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Westwood Hills Nature Center: Certified Net Zero Energy in a Cold Climate

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Replacing a small, remote and nondescript building from the 1980s, the 13,000-square-foot environmental learning center is one of the first net zero energy buildings—certified by the International Living Future Institute —in the state, demonstrating net zero energy design is possible even in cold Minnesota winters.

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The Business Imperatives of Sustainable Buildings

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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. Now to deliver a net zero building is embedded in the cost of doing business.

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How To Successfully Plan and Execute Your Next Sustainable Building Design

3BL Media

This is especially true if you aim for ambitious sustainability goals, like saving millions of gallons of water per year or achieving a net-zero carbon facility. A charrette is an interactive workshop with key stakeholders that involves designing and planning a new or retrofitted building. What is a charrette?

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Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

Julien Beaulieu 29, Gatineau, QC law lecturer, Université de Sherbrooke Almost half the world’s largest corporations have pledged to go net-zero, but far too many of them are “climate-washing,” Julien Beaulieu says. Robert Raynor 27, Toronto net-zero coordinator, TAS Toronto, like many Canadian cities, is in a housing crisis.

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