AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2021

Currently under construction, the Zaha Hadid Architects -designed Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre will soon provide the southern Chinese city with a stunning new hub for contemporary creativity. Perforated aluminum panels in the canopy provide external solar shading. Waste heat recovery systems will also help reduce water usage.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 22, 2021

Last year, the College of Forestry at Oregon State University welcomed Peavy Hall and the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory (AWP), two new mass timber buildings that serve as living laboratories for sustainable architecture. A sustainable design approach was also applied to the buildings’ operations, which are optimized for energy efficiency.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The urban design will use 100 percent clean electricity, and 10 percent of the area will be protected as permanent farmland. The elevated-building concept also allows for sunlight to better access the site and produce more greenery. The prefabricated process serves to both reduce costs and make construction more efficient.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells.

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