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Leading on Embodied Carbon

3BL Media

Embodied carbon in the built environment Buildings are responsible for almost 40% of global energy and related carbon emissions: 28% from operational emissions—the energy needed to heat, cool and power them—and 11% from materials and construction. As such, it is also set against a 2019 baseline. We set them.

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Trane Technologies Moves to Reduce Embodied Carbon by 40% by 2030

3BL Media

September 23, 2024 /3BL/ - Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, today announced a commitment to reduce embodied carbon by 40% by 2030, an industry first. Buildings are currently responsible for 40% of global energy related carbon emissions.

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Toronto is the latest city to crackdown on carbon-heavy building materials

Corporate Knights

But in the last two or three years, mounting awareness around the carbon intensity of garden-variety materials such as cement, concrete, steel, glass and aluminum has moved the concept of “embodied carbon" from a somewhat obscure preoccupation of green designers to the planning mainstream. may be missing the mark.

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SteelZero commitments represent a new era in heavy manufacturing production

GreenBiz

Most of the carbon footprint for steel companies comes from Scope 3 emissions, emissions from suppliers downstream, as is the case with many businesses. According to Joshua Davies, sustainability manager for Multiplex Europe, 42 percent of his company’s overall 2019 footprint came from embodied carbon from its suppliers.

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AWS Signs Deal for Fossil Free Steel for Data Center with SSAB

ESG Today

AWS has worked with various companies in its supply chain to ensure that 70% of the structural steel used in several of its data centers in Sweden are derived from scrap-EAF sources, resulting in 10,000 fewer tons of embodied carbon emissions, the company said.

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Is the green tourism industry truly sustainable?

Corporate Knights

Yet the footprint of flying hasn’t slowed global demand for ecotourism , which was estimated to generate about US$180 billion in 2019, with revenue expected to almost double by the end of the decade. Another feature: that 1 Hotels aims to reduce embodied carbon by using existing buildings where possible. “We

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Trane Appoints Mauro Atalla as Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

Tranes 2030 goals include the companys Gigaton Challenge to reduce customer greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion metric tons, on a 2019 basis. He will focus on integrating technologies into product road maps to align with the companys 2030 Sustainability Commitments.