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Ethics in Architecture

SW Oregon Architect

Some estimates project a cost of up to $1 trillion (USD). Designed to be car-free and powered by renewable energy, it's part of Saudi Vision 2030. Initial construction began in 2021, with a completion target of 2030. An unimaginably huge project like The Line poses an obvious ethical quandary.

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Dear Architects: If You Really Want to Be More Sustainable, Start Prioritizing Reuse Projects

Architizer

Architecture 2030 ’s mission is to rapidly transform the built environment from a major emitter of greenhouse gases to a central source of solutions to the climate crisis. This means achieving net zero across both operational emissions from using buildings and embodied emissions from constructing and maintaining them.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

BD+C

Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga.

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Everything you need to know about Saudi mega-project Neom

Deezen

It forms part of the Saudi Vision 2030 plan to diversify the country's economy in order to reduce its dependence on oil. Neom is working to ambitious timelines, with much of the project set to be built by 2030. The aim is for one million people to be living in The Line by 2030. Where is Neom? When will Neom be built?

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Buildings With Less Embodied Carbon (Part 2 of Sustainability in Construction)

Community Architect

If we want to truly want to create carbon neutral buildings by 2030, we will see that the questions about materials are just as important as the energy usage after completion of a building. On our journey to more environmentally friendly buildings and the 2030 goals, it is "5 minutes before twelve". What is their carbon footprint?

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Fast Tracked

Landscape Architecture Magazine

To meet the ambitious climate targets ahead, designers, developers, and construction firms need common standards. Reporting methodologies can vary based on the unit of measurement, estimated project life span, or how a project’s area is defined. By Timothy A. Image courtesy Climate Positive Design.

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"Timber alone cannot get us out of this mess"

Deezen

There is a paradox in our desire for a low-carbon built environment. On the other, UN-Habitat estimates that 3 billion people need adequate housing by 2030, with demand for 96,000 new homes every day (that's more than one per second), giving us a clear moral responsibility to build to improve people's lives.