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ENR 2022 Top 25 Newsmakers

Carlos Diaz: Diving Into Unfamiliar Waters to Reduce the Embodied Carbon in Concrete

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Nadine M. Post
January 26, 2023
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During his final 20 months in the U.S. Navy, Carlos Diaz was part of a team deconstructing a nuclear aircraft carrier for refurbishment. The experience made him want to be a designer.


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


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US Government Moves Toward Low-Carbon Product Procurement

Responses due Nov. 3 to GSA's request for information on "cleaner" materials production
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Nadine M. Post
October 5, 2022
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The U.S. General Services Administration has issued an RFI as part of a fact-finding mission to help establish federal agency procurement preferences for construction materials and goods that contain less embodied carbon.


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Procore Adds Integration to Carbon-Tracking EC3 Tool

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Jeff Yoders
May 26, 2022
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After recently passing its first anniversary as a public company, the construction tech provider is stepping up efforts for its users to track greenhouse gas emissions in construction.


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Digging Deeper | Office/Retail/Mixed Use

Hines, MKA Use Embodied Carbon Guide on Salesforce Tower Chicago

Guide that helped reduce the carbon footprint of the 1.2-million-sq-ft office tower is available for all to use
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Jeff Yoders
May 9, 2022
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The team building Salesforce Tower Chicago reports it reduced the embodied carbon in the 1.2-million-sq-ft speculative office high-rise by 19%.


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Meta Tests AI-Developed Lower-Carbon Concrete on Data Center Project

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James Leggate
April 28, 2022
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Facebook's parent company worked with researchers and concrete supplier Ozinga to develop a concrete mix with lower embodied carbon.



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Tools Gaining Industry Traction to Manage Building Carbon Emissions

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Peter Reina
February 20, 2022
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UK and Finnish technologies provide designers quicker reads of embodied carbon impacts of their structural and materials choices. "We've been waiting for [something like this] for as long as I've been in the industry," says one engineering firm manager.
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Brian Earle
ENR 2021 Top 25 Newsmakers

Brian Earle: Steering the Team Drastically Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Amazon's 2.1-Million-Sq-Ft MetPark Development

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January 12, 2022
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Growing up, Brian Earle’s family moved every couple of years. He was born in Heidelberg, Germany; relocated several times to U.S. cities; and attended high school in Seoul, where he lived within artillery range of the North Korean border. 


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Amazon HQ2 Puts Concrete on an Embodied Carbon Diet

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December 22, 2021
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Amazon’s 2.1-million-sq-ft Metropolitan Park office development near the nation’s capital could become a model for other large-scale sustainable projects. The building team is tracking a 15% reduction in embodied carbon in the project's 200,000 cu yd of concrete and the two 22-story buildings are on course to qualify as net-zero operational carbon.


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