Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Download the document. This guide highlights six key opportunities to reduce embodied carbon in concrete products without compromising financial or material performance. The Concrete Solutions Guide provides a user-friendly overview of proven and scalable solutions to reduce concrete’s contribution to climate change.

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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. Documentation Gather any necessary information for certification.

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Net Zero Embodied Carbon Climate Change Development 130

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. and I hope that these changes survive the pandemic. . Alejandra Sánchez Ayala (2019).

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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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Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Vendor commitment to reducing embodied carbon Scope 3 emissions are by far the most challenging to report for data centre operators who should integrate sustainability into their evaluation criteria when selecting data centre equipment suppliers and service providers to minimise Scope 3 value chain carbon footprint.

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Supply Chain Supply Chains Embodied Carbon Carbon Scopes 52

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

In the document, the science advisory group calls for far-reaching policy action. There is a lot of embodied carbon in a building structure, especially in the concrete and steel. Renovating existing buildings must be at the heart of the EU’s strategy, the scientists argue.

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