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A photo of the construction site for a UMass Medical Center project using a geothermal well

UMass Medical School Bets Big on Geothermal Heating and Cooling

November 11, 2021

UMass Chan Medical School is betting big on geothermal heating and cooling to slash the greenhouse gas emissions from the newest addition to its Worcester campus, a $325 million research and education complex.

Using Connected Data To Reduce Carbon Impacts

Shivani Soni

Luc Wing

June 24, 2021

Achieving ambitious greenhouse gas emission mitigation goals in the building sector is essential to limiting global warming, but accomplishing this goal requires firms to assess their regional challenges.

Digging Deeper: Nevada

Greenlink Nevada Gets Green Light to Power Up

Doug Puppel

June 21, 2021

Nevada Legislature accelerates plan to build a power line project that will enhance the use of renewable energy in the state.

Boston Releases First Zero Carbon Affordable Housing Design Standards

Thornton Tomasetti, Bensonwood and Placetailor helped create new guidebook

Stephanie Loder

April 22, 2020

Guidebook, released April 22, is set to help developers, designers, and builders that seek a zero emissions resource.

EIA Expects Renewables' Growth to Slow

Country will be a Net Exporter of Energy in 2020

Pam McFarland

January 25, 2019

Federal government's Annual Energy Outlook forecasts a lot more natural gas, continued increase for renewables.

Pam Hunter McFarland

October 25, 2018

The National Academies say technologies could be scaled up to help offset climate change.

New Tools May Help Cut Down Embodied Carbon

Nadine M. Post

September 27, 2018

At last month’s Global Climate Action Summit, Microsoft announced it is the first large corporate user of a new tool to track carbon emissions associated with raw building materials.

Fuel Cells Promise Carbon Capture With Power Output Boost

Thomas F. Armistead

May 18, 2016

With concern about global warming prompting 177 countries to sign the December 2015 Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, the removal of carbon dioxide from power-plant flue gas is becoming an urgent priority.

Climate Change

Engineers Eye Sustainable Solutions at London Conference

Peter Reina

December 16, 2015

A top U.S. engineer has called for building codes to include limits on carbon dioxide released by the production of construction materials to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

Clean Energy

Nations Craft Tough Global Climate Pact

Industry sees a key role for itself, depending on how nations and customers accept new emissions rules

Pam Hunter McFarland

Peter Reina Neelam Mathews Saibal Dasgupta

December 16, 2015

Engineering and construction firm executives say the historic climate change pact reached on Dec. 12 in Paris could continue the power sector’s shift away from traditional fossil fuel projects and create new markets in developing countries.

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Items Tagged with 'carbon'

ARTICLES

UMass Medical School Bets Big on Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Using Connected Data To Reduce Carbon Impacts

Greenlink Nevada Gets Green Light to Power Up

Boston Releases First Zero Carbon Affordable Housing Design Standards

EIA Expects Renewables' Growth to Slow

Report: Technologies to Take Carbon from Air Are Feasible, but More Research Needed

New Tools May Help Cut Down Embodied Carbon

Fuel Cells Promise Carbon Capture With Power Output Boost

Engineers Eye Sustainable Solutions at London Conference

Nations Craft Tough Global Climate Pact

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