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Water treatment plants and solar farms need not be eyesores
Some are calling for green infrastructure spending to generate jobs. But projects that sound worthy can meet resistance when it’s time to break ground.
Pollution will return as economies reopen
The air is getting cleaner as the world confronts COVID-19. But buildup of greenhouse gas pollution continues, and global temperatures are still rising.
Commercial real estate owners vow not to cut back on climate commitments
Commercial real estate owners will make plenty of changes to their properties as buildings open over the next 12 months. One thing that’s unlikely to change: Their commitments to cutting carbon emissions.
Kate Simonen: COVID-19 won’t slow embodied carbon movement
Kate Simonen has been a leading voice for reducing embodied carbon in buildings for more than a decade.
Grist video: How cross-laminated timber revolutionizes skyscrapers
This video is a good primer on the revolutionary promise of cross-laminated timber.
Coronavirus pandemic might make buildings sick, too
While millions of people are under orders to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic, water is sitting in the pipes of empty office buildings and gyms, getting old and potentially dangerous.
Southern forests: A resource worth protecting
Southern forests are among the most productive on Earth. Brad Kahn says that’s reason enough to manage them more sustainably.
7 takeaways from Living Future 2020
Living Future 2020, the annual conference of deep-green branch of the green-building movement, went virtual this year. Still, there were plenty of a-ha moments.
