Items Tagged with 'waste management'

Over the next five years, prefabricated building systems are expected to grow from a $91.25B market to $130B worldwide. While this substantial growth is often attributed to prefabrication schedule and quality advantages, it is also driven by its ability to deliver meaningful sustainability benefits.

The U.S. Green Building Council launched the Sustainable Stadiums Interactive Map, a new tool that helps fans, media, venue operators and city leaders explore LEED- and TRUE-certified stadiums across North America—alongside LEED-certified hotels, restaurants and other buildings located near participating venues.

Infrastructure economy, AI and new progressive design-build research headline DBIA's 2026 spring specialty conferences.

Things are moving in a positive direction as more and more industry members, from R&D teams to project demolition crews, create and leverage opportunities that work to increase circularity in construction. This article follows three key areas where the industry is starting to experience notable change.  

Despite significant technological advancements, many coating formulations remain underleveraged because their benefits, such as abrasion resistance or chemical durability, are not clearly understood by consumers.

Kingspan Insulated Panels North America released its Sustainability Report, which recaps its North American project milestones for 2024.

The completion of the new U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara represents OBO‘s mission to provide the most effective facilities for U.S. diplomacy abroad that make the U.S. safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

USGBC California (USGBC-CA) announced the 2025 cohort of the Net Zero Accelerator® (NZA), the world’s first accelerator exclusively focused on net zero innovation for the built environment. 

Swatchbox has introduced a first-of-its-kind circular sampling program that has shown a reduction in material sample waste by up to 90% in participating architecture and design firms.

The Armstrong® Ceilings Recycling Program is celebrating 25 years of providing a responsible end-of-life solution for ceilings and reducing construction waste on commercial renovation projects.