3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2024

This involves making our buildings more intelligent, softening the footprint on our environment and developing the capabilities that we'll need in the future to thrive in a technological society.” We help them understand what that strategy looks like and then develop the roadmap to get there,” says Tan. Read more on the CBRE website

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Sustainability Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have developed an online resource that provides a pathway to achieving ‘whole of life’ net zero carbon for Australian buildings by 2040. Carbon emissions within the built environment occur across all stages of a building’s life cycle. The guide is available for download here.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2022

and around the globe — and across multiple disciplines — are engaging with building developers, other firms in the building trades, industry groups and building officials to spread knowledge and advance best practices for mass timber construction. Reducing Embodied Carbon. Today, WSP staff in the U.S. CLT Panels.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“As we continue taking bold, innovative action to decarbonize our entire value chain, this milestone highlights another remarkable step on our journey toward a net-zero future,” said Keith Sultana, senior vice president, global integrated supply chain, Trane Technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

5 th July marked one year since the launch of ConcreteZero , a global, industry-led initiative to achieve net zero concrete by 2050. Concrete production accounts for 8% of global annual carbon emissions – if it were a country, it would rank somewhere between the US and India in terms of its carbon footprint.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

SOURCE: City Developments Limited. Maintains its ranking as the world’s most sustainable real estate management and development company for the fourth consecutive year. Reaffirms its commitment to strengthening emissions pathways and carbon reduction efforts to achieve net zero goal by 2030.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

The program brings together the top steel buyers across the globe — including construction companies, real estate groups and property developers — and challenges them to commit to procuring 100 percent net-zero emissions steel by 2050. Members include Lendlease, Mace Group, Multiplex Construction Europe and WSP UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A new report, ‘Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis’ , argues that climate resilience must be embraced as a guiding principle across urban development, given the extreme exposure of cities to climate risk. Coordination – multi-stakeholder engagement and institutional coordination is vital.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

DESCRIPTION: One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach. Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach . Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative .

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Cement production, a key ingredient in concrete, accounts for approximately 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, with over 900 kg of CO2 emissions generated for every 1000 kg of material produced. Concrete is the world’s most utilized construction material with approximately 30 billion tons poured each year.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

million) in a Series A funding round, aimed at supporting the acceleration of net zero in the construction industry. Buildings and real estate are significant contributors to the global climate challenge, accounting for nearly 40% of carbon emissions, according to the International Energy Agency and UN Environment Programme.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Net Zero on Campus: From Principles to Action initiative, a collaborative effort between SDSN, the Climateworks Centre, and Monash University, aims to facilitate the sharing of lessons and resources to accelerate the decarbonization of university campuses around the world.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

million in a seed round aimed at scaling its Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal solution. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for use as a raw material or permanently removed when combined with storage.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

The Global Solutions Forum was open to the wider sustainable built environment community, uniting progressive leaders and guests from across the WorldGBC network to continue to strengthen and develop a strategy for Sustainable Buildings for Everyone, Everywhere. Mainstreaming Whole Life Carbon: Plugging the Data Gaps 4.

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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

Water is the new net-zero challenge. However, in the necessary drive towards a net-zero-carbon future, the present-day impacts of both insufficient and excess water—droughts and floods more frequent and severe due to climate change—on communities are at risk of being side-lined.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

Two-pillar sustainability reporting framework harmonises nine key ESG reporting standards and 14 UN Sustainable Development Goals On track towards achieving its SBTi-validated GHG emissions intensity reduction targets based on a 1.5°C CDL also achieved a 22% reduction in embodied carbon emissions compared to the conventional equivalents.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

Italy, www.energydome.com Unlocking utility-scale, long-duration energy storage: Energy Dome’s CO 2 battery enables dispatchable renewable electricity to make the net zero energy transition possible. Quality Access & SDG-7 Oorja Development Solutions India Ltd.,

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Sustainability Matters

JUNE 27, 2023

Transitioning to net zero is one of the greatest challenges the world has ever faced. The built environment will need to play a major role in transitioning to net zero as buildings are responsible for approximately 30% of global energy consumption, 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and, on average, 50% of emissions in major cities.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

What happens when the march toward net-zero runs headlong into human activity that benefits health, welfare and conditions on Earth? In those scenarios, how can we reconcile conflicting priorities so that net-zero targets and the need for continued scientific and medical advances don’t work against one another?

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2022

The contribution of historic and listed buildings to sustainable development may not at first glance seem obvious. Most heritage buildings were not, after all, built with energy and carbon efficiency in mind. Flagship net zero heritage project. Historic and listed buildings have a vital role to play in our future.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

Energy efficiency and sustainability guide the development of every new product, solution and feature, as well as how we address our legacy technologies. The adoption of Intel’s Real Time Dynamic scaling of CPU cores with C-state technology is a great example of bringing cloud technology to the RAN Market.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

C continues to narrow, Trane Technologies steadfastly encourages bolder accountability in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – including Gender Equality (SDG5), Affordable Clean Energy (SDG7) and Climate Action (SDG13). As the window for limiting global warming to 1.5°C

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2023

Across these industries, manufacturers are reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions , using water more efficiently, and developing facilities with the employee’s wellness in mind. But how do you develop a sustainable manufacturing facility in an energy and resource-heavy plant with unique FDA requirements? What is sustainability?

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2023

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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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Throughout the report we stressed that we’re not just talking about the state-of-the-art city development. From zero carbon offices in London and climate-ready schools in Lagos, to well-ventilated homes in Vancouver and healthy hospitals in Victoria – the case for green, healthy buildings is clear across the world.

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Sustainable Round Table

JUNE 8, 2023

Under the direction of VP of Sustainability Dave Duncan, PTC’s ESG team has begun and made impressive progress in developing a robust program, including carbon footprint measurement and tracking, extensive public reporting efforts, and crafting a world-class decarbonization strategy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. 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.

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Sustainability Matters

AUGUST 31, 2023

In October this year the new Sustainable Buildings State Environmental Planning Policy will require architects and developers in NSW to start measuring the embodied carbon in their designs as Australia seeks to transition to a low-carbon built environment. What is embodied carbon?

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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

JUNE 27, 2022

Simon Richards writes about how the construction industry is taking the lead ahead of the Government when it comes to setting targets to achieve net zero in the industry. The UK Government have set a legal requirement for the UK to be Net-Zero Carbon (NZC) by 2050.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Degree World” was held in partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) , ICLEI , and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Below is a summary of the discussions and key recommendations for achieving net zero emissions by mid-century.

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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. No other local authority has a plan to hit net zero. said: ‘We’re not going to hit net zero by accident – we need to plan for it.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 13, 2023

These were soon followed by the introduction of ESG benchmarks such as the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) and industry standards such as European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) and INREV.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Local cities and governments have also developed codes. By 2030, to be on track to achieving a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency says that direct building CO2 emissions would need to decrease by 50 per cent. Green building certification has increased by 13.9 per cent compared to 2019.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Kayah George 25, Vancouver Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nation water protector and filmmaker Kayah George used to play in a creek behind her grandmother’s house, but the water has become so contaminated by upstream construction that people started developing rashes. Clearly, he chose wisely.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 7, 2021

As more companies make "carbon net-zero" commitments, how will stakeholders — investors, employees, customers and regulators — hold these companies accountable? In an interview with Bloomberg earlier this year, Cornerstone Capital Group CEO Erika Karp said the biggest challenges of ESG investment are data and measurement.

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