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Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards.
The Biden Administration recently released “Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy by 2050: A National Blueprint for the Buildings Sector,” a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from buildings by 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2050.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has opened the first public comment period for the first draft of LEED v5. The new version of the LEED green building rating system will drive deep decarbonization, quality of life improvements, and ecological conservation and restoration, USGBC says.
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The company targets a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions and water use from construction activities by 2030.
The project is dubbed Oceanix City.
The building is part of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh.
The Superfarm will go beyond what vertical farms typically produce.
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Illinois takes the top spot as USGBC defines the next generation of green building with LEED v4.1.
Buildings can be designed to cut consumption and operate more efficiently, but the pools always make it difficult to achieve substantial savings.
The project will be located 10 km (6.2 miles) south of Copenhagen.