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The Global Climate Action Summit: A Quick Guide

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stok is excited to join this year’s Global Climate Action Summit in welcoming world leaders to celebrate climate action and inspire greater commitments in support of the Paris Agreement. The built environment is by far the largest contributor to climate change. Green Building Council | Sept.

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Michael G. Smith Writes about the Value of Cob

Natural Building

I attended my first natural building workshop in Oregon in 1993. When the workshop was over, I approached the instructor, Ianto Evans of the Cob Cottage Company, and asked if I could join his team. To meet Paris Climate Agreement targets, we must eliminate all GHG emissions from the built environment by 2050.

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LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Plans are underway for a series of informational workshops to educate area manufacturers about high performance computing applications that can accelerate design, optimization and commercialization of new products and processes. Rendering of the latest 20,000 square-foot corporate hangar coming to the Villiage of Whelling in 2013.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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This environment offers businesses the ability to be closely co-located with academia, gateway organizations and NHS. Berlin Adlershof Center for Biotechnology and Environment is one of the capital region’s Biotech Parks. Announced that it has entered into an option and license agreement with Pfizer.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Labs 21 National Conference 2012 – “High Performance Healthcare Environments: Metrics and Procedures”. . . That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Labs 21 National Conference 2012 – “High Performance Healthcare Environments: Metrics and Procedures”. . . That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress.

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