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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. And there is no decarbonizing our economy without decarbonizing buildings.

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Saint-Gobain Canada Unveils CarbonLow™, New Gypsum Wallboard Line with up to 60% Less Embodied Carbon

3BL Media

today unveiled CarbonLow™, a new line of low-carbon gypsum wallboard to be sold in Canada starting in 2025. With up to 60% less embodied carbon cradle-to-gate than traditional alternatives, CarbonLow™ will allow contractors and homeowners to utilize the quality CertainTeed solutions they trust, while reducing their environmental footprint.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

Whether they’re legal advocates, entrepreneurs, activists, engineers-in-training or policy geeks, Corporate Knights’ 2022 Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders are using their collective skills to challenge the status quo and bend the arc of history toward a more just and sustainable future. They’re in good company.

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The rental market has a carbon problem - here's how to solve it

Corporate Knights

“When you think about all the embodied carbon in the concrete that gets knocked down or landfilled and doesn’t get recycled, it’s hugely destructive and very environmentally unfriendly.” Even in climate- and rental-friendly jurisdictions, like Germany, the payback on energy retrofits is difficult to realize.

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2022 CALGreen Intervening Code Cycle: Reducing California’s Embodied Carbon

Green Technology

Forum Floorplan Advisory Board Register to Attend 2022 CALGreen Intervening Code Cycle: Reducing California’s Embodied Carbon The Division of the State Architect will present the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) proposals to reduce embodied carbon in construction materials.

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CDL’s integrated sustainability report 2022 zeroes in on bolder decarbonisation targets 

Corporate Knights

City Developments Limited (CDL) has published its Integrated Sustainability Report (ISR) 2022, its fifteenth sustainability report since 2008. At COP26 in November 2021, CDL joined 44 companies worldwide to extend its pledge towards a net zero whole life carbon emissions approach. Issued by City Developments Limited (Co. 196300316Z).

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Trane Commits to Reduce Product Lifecycle GHG Emissions by 40% by 2030

ESG Today

HVAC and climate control solutions company Trane Technologies announced today a new commitment to reduce embodied carbon – greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product’s lifecycle, including the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and recycling of materials and products – by 40% by 2030.