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Trane Technologies Delivers Leading Business and Sustainability Performance by Reducing Customers’ Energy Use and Carbon Emissions

3BL Media

We continue to advance sustainability by reducing energy use and emissions through our innovative thermal management systems, electrification and digital enablement for our customers and in our own operations, said Dave Regnery, chair and CEO of Trane Technologies.

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A Science-Based Determination: The Fastest Path to Decarbonizing Buildings Is a Digital Technology-First Approach

3BL Media

Although every building is unique, retrofitting an existing building versus building a new design can cut lifetime carbon emissions in half. To meet emissions targets, we must focus on measures with a low carbon footprint, a quick return on upfront emissions, and a low operational profile. So, where do you begin?

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10 Resource Reduction Measures for More Efficient and Sustainable Biopharma Facilities

3BL Media

Additionally, life sciences companies are committing to sustainability including goals for zero c arbon operations and drastically limiting water consumption and waste production. Many reduction measures focus on energy and carbon, but water and waste minimization are important to holistically reduce a facility’s footprint.

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

Corporate Knights

Sanch Gupta and Milton Calderon Donefer have saved 52,000 pounds of food from going to waste and delivered more than 60,000 meals to homeless shelters in eight cities. million tonnes of plastic waste over the following decade. I firmly believe in waste reduction and working on leaving the world a better place than I found it,” he says.

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Member-Client Highlight: PTC Demonstrates Next Generation Sustainability Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

As a digital company, PTC has a unique ability to assist customers with their decarbonization journeys by creating products that eliminate waste, reduce energy, and innovate towards greater sustainability. PTC’s tagline – “Digital transforms physical” – perfectly describes this ‘superpower.’

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Digitising Australia's buildings is key to tackling net zero

Sustainability Matters

We need to rethink the way we are designing and operating our buildings now if we have any hope of reaching our 2050 target for net zero,” said Louise Monger, Vice President of Digital Buildings at Schneider Electric. Wasted energy in buildings is significant at almost one-third of energy consumption.

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With 25% of Europe’s greenhouse emissions coming from buildings, scientists suggest fundamental policy changes

Envirotec Magazine

Transitioning to a circular economy would not only allow to reduce resource consumption and carbon footprint, but also address the waste problem. There is a lot of embodied carbon in a building structure, especially in the concrete and steel. Circularity has many facets”, explains Prof. says Norton.