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Westwood Hills Nature Center: Certified Net Zero Energy in a Cold Climate

3BL Media

Replacing a small, remote and nondescript building from the 1980s, the 13,000-square-foot environmental learning center is one of the first net zero energy buildings—certified by the International Living Future Institute —in the state, demonstrating net zero energy design is possible even in cold Minnesota winters.

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Embodied carbon vs operational carbon: What’s the difference, and why does it matter?

Renewable Energy World

By the same year, the UK Government aims to have reached net zero. As more governments around the world take steps against the climate crisis, it becomes increasingly important to understand and implement technologies that allow for development in sustainable and ecologically viable ways. What is embodied vs operational carbon?

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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. 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.

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Government of Canada to Require Suppliers to Disclose Emissions, Set GHG Reduction Targets

ESG Today

The supplier requirement can be fulfilled by participating in Canada’s Net-Zero Challenge or another approved internationally recognized and functionally equivalent standard or initiative. By baking these requirements into the Government of Canada’s contracting, we will help bring more businesses on board the target of net-zero.”

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Planning to fail: net zero is impossible without urgent changes to planning policy, says countryside charity

Envirotec Magazine

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. No other local authority has a plan to hit net zero. Housing, transport, business and industry generate 62% of our carbon emissions.

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Harnessing Built Heritage for Climate Action

3BL Media

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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Net Zero for EU Real Estate Hinges on EPBD

Chris Hall

It was also determined that member states should be allowed more leeway in defining zero-emission buildings (ZEBs), meaning the threshold for a property to reach ZEB status may be easier to attain in some countries.

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