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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

that collect most of the solid waste have tried to outlaw waste, including the San Francisco Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance which may have been the first such municipal ordinance in the country and with the nation’s highest diversion rates one of very few that have worked at all. So, reducing waste is a good thing.

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Rad Projects of 2018

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Certification: LEED CS v2009 Platinum. Services provided: LEED CS Consulting & Project Management, Energy Modeling, Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Certification: LEED CS v2009 Platinum. NRDC San Francisco. Certifications: LEED CI v4 Gold, Living Building Challenge Materials Petal. Salesforce Tower.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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San Francisco International Airport used Kingspan’s Designwall 2000 insulated metal panels to create an architectural look for its Consolidated Administration Campus. used Kingspan’s KarrierPanel in the building’s rainscreen to achieve a high R-value and reduced energy consumption toward a goal of LEED certification.

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Achieving Net Zero: The Role of Embodied Carbon

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As Katie Ross, Global Real Estate and Facilities Sustainability Lead at Microsoft, said at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco last month, “carbon is the great equalizer.” If there’s one metric to measure climate impacts, it’s carbon. Luckily for us, we’re already mid-shift.

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Achieving Net Zero: The Role of Embodied Carbon

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As Katie Ross, Global Real Estate and Facilities Sustainability Lead at Microsoft, said at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco last month, “carbon is the great equalizer.” If there’s one metric to measure climate impacts, it’s carbon. Luckily for us, we’re already mid-shift.

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Addressing Embodied Carbon: FAQ

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Whether you’re pursuing the ILFI’s recently-launched Zero Carbon Certification or creating your own framework, addressing embodied carbon (in tandem with operational carbon reduction strategies like electrification and carbon offsets ) is a critical component of achieving true Net Zero Carbon goals.

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