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Saint-Gobain Video Series: Journey to 2030 – Reducing Embodied Carbon

3BL Media

To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Saint-Gobain North America must reach key milestones by 2030. In our latest episode of Journey to 2030, we discuss how net-zero carbon is achievable. Having the first zero-carbon gypsum plant in North America is just the beginning.

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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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Amazon Facility on Track to be First Ever Zero Carbon Certified Fulfillment Center

ESG Today

Amazon announced today that its new Sacramento, California-based fulfillment center is on track to become the first logistics facility in the world to achieve Zero Carbon Certification by the International Living Future Institute. The ILFI certification is the first worldwide Zero Carbon third party certification standard.

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Wood You Believe: Mass Timber Leading a Renaissance in Modern Construction

3BL Media

Reducing Embodied Carbon. For WSP and most of its clients and stakeholders, interest in mass timber is being driven primarily by a concern for reducing embodied carbon in buildings. To view the firm’s Embodied Carbon Action Plan, click here. [To Industry groups and professional organizations in the U.S.

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E. for Embodied Emissions, a Saint-Gobain Podcast

3BL Media

On this episode, learn about embodied emissions; carbon embedded in the materials used in the construction of a building. Today, new buildings are increasingly more energy-efficient, which means that the estimated share of embodied carbon throughout the building’s lifecycle are increasing.

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A Science-Based Determination: The Fastest Path to Decarbonizing Buildings Is a Digital Technology-First Approach

3BL Media

Although every building is unique, retrofitting an existing building versus building a new design can cut lifetime carbon emissions in half. To meet emissions targets, we must focus on measures with a low carbon footprint, a quick return on upfront emissions, and a low operational profile. So, where do you begin?

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Comment: Clearer direction needed to hit net zero in construction

Envirotec Magazine

The UK Government have set a legal requirement for the UK to be Net-Zero Carbon (NZC) by 2050. Projects like 100 Liverpool Street, for British Land, which surpassed an industry-leading embodied carbon target nearly a decade ahead of schedule, demonstrate that construction in the UK is able to make the move towards net zero.