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Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

BDC Network

Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint 1 kcichowicz Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:59 Facility condition assessments provide powerful insight into your buildings and offer an ideal vehicle to advance resiliency and decarbonization goals. A facility owner and management team are pivotal in this transition.

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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.

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Study Shows More Home Builders Adopting Green Building Practices, Products

The Pro Builder

are increasingly adopting sustainable building products and practices that conserve water, energy, and materials. are increasingly adopting sustainable building products and practices that conserve water, energy, and materials.

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Which Green Building Practices Are Home Builders Using Most?

The Pro Builder

Which Green Building Practices Are Home Builders Using Most? The findings indicate that of the practices in those categories, the most widely used is energy efficiency (91% of home builders), followed by efforts to conserve water (52%) and to create healthier indoor living environments (49%).

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5 things developers should know about mass timber

BDC Network

5 things developers should know about mass timber 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:36 Mass Timber Gensler's Erik Barth, architect and regional design resilience leader, shares considerations for developers when looking at mass timber solutions. The building industry accounts for approximately 39% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Discover the Latest News on Party Promise for UK Construction, Shinfield Studios Work Completed, and Green Colar Worker

UK Construction Blog

Meanwhile, the largest new film and television studio in the United Kingdom, Shinfield Studios, has finished building. PBC Today’s collection covers 2024 election pledges. With Election Day less than a month away, all major parties have unveiled their 2024 manifestos. On housing: Conservatives Construction of 1.6

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The role of infrastructure in community liveability

Roads Online

Ahead of Urban Infrastructure Strategy 2024 (30 th April to 2 nd May, Sydney), Quest Events spoke with Michelle Bisson , Executive Director, Planning & Environment at City of Newcastle , and Sonja Johnson , CEO at RDA Tropical North , to learn more about the role of infrastructure in community liveability. Learn more.