ESG Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with Mercedes-Benz to supply low-embodied carbon steel for the automaker’s production plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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3BL Media

MAY 1, 2024

It chose to use southern yellow pine, a type of timber readily available in the southeastern United States, but that hadn’t really been extensively used in the manufacturing of mass timber. Because all the parts are manufactured off-site, they show up ready to be put in place.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

General Services Administration (GSA) announced today a $2 billion investment, directed to government building construction projects using low-embodied carbon (LEC) materials, including LEC asphalt, concrete, glass and steel. According to the GSA, the investment aims to catalyze the market for American-made low carbon and expand U.S.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

SWORDS, Ireland, November 20, 2023 /3BL/ - Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, today announced a significant milestone for its industry-leading, sustainable climate solutions – with more than one million HVAC units with low-carbon steel shipped to homeowners and commercial customers across the U.S.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

India, [link] Navalt is an ecological marine tech company that specialises in the manufacturing of solar electric vessels. Buildings & Construction Hyperion Robotics Oy, Finland, [link] Hyperion Robotics designs, engineers and manufactures sustainable concrete structures, helping clients save time, money and embodied carbon.

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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. Manufacturing new building materials has a significant carbon footprint.

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 1960s industrial precinct formerly owned by Phillip Morris has been transformed into a $200 million commercial community, sustainably retaining the existing structure throughout the build, resulting in savings of 19 million kg of embodied carbon.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Counting carbon. Manufacturing structural steel has traditionally been a high carbon activity. But recent exciting developments out of Sweden have demonstrated a zero-carbon steel prototype manufacturing process using a combination of hydrogen and electricity 7. Zero-carbon steel isn’t yet commercially available.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

Recycling destroys most of the embodied carbon in an electrical product, and should only be used if reuse, repair and remanufacture are not possible. An increasing number of lighting manufacturers now offer to upgrade existing lighting products to LED. But recycling is near the bottom of the waste hierarchy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Delegate feedback from the event: “Simon delivered a superb CPD workshop explaining and unravelling the complexities of the circular economy from the perspective of designers and manufacturers. Delegates will learn: • How TM66 and TM65 combine to validate the circular and embodied carbon content of products already designed. •

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3BL Media

MAY 9, 2022

In particular, we recognize the growing demand for reduced embodied carbon, which is already shaping our approach to innovation throughout our operations. We will be there to meet the demand for products that deliver performance while minimizing negative impacts.

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ESG Today

JULY 11, 2023

Carbon removal technology company CarbonCure Technologies announced today that it has raised $80 million in a new equity round, with proceeds aimed at scaling the company’s emissions reduction solutions for the concrete sector and growing its supply of carbon credits.

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Sustainability Matters

JUNE 27, 2023

“Increasingly, government departments, project proponents, builders and developers are specifying that steel supplied by fabricators, rollformers, reinforcing suppliers, small manufacturers and steel processors must comply with best practice sustainable operations,” Beresford said. Image credit: iStock.com/schwartstock

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2023

Biopharma and F&B manufacturers are taking concrete action to positively impact our planet and the health and well-being of those on it. Across these industries, manufacturers are reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions , using water more efficiently, and developing facilities with the employee’s wellness in mind.

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Green Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

Summit Floorplan Advisory Board With guidance and direction from our advisory board, the concurrent sessions offer insights from the experts and practitioners at the leading edge of green progress, in fields ranging from transportation and energy to funding, architecture and green schools.

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Sustainable Round Table

JUNE 8, 2023

Showcasing examples of using new technologies to measure and manage embodied carbon, Dave presented at Liveworx alongside Catherine Kniker, PTC’s EVP, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, about how companies can use design manufacturing to dramatically decrease their impact on the climate and the physical environment.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Regardless of the end product or the manufacturing modality, biopharmaceutical processes are resource intensive. This raises an important question for pharmaceutical manufacturers: between conventional stainless steel and single-use systems, which type of processing equipment will align best with your corporate sustainability goals?

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

Climate action that puts people first is top of the agenda, from health and equity to tackling embodied carbon (greenhouse gases – or GHGs– predominantly caused by the construction industry through manufacturing, installations, maintenance and transportation of building materials). C scenario.

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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.

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2023

Industry leaders are adopting digital technologies and proven solutions to enhance their manufacturing processes, embracing cleaner fuel alternatives, and exploring optimization opportunities across their global operations.

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Green Technology

JANUARY 25, 2023

Education Program With guidance and direction from our advisory board, the concurrent sessions offer insights from the experts and practitioners at the leading edge of green progress, in fields ranging from transportation and energy to funding, architecture and green schools.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. The manufacturing sector is a major generator of the emissions that cause rising temperatures. As such, it has an ethical imperative to adopt practices that lead to carbon neutrality. This is a tough challenge. Raw materials.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

One of these alternatives is cement-free geopolymer concrete, a solution that we have successfully trialled at our in-house testing centre and at the Laing O’Rourke Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction (CEMC), our offsite manufacturing facility. Steel is used to reinforce concrete, increasing levels of embodied carbon.

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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. Davy explains how the concept was applied in a project for one of the world’s largest diagnostic manufacturers.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Then we carried out research and analysis, much of it based on workshops that we led for other stakeholders and industry experts, including leading architects, national green building organisations, engineering firms and manufacturers for the construction industry.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Some manufacturers offer leak detection devices that can be installed easily in customers’ homes. The tool enables industry professionals to think about their carbon impact at the time of definition and purchase. In addition to annual maintenance, provide additional preventative services in the form of water leak detection.

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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. The programme will target a broad range of ESG themes, aligning with the objectives of the EU’s environmental taxonomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Retaining and re-using the existing structure, rather than demolishing and building anew, Garrard House will save over 2,500 tonnes of embodied carbon emissions, creating a sustainable building for the future.

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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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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

manufacturing, creating jobs, and increasing equity,” said Abby Campbell Singer, head of climate and infrastructure policy, Siemens USA Government Affairs. Nucor is North Americas largest steel and steel products producer using a circular scrap-based steelmaking process to make low embodied carbon American made steel.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Both projects will also be all-electric, are targeting Passive House (PHIUS) certifications, and utilize building systems and constructions that reduce embodied carbon by up to 38%, reflecting Assembly’s philosophy that truly sustainable buildings should support both people and the planet.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

He stressed the importance of local manufacturing for local circularity, completely eliminating the increasing dependency on heavy transport. As of September 2019, at least 77 countries and 100 cities have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Anirban Ghosh, CSO of Mahindra discussed the impossible mission: heavy transport.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2022

concepts and technologies to life sciences facilities—more manufacturers have already moved to more digitization and automation. Most life sciences facilities employ significant amounts of water, as it is an integral part of the manufacturing process, thus water reclamation can help limit overall city water consumption.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

These included community engagement programs, an Indigenous-relations roadmap, a sustainable-construction training program, and R&D exploring the powers of life-cycle assessment to reduce the embodied carbon of building projects. “I

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Tesla recently unveiled that the location of its 4th Gigafactory will be near Berlin, in Brandenburg in the Grünheide municipality next to the GVZ Berlin-Ost Freienbrink industrial park, and that it will require the removal of part of a forest.

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