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Trane Technologies Moves to Reduce Embodied Carbon by 40% by 2030

3BL Media

September 23, 2024 /3BL/ - Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, today announced a commitment to reduce embodied carbon by 40% by 2030, an industry first. Buildings are currently responsible for 40% of global energy related carbon emissions.

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Schneider Electric Champions Energy Transition at Climate Week NYC

3BL Media

Electrification and digitalization are at the heart of our strategy to accelerate decarbonization. The event will also see the company underline the importance of tax credit transfer agreements, enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act, as a strategic and powerful tool for accelerating corporate investments in clean energy technologies.

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HGA and Consigli Unveil New Mass Timber Buildings at Bowdoin College

3BL Media

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. Consigli began construction of both buildings in April 2021.

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VMware Joins the Green Software Foundation

3BL Media

We’ve seen datacenter traffic and workload volume grow over the past decade and we expect this growth to continue as the world becomes increasingly digitized. Carbon Intensity : Consume electricity with the lowest carbon intensity. Embodied Carbon : Build applications that are hardware efficient.

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Total Facilities speaker program released

Sustainability Matters

The full speaker program has been released for four co-located built environment events, which are being held from 10–13 May at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). The Total Facilities , BE Summit , DesignBUILD and Digital Construction Week series of events is designed to cater to built environment professionals.

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Evolving Water Management to Strengthen Communities

3BL Media

How can communities minimise damage from the impacts of extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts, while protecting surface-water and groundwater resources and natural ecosystems? How can communities be prepared to manage the impacts of extreme weather events such as floods?

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Academia, Cities, and the Private Sector Gather to Discuss "Systems Transformations for a 1.5 Degree World" alongside Global Climate Summit COP25

Sustainable Development Network

The event wouldn't have been possible without the collaboration and support of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) who are also host to the SDSN Spain Network , REDS (Red Española de Desarrollo Sostenible). As of September 2019, at least 77 countries and 100 cities have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.