Carbon Emission
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Do CALGreen’s Embodied Carbon Measures Make Compliance Too Easy?
Authors and stakeholders of the amended building code weigh in
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Code-Minimum is the New Green
Green building hits a brick wall
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Book Review: Build Beyond Zero
Two authors, Bruce King and Chris Magwood, suggest we can build structures that ‘pull carbon from the sky’
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Book Club: The New Carbon Architecture
BS* + Beer hosts share lessons they gleaned from reading this increasingly important book
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The BS* + Beer Show: The Benefits of Bio-Based Building Materials
How to design, build, and remodel, with carbon negative materials
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The BS* + Beer Show: Making Concrete More Sustainable
Is it possible to take the carbon sting out of concrete as we know it, or is it up to green builders to find substitutes?
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A Better Path to a Low-Carbon Future?
Building materials capable of reducing up-front carbon to zero are available, code-compliant, and affordable, study shows
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Architects’ Group Reports Progress on Carbon-Cutting Goals
More firms are designing buildings that cut energy use, but efforts are still far short of 2030 targets
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A Green Guide to Choosing a Christmas Tree
Don’t stress about what kind of Christmas tree to buy, but reuse artificial trees and compost natural ones
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California’s Push for Carbon-Free Electricity
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law requiring carbon-free power by 2045. Is that feasible?