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Regulation

NYC Prepares to Implement Large Building Emissions Limits

James leggate
James Leggate
January 5, 2023

Local Law 97 will add greenhouse gas emission limits for most New York City buildings larger than 25,000 sq ft starting in 2024.


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Wetlands

$2.3B Louisiana Sediment Diversion Project Gets Corps Okay

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Pam McFarland
December 27, 2022

To confront climate change impacts, work is set start this year on the Upper Barataria basin project—which could be the largest U.S. coastal restoration of its kind.


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Federal Buildings

GSA Allocates $300M to First Batch of Climate Act Projects

Tom ichniowski
Tom Ichniowski
December 22, 2022

Largest allocation is $100M for the upgrade and expansion of a border station in Arizona.


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Part Five of a Series | Building a Lower Carbon Future

SE 2050 Is In Quixotic Pursuit of Eliminating Embodied Carbon in Building Structures

Structural engineers are only beginning their quest to halve carbon in new structural systems by 2030 and eradicate it by 2050
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Nadine M. Post
December 21, 2022

Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment Program is supporting the ambitious SE 2050 Challenge, which states that “all structural engineers shall understand, reduce and ultimately eliminate embodied carbon in their projects by 2050.” 


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Setting Benchmarks for Carbon Reduction of Sustainable Structures Is No Simple Task

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Nadine M. Post
December 21, 2022

The Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment Program is trying to identify best practices to reduce embodied carbon in building structures.


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Clean Energy

Largest US Green Hydrogen Plant Planned for North Texas

James leggate
James Leggate
December 8, 2022
Gas supplier Air Products & Chemicals and utility AES Corp. say $4B facility would have capacity to produce 220 tons of green hydrogen daily.


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Carbon Capture Deployed for Indianapolis Airport Runway Revamp

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Aileen Cho
December 8, 2022

A$190-million runway and taxiway reconstruction project at Indianapolis International Airport features the first-ever Federal Aviation Administration-approved use of a carbon capture technology in the pavement.


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Cement Firm Holcim Works Toward Decarbonized Quarries

Michael Dumiak
December 8, 2022
Several months into a testing program for autonomous electric haulers at a century-old cement quarry in Switzerland, the multinational aggregates manufacturer seeks new ways to remove carbon emissions from operations.


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Global Best Projects

Best Project Green Project: Ken Soble Tower - 500 MacNab

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Pam McFarland
December 8, 2022

Originally built in 1967, the Ken Soble Tower, an 18-story, 80,000-sq-ft-affordable housing facility for seniors in Hamilton, Ontario, provides a notable example of how aging buildings can be retrofitted to meet modern decarbonization goals.


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Global Best Projects

Best Project, Residential/Hospitality: The Habitas Resort

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Annemarie Mannion
December 7, 2022

A team representing 16 nations came together to build Habitas AlUla, a 96-suite resort hotel nestled within a canyon and surrounded by mountains in the ancient city of AlUla, Saudi Arabia.


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