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Mass Timber Buildings: Sustainable Path to Net Zero Goals

CCR Magazine

With public and private support for this renewable resource, experts believe mass timber could challenge steel and concrete as favored construction materials. “Mass timber offers cost and value considerations that developers and clients see as benefits. It is also estimated that forests in the U.S.

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Deep energy retrofits: The future of sustainable buildings

Construction Specifier

As the global focus on sustainability and climate change intensifies, the United States is seeing a new trend in building restoration-deep energy retrofits. buildings account for nearly 50 percent of energy consumption and 35 percent of total energy-related emissions. 1 The agreement was enacted in 2016.

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Construction Skills Mission Board gets around the table

The Construction Index

million new homes, clean power by 2030, and a renewal of our public infrastructure; and that ambition has been backed by significant funding commitments around skills. NHS tickles market on ÂŁ2.3bn construction consultancy framework 19 hours August 2027 sees the renewal of the NHS construction consultancy framework. Interested?

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Boot begins Sheffield children's hospital

The Construction Index

These facilities will revolutionise the way Sheffield Children’s provides treatment for young people with orthopaedic, rheumatological, neurological and neuromuscular conditions, or with cancer, and will provide collaboration and research opportunities. Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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New plant operator school opens in London

The Construction Index

Construction News Balfour Beatty signs ÂŁ833m Teesside Power deal 18 hours Balfour Beatty has been awarded an ÂŁ833m contract by Technip Energies to build Net Zero Teesside Power. NHS tickles market on ÂŁ2.3bn construction consultancy framework 19 hours August 2027 sees the renewal of the NHS construction consultancy framework.

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Milwaukee, WI Selected As Global Hub For New Energy Innovation Center

Business Facilities

Officials from the Mid-West Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC) joined Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and others to unveil plans for the new Energy Innovation Center (EIC), a facility that will accelerate the development of innovative technology in the energy, power and control industry. Scott Walker.

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Marisol Malibu: Setting a New Standard for Zero Carbon Real Estate

Stok

Brought on early in the project as the Zero Carbon Consultant, Stok led the Zero Carbon Certification effort in full and collaborated closely with the ILFI to create a first-of-its-kind Zero Carbon Ready pathway to achieve the developer’s goals. Haley Gardner, Manager, Energy + Carbon, International Living Future Institute.