ESG Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for use as a raw material or permanently removed when combined with storage.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

Buildings account for at least 39% of energy-related global carbon emissions annually , and a significant portion of these emissions result from embodied carbon associated with building materials and construction. Improved ESG performance.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Schneider Electric Buildings play a critical role in the race to meet science-based climate targets Climate change is one of the biggest challenges to human and planetary well-being. Meanwhile, maintaining our current pace in tackling climate change means that we will fail to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The effects of climate change are compounding water management challenges for communities around the world. The frequency and intensity of natural hazards are projected to increase due to climate change, making it more difficult to manage surface-water and groundwater resources. SOURCE: WSP.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson. Climate change is no longer a theoretical concept: it poses an existential threat to us all. Raw materials.

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ESG Today

MAY 16, 2024

In the foreword to the report, Microsoft President Brad Smith and Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa said that the increase has been driven by the construction of datacenters, including embodied carbon in building materials as well as hardware components. We all need to succeed.”

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

Featured speakers included Cristina Gamboa, CEO of the World Green Building Council and the internationally recognised environmental lawyer, climate change and development policy expert Farhana Yamin, who opened the event.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Meanwhile, there are some important things we can do when designing with steel to make sure structures have lower 'embodied' and operational carbon emissions - for instance, minimising onsite waste, increasing the opportunity to repurposing structures, reusing and recycle steel, and enhancing passive insulation in buildings.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The need for buildings continues to grow, and with it, the operational carbon emissions associated with operating buildings and the embodied carbon associated with the life cycle of the building products is growing. Passionate about science, SBTi and addressing climate change.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This week has been an eye-opener for the dramatic and devastating effects caused by the climate crisis with record temperatures, raging fires and the inevitable deaths among the more vulnerable. The effects of the climate crisis are becoming more tangible by the day. billion people at risk due to a lack of access to cooling.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

CDL achieved a 10% reduction in total operational carbon emissions across all its business operations in Singapore compared to 2021. CDL also achieved a 22% reduction in embodied carbon emissions compared to the conventional equivalents.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is impossible without urgent changes to national planning policy, analysis by CPRE, the countryside charity, appears to have found. Yet national planning policy has failed to keep up with climate change legislation, leaving ambitious carbon reduction targets impossible to achieve.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

And together we are achieving the system-level change required to transform our industry and the world. Advancing sustainability In order to avoid the most destructive effects of climate change, the world must reduce carbon emissions, and the built environment has a huge role to play. But we are only a part.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

00:00:24] Carrie: Sometimes I still feel like that when I read kind of the news on climate change, and the hottest summer on record, and the impacts of climate change, and it can make you very, very sad. I was absolutely thrilled to hear about Trane's embodied carbon commitment today that was announced.

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3BL Media

JUNE 26, 2024

In 2024, USGBC is doing a slow-release of LEED v5, which introduces new prerequisites such as "embodied carbon assessment" and "climate resilience assessment" to emphasize upfront environmental impact and long-term adaptability to climate change.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

As one of Singapore’s pioneers in real estate and green buildings, we have been proactively aligning our business with global and national goals to mitigate the negative impact of climate change. At COP26 in November 2021, CDL joined 44 companies worldwide to extend its pledge towards a net zero whole life carbon emissions approach.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

The goal is to substantially minimize the use of steel and concrete for the buildings, because those materials significantly increase the embodied carbon of a project -- by up to 75% in some cases, according to a recent article in Architects Journal. But prioritizing the health of the planet is only part of the equation.

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2023

The energy sector finds itself at a pivotal moment as the world strives to address the urgent challenges of climate change and achieve a more sustainable future. Reducing carbon emissions and ensuring a secure and affordable energy supply will require transitioning from fossil fuel-based energy systems to net-zero carbon sources.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

As one of Singapore’s pioneers in real estate and green buildings, we have been proactively aligning our business with global and national goals to mitigate the negative impact of climate change. At COP26 in November 2021, CDL joined 44 companies worldwide to extend its pledge towards a net zero whole life carbon emissions approach.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

And more recently a cross industry working group led by BBP, BRE, the Carbon Trust, CIBSE, IStructE, LETI, RIBA, RICS, and UKGBC have joined forces to champion a NZC building standard which looks to develop a single agreed methodology to develop NZC built assets in line with our nation’s climate targets.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

To begin, there’s the embodied carbon in the building’s construction and component materials – labs typically use large amounts of concrete, steel and glass. 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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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Green Bond proceeds require achieving a minimum 20% reduction in upfront carbon emissions through the adaptive reuse of existing buildings (i.e., avoiding demolition and construction) where appropriate, and the use of low embodied carbon construction practices in major refurbishments and new construction.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Earlier this year, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) wrote to EU lawmakers, calling for an “ambitious” outcome for EPBD-focused negotiations.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

Featuring a number of new additions and improvements, our Cloud RAN portfolio is another step towards a best-in-class sustainable portfolio with excellent performance and lower embodied carbon emissions.

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 21, 2022

The race to reduce embodied carbon : A panel of industry leaders will explore beyond the rhetoric and spotlight how embodied carbon can be reduced in the built environment. How to make existing buildings fit for the future : This session proposes a fitness regime for buildings for a climate-changed future.

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Sustainability Matters

JUNE 27, 2023

With up to 75% of the infrastructure that will be needed by 2050 yet to be built, it is critical that design and investment decisions made today consider the scale, scope and severity of climate change impacts. This has come from a global focus on climate change and net zero targets set by governments and corporations alike.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Early on, HGA and owner representatives held a resilience workshop to assess potential risks to the project over its life span including everything from public safety scenarios to impacts of climate change. The resulting space is beautiful, inspiring, and blends seamlessly into the surrounding natural environment.”.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 25, 2023

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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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Saleemul Huq, CCAG member and Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (Dhaka), said: “Dhaka is a city under extreme climate stress that is taking coordinated actions to curb expansion and build greater resilience.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Going forward, it will include lifecycle assessment of materials employed in the construction phase as part of the development design as a way of reducing embodied carbon, waste and pollution. Solutions include increasing energy access, mitigating climate change and building climate resilience.

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Sustainability Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Community and social value are incredibly important, both at home and especially for our Pacific neighbours who are already feeling the impacts of climate change on their homes and way of living. Developments in quantum computing will provide high-performance computing power, with the ability to solve many of the world’s challenges.

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

Businesses around the world are continuing to focus on sustainability in the race to net zero carbon emissions, and building construction and operations are critical areas where Australia can make significant contributions.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 13, 2023

“Estimates suggest that 90% of the existing building stock is still going to be around in 2050 when we need to be at net zero,” Sumberg said. The post GRE Strategy Targets Real Estate Transition appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

The government went one step further and in April, set the world’s most ambitious climate change target into law: to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. … while a lot has changed, not much has changed.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

As we are learning, in climate change as in pandemics, the costs of a global crisis are bound to vastly exceed those of its prevention. We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete.

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2022

To mark World Heritage Day, WSP considers the contribution of our built heritage in the fight against climate change. Sustainability (amplified by the lens of climate change) teaches us the value of preserving and protecting all resources for future generations.”. Heritage at risk from climate change….

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