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

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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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The next steps for a sustainable, decarbonized future

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The next steps for a sustainable, decarbonized future 0 qpurcell Thu, 03/02/2023 - 13:03 Sustainability For building owners and developers, the push to net zero energy and carbon neutrality is no longer an academic discussion. Government regulators are increasingly requiring that buildings perform more efficiently.

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Stockholm Wood City: Masterplanning The World’s Largest Timber Construction Project

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Spanning 60 acres and once complete, comprising around 7,000 commercial spaces and 2,000 homes, Wood City is currently the world’s largest urban timber construction project. That’s a tough goal — 2030 is not that far away, and so we needed to have an increased focus on sustainability. Sadly, he’s not so sure.

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

Community Architect

What are the materials we commonly use to build, how are they made, where do they come from and how sustainable are they? 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.

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Sustainable architecture efforts hindered by "sloppiness" says UN climate ambassador

Deezen

However, the sector's level of decarbonisation actually decreased last year, according to the Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction , as efforts to improve buildings' energy efficiency were outpaced by increases in their floor area and energy demand. Sustainable architecture shouldn't be "haute couture".

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Architects in China adapting to more sustainable and culturally relevant skyscrapers after supertall ban

Deezen

China 's decision to ban supertall skyscrapers "will not hinder the potential of architecture" and is in fact leading to more sustainable, culturally sensitive buildings, architects have told Dezeen. Read: Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Tiger. Photo is by Charlie Fong.

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5 things developers should know about mass timber

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Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s climate summit in 2019, Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins introduced the Gensler Cities Climate Challenge (GC3), our firmwide commitment to carbon neutrality in our work and operations by 2030. The IPCC report notes that an additional 2.5