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How Can We Decarbonize Labs, Without Compromising Science?

3BL Media

That question is anything but hypothetical in scientific laboratories, which present some of the most daunting challenges to decarbonization. Why labs are so difficult to decarbonize. It opened in 2017, and the excess energy generated will pay back the embodied carbon within its structure within 25 years.

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Green building labels need a renovation

Corporate Knights

In North America, academics and environmentalists have criticized LEED’s approach because developers could game it out, running up their score by adding cosmetic features (e.g., bike parking) that don’t really improve a building’s carbon footprint. ” –Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. “If

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University of Tasmania: Green Bond-Supported Campus Redevelopment

Sustainable Development Network

The Net Zero on Campus: From Principles to Action initiative, a collaborative effort between SDSN, the Climateworks Centre, and Monash University, aims to facilitate the sharing of lessons and resources to accelerate the decarbonization of university campuses around the world.

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Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

The 28-year-old climate-action instructor and sustainable-operations manager was hoping for a blissful escape before the new academic year. Rita Steele had planned a West Coast summer road trip as a respite from the demands of her sustainability work at Simon Fraser University. Clearly, he chose wisely.

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Saint-Gobain Ceramics to Build New NorPro Manufacturing Facility in Wheatfield, New York

3BL Media

In an effort to maximize the efficient use of materials for construction and minimize waste, Saint-Gobain plans to repurpose many of the currently viable structures on the campus, utilizing repurposed materials to further reduce embodied carbon emissions on site through circular practices. "We