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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

In a widely accepted definition, Zero Waste is, The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”. No company should claim to be Zero Waste.

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20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity

Business Facilities

Green Building Council is expanding its LEED for Cities and Communities program with a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America. Read: 20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity at BusinessFacilities.com.

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California Photovoltaic Test Lab Dives Into Technologies With Real.

ENR Construction

Environment. Banking & Credit Crisis. ENR California. California Photovoltaic Test Lab Dives Into Technologies With Real World Experiments. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability.

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Officials Outline 'Preferred' Path Forward on California's Bay Delta.

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Environment. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. ENR California. Officials Outline Preferred Path Forward on Californias Bay Delta. “The biggest hurdle right now is funding,” says Cindy Paulson, executive director of California Urban Water Agencies and a senior vice president of Walnut Creek, Calif.

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DOT Lets States Shift $473M Unspent on Earmarks to Other Projects.

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Environment. Banking & Credit Crisis. ENR California. million, followed by California, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction.

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From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities: Digital DNA | ENR.

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Environment. Banking & Credit Crisis. ENR California. Description: A Smart Cities market is emerging on a global scale that dwarfs any previous notion of the value given to data about the built environment. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan.

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AU 2022 Day 1 Recap: The Top Highlights from the General Session & More

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For Arcadis they were tackling the California Highspeed Rail project, a 500-mile system linking San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim. Gloria Samuel, SR Vice President Director of Program and Project Management, Fifth Third Bank spoke about her excitement about the community work her company has done. said Gloria.