes to the ways we live and work. With this short timeframe, we’ll all have to work together to catalyze meaningful change. Carbon Intensity : Consume electricity with the lowest carbon intensity.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The need for buildings continues to grow, and with it, the operational carbon emissions associated with operating buildings and the embodied carbon associated with the life cycle of the building products is growing. Passionate about science, SBTi and addressing climate change.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

CDL achieved a 10% reduction in total operational carbon emissions across all its business operations in Singapore compared to 2021. CDL also achieved a 22% reduction in embodied carbon emissions compared to the conventional equivalents.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This week has been an eye-opener for the dramatic and devastating effects caused by the climate crisis with record temperatures, raging fires and the inevitable deaths among the more vulnerable. The effects of the climate crisis are becoming more tangible by the day. billion people at risk due to a lack of access to cooling.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

Featured speakers included Cristina Gamboa, CEO of the World Green Building Council and the internationally recognised environmental lawyer, climate change and development policy expert Farhana Yamin, who opened the event.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

The goal is to substantially minimize the use of steel and concrete for the buildings, because those materials significantly increase the embodied carbon of a project -- by up to 75% in some cases, according to a recent article in Architects Journal. But prioritizing the health of the planet is only part of the equation.

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2023

The energy sector finds itself at a pivotal moment as the world strives to address the urgent challenges of climate change and achieve a more sustainable future. Reducing carbon emissions and ensuring a secure and affordable energy supply will require transitioning from fossil fuel-based energy systems to net-zero carbon sources.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Earlier this year, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) wrote to EU lawmakers, calling for an “ambitious” outcome for EPBD-focused negotiations.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

As one of Singapore’s pioneers in real estate and green buildings, we have been proactively aligning our business with global and national goals to mitigate the negative impact of climate change. At COP26 in November 2021, CDL joined 44 companies worldwide to extend its pledge towards a net zero whole life carbon emissions approach.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

Featuring a number of new additions and improvements, our Cloud RAN portfolio is another step towards a best-in-class sustainable portfolio with excellent performance and lower embodied carbon emissions.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

As one of Singapore’s pioneers in real estate and green buildings, we have been proactively aligning our business with global and national goals to mitigate the negative impact of climate change. At COP26 in November 2021, CDL joined 44 companies worldwide to extend its pledge towards a net zero whole life carbon emissions approach.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Saleemul Huq, CCAG member and Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (Dhaka), said: “Dhaka is a city under extreme climate stress that is taking coordinated actions to curb expansion and build greater resilience.

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

Businesses around the world are continuing to focus on sustainability in the race to net zero carbon emissions, and building construction and operations are critical areas where Australia can make significant contributions.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

To begin, there’s the embodied carbon in the building’s construction and component materials – labs typically use large amounts of concrete, steel and glass. It opened in 2017, and the excess energy generated will pay back the embodied carbon within its structure within 25 years.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

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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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Going forward, it will include lifecycle assessment of materials employed in the construction phase as part of the development design as a way of reducing embodied carbon, waste and pollution. Solutions include increasing energy access, mitigating climate change and building climate resilience.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 13, 2023

“Estimates suggest that 90% of the existing building stock is still going to be around in 2050 when we need to be at net zero,” Sumberg said. The post GRE Strategy Targets Real Estate Transition appeared first on ESG Investor.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Early on, HGA and owner representatives held a resilience workshop to assess potential risks to the project over its life span including everything from public safety scenarios to impacts of climate change. The resulting space is beautiful, inspiring, and blends seamlessly into the surrounding natural environment.”.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Schneider Electric Buildings play a critical role in the race to meet science-based climate targets Climate change is one of the biggest challenges to human and planetary well-being. Meanwhile, maintaining our current pace in tackling climate change means that we will fail to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

As we are learning, in climate change as in pandemics, the costs of a global crisis are bound to vastly exceed those of its prevention. We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson. Climate change is no longer a theoretical concept: it poses an existential threat to us all. Raw materials.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

The government went one step further and in April, set the world’s most ambitious climate change target into law: to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. … while a lot has changed, not much has changed.

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

The risks of climate change mark a threat to both public health and the economy,” said Shelly Schlenker, executive vice president/chief advocacy officer, CommonSpirit Health. It will take more than just one company, more than one industry to counter the worst effects of climate change – it is time for us all to act.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It’s impossible not to see and feel the impacts of climate change when you’re in the thick of it in the day-to-day, and we all are now,” says Steele, who was born and raised in British Columbia, where deadly heat domes, atmospheric rivers and record-breaking wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is impossible without urgent changes to national planning policy, analysis by CPRE, the countryside charity, appears to have found. Yet national planning policy has failed to keep up with climate change legislation, leaving ambitious carbon reduction targets impossible to achieve.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At 28, Kurtis Layden, senior policy advisor in the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has been a key advisor on the federal ban on some single-use plastics, taking effect in 2025. Ultimately, I hope to inspire others [so] that we can change the status quo.”. Kurtis Layden. 28, Ottawa. Pratap Sandhu.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

And more recently a cross industry working group led by BBP, BRE, the Carbon Trust, CIBSE, IStructE, LETI, RIBA, RICS, and UKGBC have joined forces to champion a NZC building standard which looks to develop a single agreed methodology to develop NZC built assets in line with our nation’s climate targets.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The past year saw amazing developments in climate, energy, and more that will make a difference for years to come. The past year might unfortunately be remembered as the year that Russia invaded Ukraine — or for some even stranger events such as the Oscar slap, Musk’s Twitter chaos, or Taylor Swift ticket mayhem. But […].

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CleanTechnica

JULY 22, 2021

By Audrey Rempher & Victor Olgyay It is unlikely that you know how much carbon was produced by making your driveway. Originally published on RMI.org. But if you did, you might think about ways to build it better. That is the concept behind the “Buy Clean Colorado” legislation signed into law July 6 by Colorado […].

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