YKK AP America Inc. and cove.tool have announced a partnership to make it quicker and easier for architects to reach their project’s carbon, cost and energy performance goals.

Pressure is mounting for the building and construction industry to become more sustainable. Designing more energy-efficient buildings is part of that, but reducing embodied carbon is a more pressing — and often challenging — issue.

According to the latest determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Energy, ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019 would achieve greater energy efficiency in commercial buildings compared to the previous edition (2016) of the standard.

Browse our articles to read about topics such as reducing carbon in precast wall systems, achieving the proper airtightness of buildings, and how metal roofs are leading the way toward energy efficiency.

Sto Corp., the innovative world leader in complete single-sourced solutions for the building envelope, has teamed up with Pratt Institute and Passive House for Everyone as an advocate sponsor for the first-ever US Collegiate Designed and Built rendition of the International Passive House Ice Box Challenge.

Nexii Building Solutions Inc. is spearheading a new era of sustainable construction practices that prioritize the health of people and the planet. With an unwavering commitment to decarbonizing the built environment, Nexii is a BMO Radicle Inc. 

Sustainable Minds, the only end-to-end product transparency solutions provider for building product manufacturers, announced the beta launch of its latest tool, the Transparency Catalog now with Project Builder & Library.

CO2 concentrations are frequently a point of concern in the context of indoor air quality. It is relatively easy to measure and is commonly included in indoor air quality monitoring procedures.

Now produced using 50% less carbon dioxide (CO2), the company’s premium RHEINZINK-prePATINA products are now part of its RHEINZINK-ECO ZINC offering. This is the first architectural zinc material in the world to reduce an already small carbon footprint by more than half.

The National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council has issued its 2022 Moving Forward Report, looking closely at the climate emergency and the path toward decarbonization of the U.S. built environment.