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New and Old Sustainable Building Materials

Natural Building

The manufacture of concrete, steel, and glass uses vast amounts of raw materials and water and emits copious amounts of greenhouse gases per year. Moreover, embodied carbon, which is carbon released over the entire life cycle of a building, including end-of-life material disposal, is responsible for 11% of total global carbon emissions.

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California Embodied Carbon Legislation: How to Prepare for AB 2446

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Some exciting news coming out of California means big things for Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs), which analyze a product’s full life cycle environmental impacts and identify prioritized areas for carbon reduction. Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) dives deeper in its embodied carbon policy educational series.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Top trends in the construction industry 2020 How will the construction industry develop in 2020? What trends will determine the industry? We have studied and evaluated numerous sources – discover with us the most important trends and developments in the construction industry in 2020. And what does that mean for you?

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

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These factors include… poor formal and professional education in the domain, low investment in research and development, deep rooted project culture, perceived long life-cycle of associated return on investment, resistance from construction projects’ participants and stakeholders, and lack of real property owner leadership and competency.

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The Great Carbon Reckoning

Natural Building

When Kate Simonen, a professor who leads the Carbon Leadership Forum at the University of Washington, was a young architect experimenting with alternative approaches to conventional concrete. She called up her structural engineer on an educational-building project and asked if they could swap out some of the cement in their mix for fly ash.

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10 Construction Certifications and Where to Get Them

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National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER). ACs are valuable since they add integrity and agree to follow the AIC Code of Ethics, ensuring that they are both competent and responsible members of the industry. National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER). Make use of less resources.

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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. Symposium Title: Integrating BIM: Moving the Industry Forward. Tuesday and Wednesday: Conference Educational Sessions. Friday: BIM Academic Education Symposium. Thursday: Information Exchanges.

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