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Green building labels need a renovation

Corporate Knights

A 2017 study published in Building and Environment estimated there are now about 600 green rating systems globally. In North America, academics and environmentalists have criticized LEED’s approach because developers could game it out, running up their score by adding cosmetic features (e.g.,

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Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

The 28-year-old climate-action instructor and sustainable-operations manager was hoping for a blissful escape before the new academic year. Since 2017, Turgeon has provided legal advice to First Nations and has helped hundreds of individuals and organizations with environmental mobilizations. Clearly, he chose wisely.

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How Can We Decarbonize Labs, Without Compromising Science?

3BL Media

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. It opened in 2017, and the excess energy generated will pay back the embodied carbon within its structure within 25 years.