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. Our industry was, of course, abruptly and majorly changed by the global pandemic.

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2023

Driving Continuous Innovation ESG regulations present businesses with an opportunity to reduce their ecological impact while fostering innovation to help them achieve their sustainability goals.

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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

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. Water is the new net-zero challenge.

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3BL Media

JUNE 26, 2024

The goal of green building is to create healthier, more efficient, and environmentally responsible built environments for present and future generations. This guide will help you understand the process of acquiring green building certification. What Is Green Building?

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

That question is anything but hypothetical in scientific laboratories, which present some of the most daunting challenges to decarbonization. To begin, there’s the embodied carbon in the building’s construction and component materials – labs typically use large amounts of concrete, steel and glass.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What was WSP’s role in helping WorldGBC present the business case for green buildings? As a leading consultant on the project, we worked with WorldGBC to help shape the report, provide technical input and gather evidence to support the business case by demonstrating how it changes in a high-carbon or low-carbon, healthy or unhealthy world.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

And more recently a cross industry working group led by BBP, BRE, the Carbon Trust, CIBSE, IStructE, LETI, RIBA, RICS, and UKGBC have joined forces to champion a NZC building standard which looks to develop a single agreed methodology to develop NZC built assets in line with our nation’s climate targets. What’s needed.

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Green Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

If you are interested in presenting on these above topics or feel you are an expert in a specific sustainable area, please fill out and send in a session submission form: CLICK HERE.

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Sustainable Round Table

JUNE 8, 2023

Dave Duncan, PTC’s VP of Sustainability, presenting at Liveworx Seven months ago, we were pleased to invite PTC, a global technology company headquartered in the Boston Seaport District, to join the Sustainable Business and Enterprise Roundtable (SBER) as a charter member.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

When I was in middle school, I did my first presentation on climate change, and I started becoming more concerned about environmental issues. Another thing that we're super proud of - our new commitment in terms of reducing embodied carbon by 40 percent by 2030. So that was a real pivotal moment for me in my career. [00:06:52]

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 21, 2022

The race to reduce embodied carbon : A panel of industry leaders will explore beyond the rhetoric and spotlight how embodied carbon can be reduced in the built environment. How to make existing buildings fit for the future : This session proposes a fitness regime for buildings for a climate-changed future.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2022

For non-GMP spaces, use occupancy controls to ensure lights are off when nobody is present. Buildings contribute to 40% of annual CO2 emissions; a quarter of these emissions are associated with materials and construction , also known as embodied carbon. However, additional lighting strategies exist for increased savings.

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Green Technology

JANUARY 25, 2023

The agenda for this event includes access to education sessions, live keynote, annual leadership awards presentations and to the sustainable products and services displays. Save the date for this years Forum which is being held in Sacramento, California on May 18, 2023. Exhibits Discover dozens of green products and services all in one place.

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Green Technology

APRIL 5, 2023

Education sessions will cover best practices, embodied carbon, electric vehicles and infrastructure, CALGreen and Energy Code updates, funding sources, building reuse addressing carbon reduction, whole building lifecycle analysis and more. Very well presented.”

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Green Technology

APRIL 5, 2023

Education sessions will cover best practices, embodied carbon, electric vehicles and infrastructure, CALGreen and Energy Code updates, funding sources, building reuse addressing carbon reduction, whole building lifecycle analysis and more. Very well presented.”

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 1960s industrial precinct formerly owned by Phillip Morris has been transformed into a $200 million commercial community, sustainably retaining the existing structure throughout the build, resulting in savings of 19 million kg of embodied carbon. Adaptive reuse presents a great opportunity in this space.”

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Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, quantifying and reporting on Scope 3 presents a significant challenge for data centre operators. Vendors need to commit to reducing the embodied carbon of their product portfolio. This is mainly due to a lack of three resources: reliable supplier data, quantitative tools, and an accounting and reporting methodology.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

There is a lot of embodied carbon in a building structure, especially in the concrete and steel. The report also argues that legislation must put a limit of embodied carbon per m2 of floor area that is brought into a building when it is constructed or renovated.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Nonetheless, she presented the city’s Climate Action Plan which includes 67 projects in mitigation and adaptation such as the promotion of distributed photovoltaic generation in facilities, hydraulic generation pilot tests with ALS University, and an economic fund to assist in the adequacy of housing. Representing the aviation sector was Ms.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Presented by. These included community engagement programs, an Indigenous-relations roadmap, a sustainable-construction training program, and R&D exploring the powers of life-cycle assessment to reduce the embodied carbon of building projects. “I

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

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.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Here’s the thing: The pre-use manufacturing phase accounts for 70 – 90% of hardware equipment total embodied carbon. Finding a way of recovering and sustainably patriating/repatriating the millions of pounds worth of valuable PCB materials currently going to waste presents a huge opportunity for both the UK’s and overseas’ governments.

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Martin Brown

MAY 3, 2021

Zoom Regenerative 28 featured Louise Hamot exploring carbon in MEP based on her work, recently published in CIBSE Technical Memorandum 65: Embodied Carbon in building services, and insights from Slovakia with Marián Ontkóc on low or negative carbon building materials, crafts and tutoring. Zoom Regenerative.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

While the market for geopolymer concrete is still in its infancy, it presents an opportunity to reduce carbon in a responsible way, rather than relying on waste from declining industries. Looking towards 2030 and beyond, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) through CO 2 mineralisation is an emerging solution.

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Green Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

Learn how to streamline the contracting process using California’s GC 4217. Learn how to capture the Inflation Reduction Act’s Direct-Pay incentive for solar, battery-storage, and charging stations.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Signs of the UK’s renewed focus came just recently as the Government became the world’s first major economy to present a net zero industrial decarbonisation strategy. Launched in March this year, the drive to decarbonise industry forms a major part of the UK’s journey to 2050 net zero. … while a lot has changed, not much has changed.

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