Articles Tagged with ''carbon emissions''

The Environmental Protection Agency announced the first opportunities for public input on new programs focused on lowering carbon and greenhouse gas emissions from construction materials. These new programs were made possible by a $350 million investment through the Inflation Reduction Act.

A newly released study by ICF, an international consulting firm with expertise in the energy and energy efficiency sectors (and not to be confused with insulated concrete forms), shows that upgrading building envelope insulation leads to substantial energy savings and carbon emission reductions.

Since 2008, individuals, businesses, industries, organizations, policymakers and other advocates working toward a healthier, fully sustainable planet have leveraged the momentum of Zero Emissions Day. Held this year on Sept. 21, the day’s name typically evokes similar imagery of the challenge in front of us.

 I asked 20 of my colleagues to tell me what “sustainability” means, I’d bet you $20 that I’d get 20 different answers. 

Most global climate scientists agree the main cause is human expansion of the greenhouse effect, the warming that occurs when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space.

In response to the growing demand for sustainable, loose-fill insulation products, The Knauf Group, has increased production capabilities at its Albion, Michigan plant. 

The Gypsum Association (GA) announces its support for research exploring the viability of using construction and demolition (C&D) waste gypsum in concrete. 

Owens Corning has been recognized as a 2021 Manufacturing Leadership Award recipient for its outstanding achievement in material science innovation supporting environmental sustainability.

Lapolla Industries, Inc, a manufacturer and global supplier of high performance, energy efficient building products, announced the company’s support of an ambitious amendment to the 1989 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Joining forces with more than 500 national and international companies and organizations, as well as hundreds of sub-national governments, the company is calling for world leaders to pass the Montreal Protocol hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown amendment, which will be voted on in October during a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda amongst signatories to the original Montreal Protocol.

AECOM, a fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent, normalized by revenue, across its global operations by 2020, starting from a baseline year in 2015.