Carbon Emissions
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Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers: Problems and Solutions
Landscape equipment with two-stroke engines creates noise and air pollution. Learn about electric alternatives.
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The New “Greenwashing”
How we hold developers accountable for their sustainability claims is critical, up to a point
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Carbon Emissions in a Typical New Production Home
A case study report from the NREL shows the importance of selecting materials and construction practices that reduce carbon emissions in homebuilding
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Prospects of Cleaner Iron and Steel
A new report is “cautiously optimistic” about global efforts to decarbonize iron and steel production
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A Buyer’s Guide to Carbon Credits
Tools for carbon credit buyers looking for vetted data on where to invest
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Zero-Emission Zones for Fight Against Air Pollution
Early adopters like London, Rotterdam, and Los Angeles have already found effective ways to implement ZEZs
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RMI’s Green Upgrade Calculator
Building pros now have a tool for measuring the carbon costs and savings of various home energy upgrades—from insulation to induction to transportation
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AI and the Green Building Industry
Machine learning models can be used to produce high-performance buildings, but to what ends?
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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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Zero Carbon, Without a Net
The new ASHRAE Standard 228 goes a long way toward clarifying net zero (or zero net) in terms of energy consumption but things are fuzzier with its treatment of carbon emissions
