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5 green building trends: Energy storage a bigger piece in renewable energy puzzle
Batteries and other forms of energy storage are set to enjoy the kind of growth in 2019 that solar electricity has had for the last decade.
5 green building trends: Lifecycle carbon assessment takes big step forward
5 green building trends: Climate reality drives state, city, business action
State governments, local governments and a large part of the business community have stepped into the void of federal inaction on climate change. In 2019, their actions may drag the rest of the country kicking and screaming toward action.
Solar tariffs giveth and taketh — but Suniva sits idle
Nearly a year later, solar tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have cost jobs and slowed solar adoption. Four manufacturers have announced plans for new plants. But a factory owned by Suniva — the company that called for the tariffs — sits vacant amid post-industrial detritus.
The surprising spread of regenerative building in the Southeast
ILFI’s Kathleen Smith came to last month’s Net Positive Atlanta summit with data that made a surprising case: Regenerative design and construction has gained a foothold in a region that many deride as slow to change.
Living Building project caps Gulf State Park sustainable makeover
Pop-quiz: In September, what U.S. state became the first to open a building designed to meet the world’s most stringent green building standard? The answer will surprise you.
A short glossary to mass timber construction
Wood’s low embodied carbon content has benighted it as the structural material of choice for green buildings. Here’s a quick cheat sheet to help navigate the modern realm of structural timber.
Ramana Koti on USGBC Regenerative Summit
What’s the biggest barrier to regenerative design? One survey at a recent summit on the topic points to lack of awareness, Lord Aeck Sargent’s Ramana Koti reports.
ILFI’s Trim Tab features 4 articles on Living Building projects in the Southeast
Trim Tab — the online ‘zine of International Living Future Institute — is chock full of articles this month that should interest sustainable design and construction professionals in the Southeast.
IPCC: Buildings must play big role in climate reversal
Today’s IPCC report on climate change is truly sobering. But it also lays out how the building sector would have to play a role in any route out of this mess.