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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement.

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High-performance building envelopes

Construction Specifier

For example, in 2019 New York City passed the Climate Mobilization Act, including a series of bills setting specific retrofit requirements and emissions limits (Bill 1253, Local Law 97 of 2019) and additional financing for sustainable retrofits (Bill 12520).

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How European Technology Can Benefit U.S. Builders 

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At the International Advanced Building Skins (ABS) Conference & Expo in Bern, Switzerland, I spoke about quality assurance in home building and learned about a variety of new materials and applications that address production, quality, and sustainability. The sustainable construction world has become a data-driven marketplace.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

Business Facilities

To shift to a sustainable trajectory, we need to massively step up investment in clean energy technologies—especially renewables and energy efficiency.”. Being clean and sustainable is not only the right thing to do, it’s just good business,” said Silagy. So, sustainability is a huge part of what makes Florida successful.”.

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Ten U.S. Cities with the Costliest Water | Management content from.

Contractor Magazine

cities with the costliest water: 1. New York City ($31.80) 8. Posted 2 weeks ago in Sustainably Speaking. View Mobile Site. Based on using 7,500 gallons of water per month, the study indicates these are the ten U.S. Seattle, WA ($56.18) 2. Boston, MA ($41.18) 3. Philadelphia, PA ($39.30) 4. by Robert Mader.

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Rainwater capture next for plumbing contractors | Management.

Contractor Magazine

To read more about rainwater harvesting, including policy issues, please go to Candace’s Sustainably Speaking blog at www.Contractormag.com. I just finished reading Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide, written by David Bergman who teaches architecture at Parsons The New School in New York City.

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QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits | ENR.

ENR Construction

Sustainability. New York City building permits are sprouting up with QR codes that instantly unlock vast amounts of project information. The idea here is quick and easy, and [it has a] pointed purpose," says Robert LiMandri, New York City Dept. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation.

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