Building Matters
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Lessons in How to Decarbonize Existing Homes
Sustainability consultant and educator Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., shares an overview of the topics he covers in a new e-learning course from Fine Homebuilding magazine
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Trickle Down Housing Isn’t a Thing
A counterpoint to the Financial Times’s recent take on housing supply and why it misses the mark on the cumulative costs of new housing
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A Primer on Performing Life Cycle Assessments
Understanding LCAs can help inform a building project’s outcomes and environmental impacts
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A Review of the F-150 Lightning
Ford's 2023 electric pickup truck comes with some features ideal for a small work crew
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A Low-Slope Roof in a Cold Climate
An energy-efficient build on a lean budget uses methods and materials unconventional for the region
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A Fresh Look at Regenerative Building Materials
The International Living Future Institute publishes a new book highlighting the healthy materials movement
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Interview With Lloyd Alter
Our "carbon beat" contributing editor gives us his backstory and big-picture perspective
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Weighing the Cost of Embodied Carbon
Answering the question of whether the embodied carbon in a Passive House–level insulation package cancels out operational carbon savings
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Do Carbon Offsets Work?
Compensatory means of carbon capture are unscalable, unjust, and unfixable but we still need them
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How Good is Wood?
Comparing the repercussions of building with wood over concrete and steel
