Kate Simonen: Climate Activist Rallied Industry to Reduce Embodied Carbon

January 24, 2020

Founding director of Carbon Leadership Campaign has rallied thousands to crusade against harmful effects of building production on the environment.

Canada Producer Plans Global Cement Sector's First Carbon Capture System

Scott Van Voorhis

December 18, 2019

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HeidelbergCement unit launches feasibility study to install technology to capture and store almost all carbon emissions for potential resale on the market.

Marin County, Calif., Enacts First Low-Carbon Concrete Code in US

November 27, 2019

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On Nov. 19, the five-person Marin County, Calif., board of supervisors unanimously approved the nation’s first low-carbon concrete code that applies to both public and private construction.

Beta Version of Embodied Carbon Calculator Premieres

Nadine M. Post Joann Gonchar

November 27, 2019

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The free, open-source Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator is the first digital tool of its kind in North America

Climate Activists Maneuver To Reduce Embodied Carbon in Buildings

Nadine M. Post

November 6, 2019

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Climate activists engage in complicated maneuvers to reduce embodied carbon in buildings

World Green Building Council Calls for Net-Zero Embodied Carbon in Buildings by 2050

Nadine M. Post

October 2, 2019

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World Green Building Council sets lofty goals for zero EC in new buildings, infrastructure, retrofits by 2050

ENR

Feb 24, 2020

The Army Corps of Engineers has laid out its plan for how it will spend $2.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 appropriations for which Congress didn’t specify uses.

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