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Sustainability Guide for Builders and Construction: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

Sustainable Construction: Builders Need to Go Green. Sustainable building practices are becoming increasingly common throughout the construction industry. This new emphasis on sustainable construction has created a robust green building and production network which is now one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S.

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How Sustainability Innovation Is Driving The Green Economy

Green Business Bureau

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION? In the world of business, sustainability innovation can be defined as the process of evolving old business models and creating new ventures that realize economic value and generate positive environmental and social impacts simultaneously. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?

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'Game-changer': Brimstone secures $55m investment in boost for 'carbon-negative' cement-making process

Business Green

US start-up Brimstone Energy has announced $55m of fresh investment to support development of its "carbon negative" cement making process, after a host of major backers joined its latest fundraising round. Conventional processes for producing cement and concrete are inherently carbon and energy intensive.

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Urban Sequoia is a blueprint for sustainable architecture

Inhabitat - Innovation

However, few presentations addressed one elephant in the room — the fact that the construction industry contributes up to 40% of ongoing carbon release.

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The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of carbon capture technology for buildings

Envirotec Magazine

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Are carbon-negative buildings possible? The Power-to-X unit being demonstrated.

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Eavor completes $182 million equity round to advance closed-loop geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

(Eavor) has announced the successful completion of $182 million in funding following an equity round led by OMV AG , with participation from Canada Growth Fund (CGF), Japan Energy Fund, Monaco Asset Management and Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. completed the conversion of their debentures.

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Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products

GreenBiz

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00.

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