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The importance of selecting healthy materials for K-12 projects

BDC Network

The importance of selecting healthy materials for K-12 projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 09/30/2024 - 13:17 K-12 Schools Clark Nexsen interior designers Anna Claire Beethoven and Brittney Just, CID, IIDA, LEED Green Associate, share why it is imperative to specify healthy building materials in K-12 schools.

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COP28: ICC’s sustainable building initiative backed by 28 countries

Construction Specifier

Panelists at the “Buildings and Construction for Sustainable Cities: New Key Partnerships for Decarbonization, Adaptation, and Resilience” session during the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, on December 6, 2023, at Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/Courtesy COP28.

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Advancing sustainable construction: Specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

2 Buildings are responsible for approximately 42 percent of CO2 emissions, 15 percent of which is attributed to the embodied carbon of materials. trillion sf) of building floorspace by 2060—equivalent space of New York City added every month for 40 years—the time for the industry to act is now. Millions of properties across the U.S.

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Living the Dream: PAE Engineers’ HQ Embodies an Aspirational Vision

Civil + Structural Engineer

PAE Engineers enjoys a unique symbol of its brand identity – the company’s Portland headquarters office, which is the world’s first developer-driven Living Building. PAE’s Living Building Challenge The PAE Living Building is a five-story, 58,000-square-foot mixed-use building located in a historic neighborhood in Portland.

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Building a Better World on the Procore Platform | Sustainability Spotlight

Procore

Procore.org , Procore’s social impact arm, provides full platform access to nonprofit builders who are focused on building a sustainable world for future generations to assist worthy causes with technology that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive. °C future and secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.

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Fulton Hogan: The right switch

Roads Online

Fulton Hogan builds essential infrastructure connecting communities across Australia and New Zealand. Building and maintaining bridges, airports and ports, and the nation’s communication networks generates carbon. From a maintenance perspective, you don’t have any of the particulate build-up in the burner either.

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Biggest Infrastructure Project in France for 2024

Building Radar

Expected to be fully completed by 2030, key portions of the Grand Paris Express are slated for completion by 2024. The new stations will not only serve as transportation hubs but will also integrate with the surrounding urban infrastructure to offer new retail, leisure, and green spaces.