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Design Process

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  • Resilient Design-Smarter Building for a Turbulent Future

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    Resilience is the new green. With decades of green building experience, we are ready to face climate change.

  • Build More or Build Green? Affordable Housing’s False Choice

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    The housing crisis is also a climate crisis and a social equity crisis. If we change our ways, we can address them all at once.

  • In the Pipeline: District Energy and Green Building

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    Very common in northern Europe, district energy systems use a network of buried, insulated pipes to distribute centrally produced steam, hot water, or chilled water to heat or cool multiple buildings. These systems can make use of waste heat from power generation (combined heat and power) or renewable fuel sources to help reduce the environmental impacts of buildings and communities.

  • Design for Adaptation: Living in a Climate-Changing World

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    Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, rising global temperatures would still bring major changes to the climate system and our way of life. This article offers solutions for designing buildings that not only mitigate our impact on the global climate, but also adapt to the changes that are coming-and those that are already here.

Quick Takes

Jump straight to the essentials with these short explanations of green building concepts.

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Product Guidance

Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.

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In The News

We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.

Perspective

Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.

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Learning Resources

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