OVERVIEW
It’s easy to get caught up in the details—earning one more LEED point or getting that documentation you need for recycled content.
But it’s a lot easier to achieve all the project goals if the owner and the whole project team are in agreement about why you’re putting in all this work in the first place. Stuff like:
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slowing down climate change
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dealing with global water shortages
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avoiding depletion of nonrenewable resources
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preventing public health problems associated with manufacturing
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righting social wrongs
Here we set the scene, providing context that can help get—and keep—everyone on the same page about project goals.
IN-DEPTH
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2030 Culture: Six Selfish Reasons to Commit
April 4, 2016Feature Short
2030 Commitment signatories are making progress on climate goals. Along the way, they’re also finding new ways to save time and money.
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Progress on 2030 Goals, Ten Years Later
April 4, 2016Feature Short
The number of firms committing to 2030 carbon targets has more than doubled, and 8,182 project teams reported in 2014. But what about the carbon?
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Six Ways Existing Buildings Can Save the Planet
April 4, 2016Feature Short
Renovations, retrofits, and better-informed O&M will determine how quickly the developed world slows its carbon emissions.
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AIA Top Ten Projects Really Do Lead the Industry
April 4, 2016News Brief
Top Ten Projects reduce energy use by half compared to baselines and are well above the industry average for reporting to the 2030 Commitment.
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Our Buildings Are Killing Our Oceans
April 4, 2016Primer
Carbon is more deadly than many other toxic substances we fret about every day. And acidification might be more of a problem than climate change.
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On the Path to Net Zero
April 4, 2016Op-Ed
At Leonard Farm, we’ve taken another big step in our quest for net-zero energy and net-zero carbon—but we’re not there yet!
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Building Materials and the Time Value of Carbon
April 4, 2016Op-Ed
When you save matters. What you build matters. Here’s why we need to build well and rebuild better.
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The Green Building Movement Has Lost One of Its Unsung Heroes
February 19, 2016Op-Ed
Kirsten Childs 1944 – 2016
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The Big Materials Dream Needs to Include Climate Change and More
February 9, 2016Op-Ed
We’re finally getting vital toxicity information about building products. But let’s remember that sustainability is about more than avoiding health hazards.
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Free Database Can Guide Early Design Decisions on Carbon, Health
October 27, 2015News Analysis
The Quartz Project opens up Pharos and GaBi intelligence to the public, combining the formats of HPDs and EPDs into one tool.
