Illustration: Olivier Le Moal | Dreamstime.com The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard aims to provide a single benchmark for addressing carbon reduction across the built environment. Its new chair, David Partridge, explains. Can all the built environment’s industry bodies and stakeholders agree and adopt a common standard of measurement […] Click here to view original […]
The passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and then the Inflation Reduction Act let loose nearly half a trillion dollars to fight climate change in 2022. Joe Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act. ( But with control of Congress once again split, hope for climate action is shifting back […] Click here to view original
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Construction at 907 Main in Central Square in September 2019. (Photo: Marc Levy) Business leaders continued to express dismay Tuesday over how Cambridge’s Building Energy Usage Disclosure Ordinance has been implemented, and the potential for them to face earlier deadlines to comply. Condo owners, on the other hand, are […] Click here to view original
Denver has adopted a new green code that will consider a building’s embodied carbon over merely operational energy. Image: For much of its recent history in mitigating climate change, Denver has concentrated on buildings’ operational energy — the energy needed to run basics like heating, air conditioning, lighting and […] Click here to view original
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Highlights : Some of the game-changing renewable energy projects are upcoming in the middle east. The energy transition towards renewables has recently seen an increase in Middle Eastern countries, especially in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Morocco etc. Once dependent on its plentiful reserves of oil and gas for wealth, […] Click here to view original
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The future of cities is looking bright as architects identify what will shape tomorrow today. Image: Canva. Sustainability is a major focus for buildings going forward. Health in all its forms is also what architects will need to consider in designs. Data and technology continues to change how architects […] Click here to view original
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