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Can Concrete Save Us? Locking Up Carbon in Building Materials

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Concrete is responsible for a huge proportion of global carbon dioxide emissions. A few companies want to reverse this cycle by sequestering carbon in building materials.
Natural Ventilation: The Nine Biggest Obstacles and How Project Teams Are Beating Them

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Designers are reinventing the art and science of passive comfort control even where climate and culture favor mechanical systems.
Know Thy Client: 9 Un-Green Strategies for Delivering Better Buildings

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Making all your projects high-performance means getting in touch with what your client really wants and checking “green building” at the door.
How to Make Integrated Project Delivery Work for Your Project

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Early successes with IPD are now legendary but also fostered misconceptions. We deconstruct those and provide tips to ensure collaboration translates to results.

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Wal-Mart Introduces Second Generation of High-Efficiency Stores

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Following a long program of testing green practices in experimental stores, Wal-Mart is now building high-efficiency stores that are expected to be 25% more energy efficient than conventional stores, but critics say that's not enough.
Carbon Offsets Get Oversight

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Carbon offsets have become a popular way to fight climate change, but the market for them has been plagued by doubts about integrity. A new certification program as well attention from federal regulators may help to address key concerns.
New Type of Waterless Urinal Cartridge Focus of Lawsuit

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A new type of cartridge for waterless urinals uses an elastomeric membrane as a trap and potentially lasts much longer than conventional cartridges. But it has been at the center of a legal settlement in which its manufacturer agreed not to sell it for use with certain urinals.
Certifying Buildings En Masse

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Property management giant CB Richard Ellis is following through on a major commitment to certify 100 buildings through LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance as a pilot participant in USGBC's volume certification program.

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Is BuildingGreen Getting Too Political?

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We believe that social justice issues as they relate to the built environment are relevant to the sustainable design and construction community.
How to Help Ukraine Now … and in the Future

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What can the green building and resilience communities do to help the people of Ukraine?
The Green Building Movement Is Dead. Long Live the Green Building Movement!

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The green building community needs a lot more collaboration and a totally new theory of change—and we need it now.
ESG: Earth’s Salvation or Greenwash du Jour?

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The meaning of environmental, social, and governance reporting and ratings is in flux. Here are six ways to move forward amid the chaos.

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