There are now viable low-carbon concrete options for almost all end uses as well as strategies that can work to reduce a building’s overall concrete carbon footprint. Can you get these into your next job? This course explores low-carbon concrete opportunities that currently exist as well as some that are on the horizon.

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Low carbon materials are those that have a lower embodied carbon footprint than traditional materials. This means that they require less energy and resources to produce, and generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Low carbon materials can include anything from recycled plastics to bamboo and wool insulation.

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In this course, we take a look at how teams are approaching existing building decarbonization—making the case, ensuring it pays for itself in a reasonable time frame, and developing strategies that can be applied at scale.

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You will learn to rethink building carbon accounting.

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How do you actually reduce carbon in a building?

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Decarbonization and buildings are at the forefront of everyone’s minds as we approach new government initiatives to fight climate change. In this article, we break down the new initiatives announced in the Better Buildings Summit and what they mean for our future. Plus, we discuss what the public and private sectors are already working hard on within the green building space.

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Direct air capture, or DAC, is a technology that allows us to capture CO2 from the air and turn it into products or fuel - or, store it underground and effectively reverse climate change. No other option has been able to provide the potential to actually remove carbon, making DAC a unique and exciting option. Yet we may run into familiar issues - we need more financial support to scale DAC to a viable solution. Read on to find out how DAC works, what the benefits and drawbacks are, and where it stands today.

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Building materials emit massive amounts of carbon long before the lights go on. In this course, BuildingGreen takes an analytical look at the greenhouse gases that are emitted in the process of constructing our buildings in the first place—the embodied carbon.

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Join a discussion with interior designers, manufacturers, and researchers who are pioneering the efforts in the United States and laying the groundwork for zero-carbon spaces.

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Learn the connection between building envelopes and embodied carbon.

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Missed Greenbuild 2021? This session focuses on embodied carbon and emissions reductions are critical components of building decarbonization.

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Below we list eight ways that NZE projects miss the mark on climate goals, including how they affect the electricity grid, transportation, embodied carbon, and resilience, and how we can course-correct to achieve our goals.

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