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Technology Can’t Do All the Heavy Lifting to Achieve Clean Energy

Energy demand is growing with the worldwide population, which recently crossed eight billion people. The increased power consumption has led to higher emissions and more problems for the planet. Global warming is a clear and present danger to society, but what…

Rose MorrisonMarch 14, 2023

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Decarbonizing Our Environments Through Design

People have focused more on the environment in the past few years due to the harmful effects of global warming. Rising ocean temperatures and dangerous weather events have caused organizations to find ways to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.…

Rose MorrisonMarch 9, 2023

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Barriers to Green Building in Emerging Markets

The growth in the global construction market is set for a sustained period of strong development post-COVID-19, driven by factors like government spending on infrastructure, the transition to a net-zero society and growing populations that need more spaces to live,…

Rose MorrisonJanuary 26, 2023

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TCFD and Implications in Europe and Asia

Scientists argue that residents of Earth have little time to stop the worst of climate change. Whilst we can prevent the worst by limiting global warming to 1.5° Celsius in the coming years, it will require significant change in behavior.…

Rose MorrisonDecember 7, 2022

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Understanding all the “Green” Lingo”

Global warming has harmed the planet in ways people, animals, and cities are already beginning to experience. Rising ocean temperatures, deforestation and more powerful hurricanes have caused many to think about what they can do to help to curb the…

Rose MorrisonDecember 1, 2022

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Financing the Built Environment’s Deep Green Transformation

The green revolution has taken the world by storm as governments and private companies divert their business practices to account for climate change and sustainability. For some, the high cost of the deep green transformation seems a little too steep…

Rose MorrisonNovember 17, 2022

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Energy Efficiency: The Golden Rule for Net Zero in the Built Environment

According to the United Nations Environment Program, the built environment accounts for 39% of gross annual carbon emissions worldwide, a figure comprising both operational and embodied carbon, As climate change results in increasing extreme weather globally, rendering the role of the…

Rose MorrisonOctober 12, 2022

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Mainstreaming Whole-Life Carbon: Plugging the Data Gaps

Carbon emissions are a significant concern for the building and construction industry. The sector’s carbon footprint is substantial and reducing it may be more complicated than in other industries. Part of the problem is an incomplete picture of where many…

Rose MorrisonSeptember 23, 2022

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IWBI: Impact of the Built Community on the Healthy Building Movement

The mission of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is ambitious: to advance human health in buildings, communities and organizations. This is achieved through the WELL Building Standard (WELL), a roadmap developing over ten years and backed by scientific research.…

Rose MorrisonSeptember 6, 2022

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Enabling the Circular Economy for Social Prosperity

Environmentalists are revolutionizing the capitalist economy as we know it by identifying sustainability limitations along the value chain found within the manufacturing industry. Environmentalists argue that companies could support sustainable capitalism by challenging the current processes linked to material mining,…

Rose MorrisonAugust 11, 2022