The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 17, 2023

One would think that if the American public found out that a home appliance was causing children to potentially develop serious respiratory problems or was leaking chemicals like methane and [.].

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Regulation Home Development Developer 105

Deezen

JULY 21, 2023

Global non-profit the World Ethical Data Foundation has released a set of guidelines for the voluntary self-regulation of the tech industry as it continues to develop artificial intelligence. The post Experts propose guidelines for ethical AI development in open letter appeared first on Dezeen.

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Development Developer Regulation Government 78

e-architect

JANUARY 10, 2022

UK government funding for cladding repairs, British Tower Combustible Facade Replacement Scandal, English High Rise. UK government funding for cladding repairs news. UK government funding for tower cladding repairs. from developers. Developers, suppliers and buildings owners are responsible, and they should pay.

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Government Safety Regulation Development 52

Deezen

APRIL 21, 2022

Released last month, the two-part London Plan Guidance package sets out how significant developments will need to report and cut down on waste and whole-life carbon to further the city's goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2030. Whole-life carbon benchmarks for major developments . The top photo is by Rumman Amin.

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Development Developer Building Regulation 92

Westeck News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Content courtesy of PEMBINA institute Deep Retrofit Supply Chain Waiting For More Support Need to overcome low demand, lack of skilled labour, and lagging regulation. From that analysis, we developed four policy recommendations: Recommendation 1: Provide market certainty by implementing regulations that require deep building decarbonization.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

Having only become government policy in 2016, Taiwan expects to have amassed a social-housing stock of 200,000 units by the end of 2024 – and has already set an ambition to hit one million units by 2032. Development is mostly funded by city governments, with additional support from central government.

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Housing Government Finances Home 135

Deezen

APRIL 8, 2022

The most senior politician to appear at the inquiry into the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London has insisted that his government's deregulation policies did not lead to a failure to update lax building codes ahead of the disaster. Read: UK government told Grenfell cladding was dangerous 15 years before fire.

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Regulation Government Building Safety 88

e-architect

MAY 30, 2023

The pioneering community approach builds on AHF’s successful pilot Heritage Development Trust (HDT) initiative, which supported seven trusts across England with revenue funding, grants to develop plans for historic building projects and specialist advice as they scale up their activities. What is a Heritage Development Trust?

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Development Developer Building Regulation 40

Community Architect Daily

MAY 7, 2024

The magic of water : An early town center model and an artificial lake Waterfront development, outdated structures dating back to James Rouse's original vision now slated for demolition, and a dispute over development rights and community interests - who would not immediately think of Baltimore's HarborPlace?

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Cities Masterplanning Zoning Government 75

Community Architect Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

Suburban fight against new development in Baltimore County (Photo: Baltimore Banner) Onerous regulations have been not only been a tool of separating use, race and class for a long time, they also control how many people can live in a given space, in other words: Density. Fear of density, however, remains.

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Zoning Regulation Masterplanning Real Estate 84

Deezen

JANUARY 17, 2023

The sale of single-use plastic tableware and certain takeaway containers will be prohibited in England starting this autumn, the UK government has announced. Once the regulation comes into effect in October 2023, these items will no longer be offered by retailers, food vendors or takeaway restaurants, the government said.

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Government Regulation Manufacturing Materials 91

Architizer

MAY 13, 2024

A minimum of 10% improvement on current environmental and habitat health must now be included in any property development plans. It also casts in sharp relief a historic oversight on the part of everyone involved in urban development and the built environment. It’s a big question.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

MAY 31, 2023

During American Housing Month, organizations and government agencies across the country may hold events, workshops, and outreach programs to educate the public on housing-related issues. Each year, the American Housing Survey (AHS) is sponsored is sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and conducted by the U.S.

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Housing Industrial Insurance Renovation 216

Westeck News

MAY 11, 2023

New energy-efficiency regulations are a key measure to help British Columbia meet our CleanBC 2030 goals,” said George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. “We Our government is dedicated to ensuring that everyone in B.C., Content courtesy of BC Gov News The New Building Code Changes Support B.C.’s

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Deezen

MARCH 27, 2024

Among Colau's measures were buying up private residential blocks and converting them to council homes, seizing vacant apartments and requiring developers to set aside 30 per cent of new apartment blocks over 600 square metres for social housing. The city is developing co-operative housing projects such as La Borda.

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Housing Project Government Cities 129

Deezen

APRIL 26, 2023

Its lofty aims included commitments to "establish climate and biodiversity mitigation principles as the key measure of our industry's success: demonstrated through awards, prizes, and listings" and to "advocate for faster change in the industry towards regenerative design practices and a higher government funding priority to support this".

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Westeck News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The federal government should update its energy efficiency regulations to align with net-zero goals. Working with main contractors, architects, designers and clients, we recognize the requirements of each development are unique, and provide a custom solution to suit. Thermal values reach Passive House and Net Zero targets.

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Home Manufacturing Regulation Windows 83

Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

If passed into law, the Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill would require building regulations to be amended to limit the roughly 50 million tonnes of CO2 that are emitted from the materials and construction of buildings in the UK every year. Duncan Baker is proposing a bill to regulate embodied carbon.

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Regulation Building Government Industrial 81

BD+C

MAY 25, 2023

Polly Osborne Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Architects Regulations Biophilic Design Sustainable Development Sustainable Design and Construction Urban Planning When we spend time in nature, we instinctively feel its value. There’s more focus than ever on the environmental impact of construction projects.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Even as cities across the country loosen regulations around accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in an effort to boost housing stock, financing issues still present a major roadblock for homeowners and potential buyers. Photo by Chris Miele, courtesy of T+E+A+M The initiative aims to make it easier to qualify.

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Finances Regulation Urban Development Renovation 100

Deezen

MARCH 23, 2023

Completed in 2017, Dalston Works is a 10-storey residential development in east London that contains 121 apartments with balconies as well as two ground-level courtyards, retail and restaurant space and an integrated flexible workspace. Dezeen is not aware of any larger CLT buildings constructed since.

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Government Regulation Sustainability Materials 102

Deezen

AUGUST 21, 2023

The New York University professor and Center for the Advancement of Trustworthy AI co-founder warned that governments could be making a mistake by gambling on "the premise that generative AI will be world-changing". If hallucinations aren't fixable, generative AI probably isn't going to make a trillion dollars a year," he said.

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Westeck News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

It is making plain its belief that investment in a clean grid will pay back dividends in both emissions reductions and economic development (more on the second bit later). states take advantage of the IRA to further their regional economic development. Economic benefits. well on its way to a net-zero grid. consumers to decline by 5.2

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Government Regulation Industrial Manufacturing 77

Community Architect

MARCH 8, 2024

Suburban fight against new development in Baltimore County (Photo: Baltimore Banner) Onerous regulations have been not only been a tool of separating use, race and class for a long time, they also control how many people can live in a given space, in other words: Density. Fear of density, however, remains.

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Zoning Regulation Masterplanning Real Estate 52

BD+C

MARCH 13, 2024

Trends to watch shaping the future of ESG 0 qpurcell Wed, 03/13/2024 - 09:46 Sustainability Gensler’s Climate Action & Sustainability Services Leaders Anthony Brower, Juliette Morgan, and Kirsten Ritchie discuss trends shaping the future of environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Anthony Brower: Prioritize local materials.

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Finances Client Clients Government 97

Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

To meet the ambitious climate targets ahead, designers, developers, and construction firms need common standards. Developed by Sasaki, Carbon Conscience is a tool that helps landscape architects calculate embodied carbon. By Timothy A. Image courtesy Climate Positive Design. An effort to standardize emissions reporting is now underway.

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Civil Engineering Landscape Estimating Regulation 75

Westeck News

JUNE 9, 2023

British Columbia has taken a big step towards achieving its net-zero commitments for buildings and energy efficiency from windows with low U-values, and by proposing changes to the Demand-side Measures Regulation, which governs demand-side management (DSM) programs for gas and electric utilities in the province. s electricity grids.

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Utilities Regulation Windows Manufacturing 76

Dwell

JUNE 26, 2022

Myriad state and county land-use restrictions complicate projects, and since Hawaii uses a general excise tax instead of a sales tax, transactions at every stage of development add costs. On the supply side, the Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation develops and finances low- and moderate-income housing projects.

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Housing Real Estate Government Finances 124

Community Architect Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The design breaks the current 50' height limit by a factor of 6 or more and introduces residential use to zoning regulations that allow only public and commercial uses. The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. The proposals also is much more drastic than the never enacted Inner Harbor 2.0

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Regulation Masterplanning Development Developer 92

Architizer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Banks, city governments and property management companies fear the severity of the situation and its potentially dismal economic consequences. Zoning Regulations Image by Eloi Smith via Unsplash. There is no general rule for turning office space into housing, and each building must comply with local building and zoning regulations.

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Housing Regulation Zoning Architect 89

Santa Cruz Architect

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Commission’s mission is “To protect, conserve, restore, and enhance the environment of the California coastline” The Commission was established in 1972 by voter initiative via Proposition 20, initiated in part in response to the controversy surrounding the development of Sea Ranch, a planned coastal community in Sonoma County.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2024

Kvadrat is also developing machines to aid re- and up-cycling "If you don't measure your footprint scientifically, how can you measure your goal anyway?" However, the company hopes that by getting ahead of the curve it will be left in a stronger position if and when governments start regulating to reduce the industry's environmental impact.

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Sustainability Regulation Manufacturing Materials 100

Westeck News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

*Content courtesy of Pembina Institute As governments across Canada commit to building thousands of new homes, they also must commit to ensuring that housing is affordable to heat and cool Canada’s governments are addressing two intersecting crises: climate and housing.

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Westeck News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Canada Energy Regulator (CER)?needs?to?create, inform the development of climate policies that are aligned with?the To ensure that policy, regulation,?and For instance, the federal government?has proposed and existing regulations?(such such as the clean fuel regulation)?as Specifically, the?Canada

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Architizer

JANUARY 3, 2022

In response, the material industry is also responding by investing in research and development. Indeed, while the GCCA producers’ pledge is admirable, many members in the industry argue that it would be better if countries themselves put a price on carbon and develop policies to help speed up the transition.

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Industrial Regulation Government Architecture 66

Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A right-wing city government nixed the plan and now a box festooned with fluted columns, designed by NOAHH , with the concocted-by-consultants name Amare , has taken its place (pictured). And yes, the regulations, both financial and in terms of codes, have become more restraining.

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Architecture Government Firms Renovation 141

A4 Architects

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Building codes are regulations that govern the design, construction, and occupancy of buildings. As a construction industry professional, I know that building codes can sometimes be seen as an unnecessary burden on developers and builders.

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