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Comment: Clearer direction needed to hit net zero in construction

Envirotec Magazine

Simon Richards writes about how the construction industry is taking the lead ahead of the Government when it comes to setting targets to achieve net zero in the industry. The UK Government have set a legal requirement for the UK to be Net-Zero Carbon (NZC) by 2050.

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Building better: Making the transition from operational carbon to embodied carbon measurement

Envirotec Magazine

This metric solely focuses on the use of carbon over the lifetime of a building and has been the measurement of choice since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. That is almost 30 years ago and in this time much has changed, including the UK Government’s commitment to reach Net Zero by 2050. In its place will be embodied carbon.

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Scaling Progress: The International Living Future Institute Announces Strategic Collaboration With Four Major Companies To Advance Carbon Verification in Buildings

3BL Media

Certified buildings are third-party verified after a 12-month performance period to be energy efficient, combustion-free (or actively phasing out combustion), powered by renewables, and built with lower embodied carbon than typical buildings.

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Evolving Water Management to Strengthen Communities

3BL Media

Water is the new net-zero challenge. However, in the necessary drive towards a net-zero-carbon future, the present-day impacts of both insufficient and excess water—droughts and floods more frequent and severe due to climate change—on communities are at risk of being side-lined.

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Digitising Australia's buildings is key to tackling net zero

Sustainability Matters

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. Meanwhile, microgrids that run on renewables can power buildings cleanly with greater resilience.

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How Can We Decarbonize Labs, Without Compromising Science?

3BL Media

What happens when the march toward net-zero runs headlong into human activity that benefits health, welfare and conditions on Earth? That question is anything but hypothetical in scientific laboratories, which present some of the most daunting challenges to decarbonization. If you cut costs, you increase carbon.

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Comment: Carbon net zero – we’re halfway there

Envirotec Magazine

Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. Launched in March this year, the drive to decarbonise industry forms a major part of the UK’s journey to 2050 net zero.