Articles Tagged with ''climate change''

The issue of carbon was front and center at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, which highlighted several initiatives aimed at carbon reduction

The industry has taken steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change, but leaders should be ready to take these efforts further.

Design and construction professionals can think of the greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in two basic ways.

Statement from Mahesh Ramanujam, president & CEO, USGBC and GBCI.

The proof is clear that higher quality construction provides dividends to building owners. So why is it still such a challenge?

Joins hundreds of companies and governments calling for Hydrofluorocarbon phasedown designed to deliver on climate goals set forth by Paris Agreement.

Buildings can be considered green only if they are well insulated

Just in time for the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn in May, a study by a special intelligence task force at REC Group shows how solar energy can make a significant contribution to limiting the global temperature rise. However, the required capacity ramp-up could be up to nine times higher in 2025 than predicted by any other current forecast.