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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. Unfortunately, renovation rates lag behind IPCC-estimated requirements. Existing buildings are a key to a climate smart built environment.

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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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World Cup sustainability claims "built on sand" say experts

Deezen

Amid widespread scepticism about the sustainability claims of the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar , Dezeen asked experts if carbon-neutral global sporting events are possible. Our goal is to offset all greenhouse gas emissions, while advancing low-carbon solutions in Qatar and the region," the event's sustainability statement reads. "A

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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

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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"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.

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How Good Is "Carbon Neutral" Furniture?

Dwell

According to the EPA , an estimated nine million tons of furniture were sent to landfills in 2018. As consumer demand —and willingness to pay more—for sustainable products has increased, companies are starting to take steps to reduce their environmental impacts. We continue to look for the easy out," Addington says. "We