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

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga.

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Rad Projects of 2018

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Services provided: LEED CS Consulting & Project Management, Energy Modeling, Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Highlights: It was a big year of LEEDership for the second-tallest tower in the West, which is officially the Highest Rated New Skyscraper globally and the Highest Rated New Construction Project of any kind in San Francisco.

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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.” billion square feet of new construction built in the U.S. If there’s one metric to measure climate impacts, it’s carbon.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Despite greater efficiencies and more greenery, buildings increasingly consume energy and resources, forget the poor, and cannibalize the natural life-support system.

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Achieving Net Zero: The Role of Embodied Carbon

Stok

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.” billion square feet of new construction built in the U.S. ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOOTPRINT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION 2015-2030.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction is one of the world’s most important sectors and it wouldn’t be where it is today without all the dedicated individuals who continue to take the industry forward. Read on to discover some of the innovators and changemakers making waves in construction today. . 40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2022 .

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Addressing Embodied Carbon: FAQ

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Learn more about how to approach embodied carbon in these different scenarios: Ground-Up / New Construction: As a majority of embodied carbon is due to a building’s core and shell, performing an embodied carbon analysis on a new construction project is a no-brainer and thus most common.

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