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Deep Dives
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The Urgency of Embodied Carbon and What You Can Do about It
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Building materials emit massive amounts of carbon long before the lights go on. Here’s how thoughtful design can reduce global warming impact.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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More Cyclists + Better Design = Safer Roadways
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Encouraging cycling and taking care to design roadways with cyclists in mind can increase traffic safety, something the new SmartCode Bicycle Module aims to help accomplish.
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A 2030 Challenge for Building Products
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Cutting the energy use of buildings is crucial, but it's not the only concern. Designers and manufacturers turn their attention to the carbon footprint of building products with the 2030 Challenge for Products.
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Insurance Breakthrough for Integrated Project Delivery
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A new insurance product and increase in use of multi-party contracts mark progress in the environmentally progressive move to Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).
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Composting Is Winner in Food Waste Disposal Study
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What's the greenest way to deal with food waste? If you really can't eat it, compost it.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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