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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. Contractors Sustainability Sustainable Design and Construction Suffolk Construction, headquartered in Boston, has established the Suffolk Sustainability Group.

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How digital tools are helping the construction industry to choose carbon-smart materials

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Our latest white paper, ‘Building Net Zero and The Role of Data in Green Construction’ , investigates the current landscape for sustainability in construction across APAC – as well as potential solutions. Green construction is enabled by powerful technology and digital tools. There is a significant need for change.

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Why Now is the Time for Sustainable Construction

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For some industries, achieving net zero means gradually reducing emissions over the next two decades. The push for sustainable construction. The technology behind sustainable construction. The benefits of sustainable construction. As a result, the need for the entire sector to focus on net zero is right here, right now.

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Government policies help accelerate adoption of green building

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Green-procurement policies or green-building mandates can help accelerate the adoption of green-building practices, according to research by Timothy Simcoe and Michael Toffel. read more.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

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While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Lean principles in industrialized housing production: the need for a cultural change. Rethinking construction.

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The Move Towards Embodied Carbon Targets for Building Materials

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This is driving an increased focus on reducing embodied carbon, which represents a large part of the emissions produced in the building industry. Skanska USA and C Change Labs teamed up to develop a solution that would enable the building industry to access carbon emissions data during material specifications and procurement.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

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To shift to a sustainable trajectory, we need to massively step up investment in clean energy technologies—especially renewables and energy efficiency.”. 35 Mules, powered by FPL, is an innovation hub helping startups in the energy, water and energy-adjacent industries bring their ideas to life faster, smarter and at scale.

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