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Weston Residence by Specht Novak

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“The architects immersed the concrete and glass house in the landscape so that a series of green rooftop terraces gently step down from the street to the river below.” Thus, it’s been transformed into a lush, green landscape.

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Transforming Hotel Renovations with Eco-Friendly Solutions

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Guests and stakeholders are increasingly advocating for sustainably certified structures, achieved through eco-friendly installations and innovative solutions, such as green roofs, eco-friendly materials, and innovative facades.

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British AEC groups urge government action on embodied carbon regulations

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Their call endorses an amalgam of existing policy pushes while espousing lawmakers to include at least a portion of its findings into their respective manifestos with benchmarks for specific mandates and enforcements set for the end of this year, 2026, and 2028, respectively.

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Perkins&Will revises firm-wide Green Operations Plan in the wake of latest UN climate report

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Perkins&Will has released an update to its Green Operations Plan in the wake of the United Nation’s latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report , which was critical of the strides global efforts have been able to make in avoiding a catastrophic 1.5° ° Celsius rise in temperature by 2040.

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Study finds botanical gardens offer "greater cooling effect" in cities compared to parks

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In its study , the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) at the University of Surrey analysed how different examples of blue infrastructure (water areas and features) and green infrastructure (planted elements) can mitigate urban heating. Wetlands and green walls were also highly efficient at urban cooling compared to grass parks.

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Research finds a link between social vulnerability and urban heat island effect

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The team, drawn from the University of Texas at San Antonio and Pennsylvania State University , used Philadelphia as a case study to summarize how more vulnerable people live in neighborhoods that are “less green and that get hotter.” ” The social vulnerability of different Philadelphia neighborhoods.

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James Turrell’s first mountainous Skyspace experience will debut this summer in Colorado

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Turrell’s latest Skyspace has been given an updated opening date in June as part of the Green Box Arts Festival in the town of Green Mountain Falls ninety minutes north of Denver. Aerial view of Green Mountain Falls by Buffalo Media Group.

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