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The Way Forward on Reporting: S.E.C.’s New Climate Rules
In March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) finalized its much-anticipated climate disclosure rules, one of the biggest overhauls of U.S. corporate reporting in years, aimed at illuminating the climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions of public companies.
Effect vs. Effort: Tools for ESG Reporting and Strategy
Global professionals across green building and sustainability sectors have a key role in proliferating and developing one of the industry’s most talked about acronyms. ESG, or Environmental Social Governance, is a broad market movement pushing corporations from short-term to long-term sustainability.
What Sustainability Professionals Need to Know About JEDI
What originally was coined as a Star Wars term, the word JEDI has taken on an all-new meaning. Standing for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, JEDI is the framework for developing teams, cultivating leaders, and making business a force for good.
Engaging Building Professionals in the Decarbonization Revolution
As we enter a new year, we expand our knowledge and experience with decarbonization. Looking back at Greenbuild last year, many session topics detailed the best strategies for engaging professionals in the decarbonization revolution. As we wrapped up our decarbonization webinar this January, we are revisiting one of our popular Greenbuild session topics: the decarbonization revolution.
For Cities, Climate Resilience is the Path Toward a Safer and More Sustainable Future
City planning and infrastructure played a central role in disaster response: the ability of cities to prepare for, withstand and respond to extreme weather and environmental events is directly correlated to the well-being and safety of inhabitants, whether they’re seeking refuge indoors from air pollution caused by a distant source, or living directly within a wildfire- or storm-prone region.
Creating Healthier Residential Neighborhoods from Passive Building
Development in residential neighborhoods and the construction of commercial buildings are becoming increasingly more energy efficient. LEED accreditations and rating systems (BD+C, O+M, ND, etc.) pave the way for healthier buildings and communities. One practice that directly aligns with Greenbuild and USGBC’s shared mission and LEED’s core concepts involves the term “passive building.”
How We Offset Our Carbon from Greenbuild 2023
When you attend Greenbuild, rest assured that we are working hard to offer a uniquely positive impact event. With that said, we are still constantly learning, developing, and creating more ways to be an even more sustainable trade show by incorporating new innovations to lower the event carbon footprint.
Converting Offices to Residences in Washington, D.C.: Lessons Learned & Resources for the Future
A now established trend that presents significant promise to address the housing shortage in Washington is converting empty office buildings to residential spaces. In fact, Washington led the charge on these conversions between 2020 and 2021, with the most office-to-rental conversions in the country, according to real estate analysis group Yardi Matrix.
Healthy Materials: Six Chemicals to Look Out For in Your 2023 Projects
Everything from insulation and flooring, to paints and finishes, furniture, decor and even cleaning products can either help or hinder the health of the people in the buildings they design, construct and manage. With an extraordinary amount of materials, ingredients and chemicals to consider, how can building professionals begin the process of selecting safer and healthier materials for their projects?
Three Frameworks Greenbuild Uses to Achieve a Fully Sustainable Event
With all of the travel, combined with the energy, water, waste, and excess materials, the carbon footprint from the events industry can get overwhelming. Thankfully, events like Greenbuild are paving the way for change in the conference and tradeshow industry to create opportunities to host events nationwide while having a much friendlier impact on the communities, social issues, and the environment.
Profile: Dan Wu Discusses How He Created a Sustainability Plan for London Pride
Dan Wu, Sustainability Manager at Informa talks about his journey making London's Pride parade more sustainable. Informa launched the Event Sustainability Pledge at COP26 for the global event industry. For Pride in London, drawing on this experience, he organized several workshops with the event team, working with them to answer the following fundamental questions.
The U.S. City with the Most LEED-Certified Buildings
A LEED-certified building signifies that the overall structure creates a healthier space for people, uses fewer resources, reduces carbon emissions, and improves efficiency while providing operational cost savings.
Everything You Need to Know About World Biodiversity Day
The United Nations has declared May 22 the International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day), aimed at building back biodiversity for the global community and re-examining our relationship with the natural world.
Top Sustainability Conversations at Davos 2023
This month, the World Economic Forum held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where delegates from various sectors converged to discuss urgent global issues. In the discussion of urgent matters, climate change is at the top of the list. We rounded up a few of the top sustainability conversations at Davos 2023.
Beyond Net Zero – Net Positive, and How To Get There
To be net positive or carbon positive means that one is removing more carbon from the atmosphere than is emitted. In 2012, Verdical Group’s Founder & CEO Drew Shula set out with the mission of inspiring an equitable net zero future for all people, now.
CSR and ESG: 4 Things You Need to Know NOW
As we prepare for our first-ever Greenbuild at Home gathering (of as many as 1,000 sustainability professionals), we’ve received some questions from our community about the topic. Before you join us on May 12th, here are some vital facts and stats.
Achieving Sustainability Goals and Meeting the Needs of Building Occupants Don't Have to be Competing Interests
Today’s society is more conscious than ever regarding how the environment they work and live in impacts their well-being and that of the world. A global survey conducted by Honeywell in 2022 found that office workers worry about poor air quality and want more transparency about the air quality inside buildings from their employers.
Why Attend Greenbuild 2022?
It’s the 20th anniversary of Greenbuild International Conference and Expo LIVE. This year we’re celebrating with an expanded take on what it means to build green. Join us as we imagine how to create more than just LEED-certified structures.
Recognizing the Women Driving the Sustainability Industry
I couldn’t let March (Women’s History Month) end without a shout-out to the many women who influenced the sustainability movement and green building. Their passion, actions, and words will take us into the future.
3 Reasons Why Regenerative Design is Essential Today
Savvy architects, designers, and developers are discovering the importance of nature in new construction and remodels. The new generation of designers are inspired by ecology, applying systems thinking to create structures and communities.
Green Building Trends for 2022
The green building industry has come a long way in the past few years as the U.S. continues to adopt new policies to move away from fossil fuels and push for net zero carbon. The building sector, as of 2020, accounts for 38% of all energy-related CO2 emissions globally when combining all building construction industry emissions.
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Expediting a climate-change solution with building material innovations
To keep up with 2050 urban population predictions, we need to build the equivalent of New York City every month. Historically cement and concrete represent two major contributors to embodied carbon in the built environment.