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I recently read an outstanding article by Melissa Russell on Forbes that delves into the importance of sustainability in the building and construction industries. The piece illustrates how the sector, accountable for 37% of global CO2 emissions and 34% of energy consumption, is now at the forefront of innovative change. Highlighting inspiring examples from cities like Tampere and San Diego, Russell underscores the power of public-private partnerships and engineering ingenuity. What I found especially compelling is her argument that sustainability is not just environmentally essential but also a savvy business move. This article is a must-read for anyone in the AEC industry! Article link: https://lnkd.in/eN67cnJJ #Sustainability #Construction #EngineeringInnovation #CarbonNeutrality #PublicPrivatePartnerships #GreenBuilding #AECIndustry #ThirdandArch

What does sustainability mean for construction? It's more than just a buzzword—it's a responsibility. With global construction growth comes a surge in carbon emissions! The time for change is NOW. Discover how sustainable construction practices not only help save the planet but also boost your bottom line. Uncover the top sustainable practices today and the key barriers to them in the industry in our latest blog post. Bonus insights: See how DLL can help you tide over these challenges. Link: https://bit.ly/3Um7gHy Together, we can! #PartnerOfTomorrow #SustainableConstruction #BuildingTheFuture #Sustainablity

The Australian building industry needs to prepare for a net zero future. Read the thoughts of #HRIA CEO James Oxenham in the latest issue of Build Australia Magazine. With the launch of the Buildings Breakthrough initiative - aimed at making ‘near-zero and resilient buildings’ the norm by 2030, this acknowledges the substantial environmental impact of the building and construction industry, responsible for almost 21 per cent of global energy-related CO2 emissions. It’s time for industry leaders to spearhead the transition, creating a demand for sustainable equipment that can drive technological advancements and make eco-friendly options more accessible for the entire building industry. Jeremy Shaw Martin Sinclair Sally Cannon Sarah Webb Laura Connarty-Duncan Nicolas Chiew

Our new open-access article about decarbonization in the building sector With Lisa N. Hasan and Erick Lachapelle Faculté de l'aménagement de l'Université de Montréal École d'architecture - Faculté de l'aménagement - Université de Montréal https://lnkd.in/da-Csws2 Since the Paris Agreement – where nations committed to decarbonizing their economies – private net zero standards have proliferated. Yet, their limited scope and ability to deliver tangible change threatens their legitimacy. For some scholars, this reflects societies’ limited capacity to envision pathways towards a fossil-free future. This raises questions about how private net zero standards are legitimised. Combining insights from the literature on legitimation, discourse analysis, and sociotechnical transitions, we analyse the legitimation of Net Zero Carbon Buildings by the World Green Building Council, the strongest global sustainable construction network. We find that net zero standard legitimation is a dynamic multilevel, multistakeholder process based on three strategies: vertical nesting, ambivalence, and conflict avoidance. This process perpetuates assumptions about growth, authority, and appropriate scales of action. This incremental, emission-focused approach to decarbonization is shielded from critique through claims that it contributes to broader sustainability objectives. By reproducing institutionalized narratives, global standard setters create a sense of consensus. However, this perception of consensus fails to address the complexities of implementation, contextualization, and integration of broader environmental and social concerns. These findings raise doubts in both theory and practice about the capacity of the construction sector to decarbonize through current strategies.

Innovation meets sustainability! SEAS and the Green Building Council are joining forces to revolutionize sustainable construction. While GBC champions green building practices, SEAS brings groundbreaking atmospheric water generation technology to the table - literally creating water from air. Together, we're not just constructing buildings - we're engineering sustainable solutions for tomorrow. #Innovation #Sustainability #WaterFromAir #GreenBuilding #SEAS #GBC #CleanTech #SustainableConstruction

🌍 Big changes ahead in net zero carbon standards! ♻️ There's a buzz within the building industry as new rules are set to transform our approach to sustainability. Climate and industry leaders have rolled out directives to push our buildings towards net zero carbon compliance. This initiative marks a pivotal step towards creating a greener future. The new guidelines are designed to offer a clear framework for evaluating the carbon footprints of buildings. They fit into the wider strategy to achieve the UK's 2050 net zero targets. This shift will influence our design, construction, and management practices, highlighting the importance of making informed choices and working together to meet these objectives. Discover more about these new guidelines through the link in the comments below. 🔗⬇️ #NetZero #Sustainability #Construction

Our Head of Sustainability Carl Rushton recently participated in a roundtable event, exploring how the use of timber can be increased in construction and what is needed to get the sector, and the West Midlands region, on track to achieve net zero by 2050. The event was sponsored by the Structural Timber Association Ltd. It is widely known that the construction industry ranks as one of the biggest contributors to the country’s carbon emissions; third after energy supply and transport. The roundtable discussion highlighted that while the built environment sector acknowledges it is a significant contribution to the UK’s carbon emissions, much of the focus remains on operational carbon rather than embodied and whole-life carbon. You can read more about the discussion here: https://bit.ly/3OgO7UY #BuildingTogetherUnlockingPotential #Sustainability

Check out the latest edition of BAUEN AKTUELL! 🏗️📘 Enhanced resource efficiency and circular thinking can make a significant contribution to achieving the climate targets set for 2045. Our goal should be to spread knowledge about the advantages and opportunities of the #circulareconomy in the construction industry to raise or sharpen general awareness of this important topic. 🌍♻️ In this issue, our expert Matthias A. Heinrich, Head of #EPEA Munich, shares his insights on this subject. Curious about the three questions posed to our expert and his answers? ➡️ Read more here: https://lnkd.in/d6YQhvps #Sustainability #Construction #ClimateGoals #GreenBuilding #Innovation #MatthiasHeinrich #BauenAktuell #cradletocradle #c2c

Possibly one of the most important pieces of work around the decarbonisation of the built environment to come out. One to read absorb and repost. And hopefully it will help reframe the language used around the topic so that we stop calling anything without a gas boiler zero carbon

🚨 Milestone Alert! 🚨 📃Today marks the end of the first stage of what has so far been a near-three-year journey on the road to the world’s first science-led, net-zero carbon buildings standard. 📃 It has been an honour and a pleasure to work alongside the rest of the UK NZC Buildings Standard technical steering group: Jane Anderson, Clara Bagenal George, Adam Baranowski, Julie Godefroy, Jess Hrivnak, Christine Pout, Tom Wigg, Katie Clemence-Jackson, Fabrizio Varriale and Sam Wallis, not to mention the totally wonderful Embodied Carbon Task Group (#TG1b!), all of the supporting Sector Groups, our guiding Governance Board (David Partridge in particular), and the countless others who have volunteered time towards the Standard’s development. 👪 🙏A massive thank you also to The Institution of Structural Engineers and Patrick Hayes, who have supported me throughout this process, offering me time and agency to ensure that our groups could do this job to the best of our abilities. 🚀 436 passionate individuals (myself included) have so far invested in this ambitious task, alongside 26 sponsoring firms, and the twelve Founding Member and Observer organizations and institutions who have given staff time freely. The development of the Standard should have been a multi-million-pound project, but instead, it was mostly driven by volunteer action from those who wished to address the urgent need for such a Standard. It's amazing how this industry has pulled together around this. 💪🌿 🔍 This is just the beginning. It's not a perfect document - this is the launch of the Pilot version of the Standard, available for use on real projects, but we still have work to do. Nevertheless, it is still a huge step forward for the industry, and I'm interested to hear what you all make of it. If you're not sure what to do next, then I'd suggest: 1) Downloading the Pilot version : https://lnkd.in/ddQS2tqs 🚀 2) Sharing this post with colleagues and clients👉💻 and 3) Building some net zero carbon aligned buildings 🌱💡🏫 #NetZero #NetZeroCarbon #Sustainability #RegulateEmbodiedCarbon #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #GreenBuilding #SustainableDesign #BritishStandards #NetZeroBuildings