Items Tagged with 'climate change'

The American Concrete Institute, along with NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, will make a key sustainability announcement at COP28, which will take place on Nov. 30 – Dec. 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The Brookings Institution’s Rebecca Mann and Jenny Schuetz contend that the threat of climate change in the U.S. must be met by improving home weatherization programs and making them more accessible. They cite the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act as allocating new funding to lower energy use in existing homes and diverting them to cleaner sources of power.

The new certification reinforces expertise from both organizations to address solutions in disaster and climate resiliency.

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.

DuPont Performance Building Solutions (PBS) is committed to a more sustainable future, which includes intentional action on climate change.

We hear optimistic plans and measures under consideration that go far beyond those energy efficient lightbulbs. Unfortunately, when it comes to pointing fingers and passing blame, the real estate industry is targeted as a chief offender. 

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Informa Connect are proud to announce that Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will headline the 2020 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.