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SFF 2025 Education Program – CALGreen Non-residential Code Updates

Green Technology

We will also review the embodied carbon reduction regulations that went into effect July 1, 2024, with a built-in increase in scope effective January 1, 2026.

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Changes needed to decarbonise Australia's built environment

Sustainability Matters

One obvious way to showcase our wares would be through hosting COP31 in 2026, allowing the region to engage with our industries and illustrate Australia’s central role in promoting the region’s value to the globe. The key barrier of a lack of engagement can be resolved by better communications that promote solutions and the opportunities.

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GRE Strategy Targets Real Estate Transition

Chris Hall

Building commercial real estate creates a significant amount of embodied carbon with 60-70% of the total carbon footprint of an investment created by building it.” According to Sumberg, if existing building stock in the US was replaced with new , greener buildings it would drive carbon emissions higher than decarbonising it.

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Areim Raises Over $970 Million for Sustainable Data Center Fund

ESG Today

The demand for sustainability in data centers is growing, as the rapid growth of AI threatens to challenge global carbon emissions reduction efforts. The IEA estimates that AI-driven data center power usage could double by 2026 and expand rapidly over the next several years.

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Four climate-saving trends for 2025

Corporate Knights

At some point this year, a Quebec-based factory will begin producing a product that will fly under the radar of most new years trend forecasts: a form of drywall with 60% less embodied carbon emissions than the conventional form, marking a first in North America.