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Bioswales and Green Infrastructure and ….

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Embracing green infrastructure as an approach and installing specific interventions comes with many challenges. What is Green Infrastructure? Learn more… The post Bioswales and Green Infrastructure and … appeared first on 4BT.

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More Than Green Buildings, Green Roads

Green Building Law Update

If green building is going to repair the planet it will have to include green roads. But when modern American society thinks about green building, those thoughts are almost universally of buildings and not of infrastructure like roads and bridges. Over 65% of the impervious surfaces in the U.S. and internationally.

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The future of infrastructure is green, AECOM exec says

Construction Dive

Public policy and new tech, including AI, are driving resilience projects in Southern California, said Los Angeles Metro Executive and Strategy + Growth Leader Jill Kurth.

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CBO Recognizes 2024's Sustainability VIPs

Construction Business Owner

Category Green Promote to rotator No Main Image Tags sustainability sustainability VIP VIP VIPs Green Building LEED sustainable Webform SUSTAINABILITY VIP 2024 NOMINATION FORM To nominate a coworker or colleague for CBO's Sustainability VIP 2024, complete the form below and click SUBMIT. The nomination period ends Jan.

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Blue-Green Infrastructure: An Eco-friendly Route to Development

The Constructor

Climate change is a prevalent problem across the globe. Yet, we subconsciously associate this issue restricted to affecting only the polar.

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Houston creates tax incentives for green stormwater elements

BD+C

The City of Houston recently approved tax incentives for businesses that install green stormwater infrastructure. Property owners who construct green roofs, rain gardens, permeable pavement, and rainwater harvesting elements can have their property tax reduced.

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Why are green buildings important?

Lets Build

The increasing focus on green buildings is one of many areas where society is moving in the right direction, making whole-life sustainable buildings the only environmentally justifiable option for future construction projects. Today’s green buildings still use concrete but in a more considered and sparing format.

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