3BL Media

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The Group’s commitment is guided by its purpose, “MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME”.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By choosing steel made with the HYBRIT technology, AWS shows it’s possible to reduce the carbon footprint of data center construction regardless of whether the steel is made from scrap or virgin iron ore.”

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

The program brings together the top steel buyers across the globe — including construction companies, real estate groups and property developers — and challenges them to commit to procuring 100 percent net-zero emissions steel by 2050. Members include Lendlease, Mace Group, Multiplex Construction Europe and WSP UK.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2022

and around the globe — and across multiple disciplines — are engaging with building developers, other firms in the building trades, industry groups and building officials to spread knowledge and advance best practices for mass timber construction. Reducing Embodied Carbon. Today, WSP staff in the U.S. CLT Panels.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 14, 2021

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. Embodied carbon is all the CO2 emitted in the production of the building.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Atalla will report to Chair and CEO Dave Regnery as part of the executive leadership team and will lead the product development, innovation and sustainability strategies for Trane Technologies globally.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Fons Wijnhoven, Associate Professor at the University of Twente (Netherlands) , have built a system dynamics model that forecasts diverse scenarios for AI electricity demand, highlighting the path forward for sustainable AI development strategies and policies to mitigate environmental impacts.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

As we decarbonise the grid, and as our buildings become more energy efficient, we will reach the stage where operational carbon will no longer be the focus. In its place will be embodied carbon. Embodied carbon refers to all the CO2 emitted; not just from the time of construction and onwards, but the entire lifetime.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 7, 2021

Evaluating energy use and the associated carbon impact needs to take place in real time, given that the mix of power generation on the grid changes frequently, and transmission and other constraints may limit the availability of renewable energy that a building is deemed to have purchased.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In September, the company became the first in its industry to commit to a 40% reduction in embodied carbon by partnering with material suppliers and incorporating circular design criteria, addressing the significant carbon footprint of buildings.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

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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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

HVAC and climate control solutions company Trane Technologies announced today a new commitment to reduce embodied carbon – greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product’s lifecycle, including the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and recycling of materials and products – by 40% by 2030.

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3BL Media

MAY 16, 2024

Luckily for us, though, she brought her talents to Owens Corning nearly six years ago, first developing improvements to our shingle materials and more recently as part of our Asphalt team. Asphalt has an impact on the embodied carbon of our shingle product.

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 16, 2025

Consistent with the International Energy Agencys zero carbon buildings approach , homes built through the strategy aim to be energy efficient, fully electric and capable of being powered by renewables while driving reductions in embodied carbon. star NatHERS home energy rating.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 14, 2022

Last fall, the Daily Mail disclosed the harsh conclusions of a British housing economist who debunked the national government’s “energy performance certificates” (EPCs) – a rating system for commercial or residential buildings that are being developed, sold or rented. Just 12 years ago, a New York developer erected a US$1.8-billion

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2024

This involves making our buildings more intelligent, softening the footprint on our environment and developing the capabilities that we'll need in the future to thrive in a technological society.” We help them understand what that strategy looks like and then develop the roadmap to get there,” says Tan. Read more on the CBRE website

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Sustainability Matters

AUGUST 31, 2023

In October this year the new Sustainable Buildings State Environmental Planning Policy will require architects and developers in NSW to start measuring the embodied carbon in their designs as Australia seeks to transition to a low-carbon built environment. What is embodied carbon?

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3BL Media

MARCH 17, 2022

We believe that sustainability is a vital tenet of responsible software development and should be valued as much as security, performance, cost, and accessibility. Carbon Intensity : Consume electricity with the lowest carbon intensity. Embodied Carbon : Build applications that are hardware efficient.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Early in the design process, an HGA structural analysis estimated that a timber frame system would reduce the buildings’ embodied carbon footprint by approximately 75 percent when compared to a traditional steel structure.

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3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

Our awesome innovators have delivered some incredible innovations recently that are enabling huge reductions in embodied carbon and GHG emissions associated with our Styrofoam™ Brand Insulation and Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam products. How has your team’s innovation helped advance DuPont’s sustainability goals?

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

SOURCE: City Developments Limited. Maintains its ranking as the world’s most sustainable real estate management and development company for the fourth consecutive year. Reaffirms its commitment to strengthening emissions pathways and carbon reduction efforts to achieve net zero goal by 2030.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Cement production, a key ingredient in concrete, accounts for approximately 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, with over 900 kg of CO2 emissions generated for every 1000 kg of material produced. Concrete is the world’s most utilized construction material with approximately 30 billion tons poured each year. ”

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Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cement producer Cement Australia, in conjunction with concrete supplier Holcim, is using GreenCem low-carbon cement technology for the first time for a commercial construction project in Adelaide. The new technology replaces general purpose cement with up to 80% fly ash and/or slag.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

New Zealand's Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA) is developing a 'Materials Passport,' which focuses on how steel components can be reused. Manufacturing structural steel has traditionally been a high carbon activity. Zero-carbon steel isn’t yet commercially available. Taking a hybrid approach.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 28, 2024

When the project is finalized, the investment will reduce the embodied carbon from products produced in Hällekis. The Hällekis plant manufactures stone wool insulation for use in building insulation and technical insulation applications.

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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. These are the biggest drivers of our Scope 3 challenges.”

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

The Global Solutions Forum was open to the wider sustainable built environment community, uniting progressive leaders and guests from across the WorldGBC network to continue to strengthen and develop a strategy for Sustainable Buildings for Everyone, Everywhere. We can develop these qualities within your existing teams too.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Also about one year ago, Nestlé launched its $2 billion sustainability fund , to support companies developing innovative packaging and recycling technologies through 2025. Nestlé's circular recipe. The company's first investment was in the Closed Loop Leadership Fund.)

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3BL Media

MAY 9, 2022

In particular, we recognize the growing demand for reduced embodied carbon, which is already shaping our approach to innovation throughout our operations. Reduction of greenhouse gases, improvements in energy efficiency, and the development of more renewable energy sources are increasingly prioritized by homeowners.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

C include carbon dioxide removal methods scaling to billions of tons of removal annually over the coming decades, with DAC positioned to potentially account for a significant portion of the total.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

City Developments Limited (CDL) has published its Integrated Sustainability Report (ISR) 2022, its fifteenth sustainability report since 2008. Aligned with global climate goals, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the blueprint remains integrated into the company’s business strategies and operations.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

City Developments Limited (CDL) has published its Integrated Sustainability Report (ISR) 2022, its fifteenth sustainability report since 2008. Aligned with global climate goals, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the blueprint remains integrated into the company’s business strategies and operations. 196300316Z).

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Propelled by our purpose to challenge what’s possible for a more sustainable world, we are proud to lead our industry in reducing the embodied carbon of our products – enabling further emissions reductions for our customers and helping to lower their environmental footprints.”

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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. Trane Technologies innovates to develop heating and cooling technology that reduces emissions, and we are an important part of the solution.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The truth is, we have already started – with several elements already in place or under development to make them possible. million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide equivalent. Many of our customers – such as those in the automotive sector – increasingly demand components and materials with much lower embodied carbon.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Thomas Jusselme and Guillaume Lafont, Lyon, France-based Vizcab offers a SaaS platform that calculates the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to reduce the carbon impact of construction projects, targeted at real estate developers, architects, and construction engineers.

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