Items Tagged with 'carbon reduction'

A brief chronicle of the efforts underway by leading building design professionals to support and galvanize action toward decarbonizing the built environment.

The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) applauds the Government of Canada’s strategic investment in Nova Scotia’s mass timber sector, recognizing its role in advancing low-carbon construction, economic growth, and job creation.

With a rebranded focus on carbon reduction, resiliency, and equity, the new version seeks to reclaim LEED’s leadership position in sustainability amidst the rising popularity of other programs like Fitwel and Passive House.

YKK AP America (YKK AP) announced that it has achieved an important milestone toward reaching its organizational sustainability goals, and now sources 80 percent of its aluminum from low-carbon North American suppliers.

The study explores the positive impact of life-cycle assessments on reducing embodied carbon in construction, the increasing influence of building material choices, and the barriers to further progress.

This structure is part of an ongoing revitalization initiative that has been in motion for 35 years, aimed at transforming a once-thriving industrial and manufacturing area into a vibrant urban hub in Central Los Angeles and Culver City, California.

Arkema, a leader in Specialty Materials, set the groundwork for carbon footprint reduction across its Coating Solutions value chain in 2024, with a unique global approach as it achieves multiple Mass Balance ISCC PLUS certifications in the US, Europe and Asia; covering major coating technologies.

Both will work to foster the next phase of company growth, aiming to bring positive change to the building industry.

NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete shared developments from their Fall 2024 Summit held on October 17, 2024, in Columbia, Md., with NEU members and federal agencies in attendance.