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HGA and Consigli Unveil New Mass Timber Buildings at Bowdoin College

3BL Media

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. Consigli began construction of both buildings in April 2021.

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Total Facilities speaker program released

Sustainability Matters

The full speaker program has been released for four co-located built environment events, which are being held from 10–13 May at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). The Total Facilities , BE Summit , DesignBUILD and Digital Construction Week series of events is designed to cater to built environment professionals.

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VMware Joins the Green Software Foundation

3BL Media

We’ve seen datacenter traffic and workload volume grow over the past decade and we expect this growth to continue as the world becomes increasingly digitized. Carbon Intensity : Consume electricity with the lowest carbon intensity. Embodied Carbon : Build applications that are hardware efficient.

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Evolving Water Management to Strengthen Communities

3BL Media

How can communities minimise damage from the impacts of extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts, while protecting surface-water and groundwater resources and natural ecosystems? How can communities be prepared to manage the impacts of extreme weather events such as floods?

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

GreenBiz

We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as the one digitally penned recently by Jarami Bond (named in 2017). Digital Innovation Manager, BASF; Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Academia, Cities, and the Private Sector Gather to Discuss "Systems Transformations for a 1.5 Degree World" alongside Global Climate Summit COP25

Sustainable Development Network

The event wouldn't have been possible without the collaboration and support of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) who are also host to the SDSN Spain Network , REDS (Red Española de Desarrollo Sostenible). As of September 2019, at least 77 countries and 100 cities have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

The largest youth generation in history is coming of age while inheriting a planet marred by extreme climate events, a lingering pandemic, armed conflicts and sharply rising inflation. More than half the world’s population is now under 30 years old. The first-generation Canadian (with parents from Thailand and the U.K.)