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Green building labels need a renovation

Corporate Knights

Thousands of structures that earned high EPC ratings were still emitting lots of carbon due to shortcomings in the ranking system. “In In some instances, they may amount to so-called ‘greenwashing’ with consumers effectively being deluded into thinking their ‘energy efficient’ home represents a better outcome for the environment.”.

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Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

Today he’s the Canada chair of the Carbon Leadership Forum, where he leads a team in empowering the building industry to address an issue it long ignored: the embodied carbon lurking in building materials. Clearly, he chose wisely. He studied science and law to equip himself to defend nature.

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