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Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification

GCP Applied Technologies

Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability.

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Concrete’s cobra effect: unintended results of embodied carbon reduction

Construction Specifier

Perhaps less known is how cement itself changed just three to four years ago with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations requiring cement kiln dust (CKD) waste to be recycled into batches of new concrete. This remedial work is not only expensive and time consuming, but undermines the very effort to be sustainable.

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ESG Poll Results Drive Strategies for Business

Green Building Law Update

12% of companies consider ESG metrics in executive compensation. In the most compelling response, 86% believe there will be mandatory ESG disclosures and more ESG regulation within the next 12 months. In a disappointing result, only 11% were highly confident that their company’s ESG program is sufficiently robust.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Is this really progress?

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You can Participate in our Survey of ESG Activity in the Marketplace

Green Building Law Update

Does your company consider ESG metrics in executive compensation? Do you believe there will be mandatory ESG disclosures and more ESG regulation within the next 12 months? Do you favor of mandatory ESG disclosures and more ESG regulation within the next 12 months? highly confident, moderately, minimally, not at all].

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6 Dangers Of Falling Debris In Construction Sites

Construction Marketing

Whoever is responsible for breaching their duty of care should compensate for the injuries. Everyone on a building site should closely adhere to safety regulations to ensure safety. . When a family member sustains injuries from a falling object on a construction site, the best action is to seek legal representation at once.

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What to Know About Air Source Heat Pumps and Cold Climates

Pro Builder

There are several different ways to go about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and it’s become increasingly important to consider different strategies as more local and state jurisdictions implement new regulations. Sustainability. Using oil injection technology for cooling during the compressor component. Read More. . Environmental.

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