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Communities, Environment, and New Narratives: the Best Interviews of 2023

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Understanding this also implies becoming aware that our planet is depleting before our eyes—and a generous portion of this responsibility belongs to the production chains involved in architecture and construction. Read more »

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The University of Toronto announces new Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment backed by key industry leaders

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The University of Toronto ’s School of Engineering has announced a new research center that will, together with its industry partners, work to find a viable solution to the growing need for public infrastructure that is in tune with the push for sustainability and concerns over climate change.

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Sustainable Policy: How Deconstruction Policies Are Revolutionizing Construction Waste Management in the United States

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Image Courtesy of EcoCocon For a long time, the construction industry has followed a linear process - extract raw materials, build structures, demolish them, and then dispose of the garbage in landfills. This approach has serious negative effects on the environment and society and is inherently unsustainable. Straw-wall panels.

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Unpacking the History of Artificial Islands: The True Cost on the Built Environment

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This heritage dates back to the reclaimed islands in Ancient Egypt , the hundreds of Stilt crannogs found in Scottish and Irish lakes and waterways , and the ceremonial islands constructed during the Aztec Empire. By definition, an artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed through natural processes.

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A dearth of BIPOC Boston-area construction workers reveals the industry's ugly 'caste system'

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But the city's construction workforce has not kept pace, according to Boston city data. The data also shows a kind of caste system in construction. The higher up you go in a building under construction, the less likely you are to find workers of color.

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Further action on decarbonization in the construction sector is needed, urges UN/Yale study

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A new report driven by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Yale University 's newly-formed Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA) has recommended drastic reductions in the industry’s use of certain construction materials as it faces the environmental headwinds of sector-wide change.

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‘No sign of a construction recession in the near term,’ says ABC Chief Economist

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The Associated Builders and Contractors’ Chief Economist Anirban Basu has struck an optimistic note about the near-term health of the construction industry. The assessment comes as ABC releases its latest Construction Backlog Indicator, which found that backlogs declined to 9.2 ” Construction Backlog Indicator.