The City Fix

JANUARY 3, 2024

The country can’t achieve either goal without a radical transformation in its buildings and construction sector, which was responsible for around 17% of the nation’s. India aims to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by 45% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels, and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070.

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Construction Carbon Real Estate Education 52

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The use of hemp as a material is gaining speed across industries, including health and beauty, textiles, food and more. One of the industries that now utilizes it is in construction. Hemp can be used to create building materials such as hemp-clay bricks and hempcrete.

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Sustainability Health Construction Innovation 277

Fairsnape

JANUARY 7, 2020

Construction projects are carbon-positive: Strict carbon planning and management is key. Carbon and Construction carbons are not understood. Reduce : seek to reduce carbon through local material and supplier procurement and a focus on construction travel and transport, carbon productivity and construction efficiency ….

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Construction Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 97

Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Waste and construction industry firms have been warned they must take much stronger action to tackle illegal waste exports from the UK, after the Environment Agency revealed this week that almost a quarter of containers for shipping abroad it inspected last year contained waste plastic material.

Construction 83

Construction Plastics Waste Waste 83

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION. The industry is moving toward sustainable construction. If you are a General Contractor, it’s important you provide sustainable construction and renovation options to your customers. Sustainable Home Design and Sustainable Construction Materials. Energy Usage and Electricity. Recycled Steel.

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Construction Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 78

Renewable Energy World

JULY 20, 2021

The transmission project team — a collaboration between New York Power Authority (NYPA), energyRe and Invenergy — will make $270 million in investments focused on job training, education, community health and the environment. in state and local tax revenue over 25 years 10,500 clean energy and construction jobs exclusively to New York State.

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Education Health Investment Climate change 93

Energy Central

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The CPSC is considering restrictions on gas stoves, including possible bans in new residential construction. Earlier this month, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that indoor gas stoves emitted harmful pollution. Several studies claim that the use of gas can cause respiratory illness.

Health 75

Health Pollution Construction 75

Charged

MARCH 6, 2024

Construction giant Skanska has completed a 90-day pilot program using the Volvo EC230 Electric excavator on the Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project in Los Angeles. The excavator was used to load trucks with construction material. The excavator was used to load trucks with construction material. Source: Skanska

Electricity 119

Electricity Construction Health Sustainability 119

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION. If you are a General Contractor, it’s important you provide sustainable construction and renovation options to your customers. Sustainable Home Design and Sustainable Construction Materials. Fiberglass insulation contains lots of air contaminants that can be bad for health and the environment.

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Construction Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 78

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

"We use natural and organic materials for the construction, insulation and finishings," said REDUKT, a Poland-based designer of tiny homes. "We We care about our planet and health." We make efforts to make our houses as sustainable as possible.

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Health Construction Organic Sustainability 207

CleanTech Group

OCTOBER 14, 2020

While taking a backseat to the health crisis over the last few months, climate change increasingly shapes our daily experience. Wildfires, droughts, hurricanes.

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Carbon-negative Construction Climate change Health 148

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2023

license ) Unite claims ExxonMobil and contractors failing in ‘legal duty’ to protect and pay workers Around 200 members of Unite the union had withdrawn their labour over health and safety concerns at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical plant in Mossmorran, the union reported on 17 August.

Health 130

Health Pollution Construction 130

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 17, 2021

Director of Construction | Borrego | San Diego. Borrego is seeking a Director of Construction, Utility-Scale EPC to join our growing team! The Director of Construction is responsible for the safety, quality, and financial results of all field activity. 10+ years of experience in EPC construction project management.

Construction 40

Construction Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 40

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 11, 2020

Construction Project Manager | Able Grid | Boulder or Denver, CO. Able Grid Energy Solutions is seeking a Construction Project Manager for a large battery energy storage project located in Texas. The Construction Project Manager will report to project owners and work closely with other members of Able Grid’s execution team. .

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Construction Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 40

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 11, 2020

Construction Project Manager | Able Grid | Boulder or Denver, CO. Able Grid Energy Solutions is seeking a Construction Project Manager for a large battery energy storage project located in Texas. The Construction Project Manager will report to project owners and work closely with other members of Able Grid’s execution team. .

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Construction Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 40

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 21, 2019

This position will develop and lead a comprehensive sustainability program at Sutter Health. food programs; environmentally responsible facility design, construction, and operation; and employee engagement. Experience in healthcare construction and operations required. Qualifications : Education. Experience. To apply: [link].

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Health Sustainability Education Construction 40

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 21, 2019

This position will develop and lead a comprehensive sustainability program at Sutter Health. food programs; environmentally responsible facility design, construction, and operation; and employee engagement. Experience in healthcare construction and operations required. Qualifications : Education. Experience. To apply: [link].

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Health Sustainability Education Construction 40

Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2020

Covid-19 could turbocharge the construction sector's adoption of electrified equipment in order to cut carbon and pollution, according to industry-backed report. Recovery from Covid-19 could accelerate the adoption of technology to help speed up construction processes.". Times of crisis can often lead to rapid change.

Construction 71

Construction Electricity Real Estate Innovation 71

Econaur

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While various factors contribute to this crisis, buildings emerge as a significant contributor, accounting for nearly 70% of the pollution, according to the World Health Organization. However, challenges exist, including the delayed data release by the National Crime Records Bureau and gaps in controlling fugitive emissions from construction.

Pollution 105

Pollution Health Politics Government 105

Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Construction has begun on bp ’s 187 MW DC Peacock Solar project, located 10 miles north of Corpus Christi in San Patricio County, Texas. The project is expected to create around 300 jobs during construction and generate more than $25 million in tax revenue over the first 25 years of the project’s life.

Construction 119

Construction Energy Energy Agriculture 119

Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The 90,000 first responders charged with cleaning up the carnage, along with others who spent time on or near the 9/11 site continue to suffer from serious health effects almost two decades later. A breakdown of this dust indicates that it consisted of 50% nonfibrous construction materials, 40% glass and other fibers, 9.2%

Health 52

Health Climate change Pollution Construction 52

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Harrowing statistics from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work state that quarry workers are twice as likely to be killed in an accident than construction workers, and thirteen times more likely than those working in manufacturing.

Health 246

Health Innovation Startups Europe 246

Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From intensifying natural disasters and food insecurity, to public health crises and forced migration, we live at a time of unprecedented climate risks. In the rightmost image, new urban construction (since the 2012 census) is denoted in purple. IHME constructs a geostatistical model of the count of people per human structure.

Health 140

Health Construction Government Climate change 140

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Designed, constructed and commissioned by J. Benefitting from the Landia chopper pump, which together with venturi nozzles ensures that the digesters are comprehensively mixed to maximise gas production, the mixing system is low on energy consumption and also reduces health and safety issues such as working from height.

Energy Monitor 246

Energy Monitor Recycling Recycling Construction 246

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Machine learning tools will be jointly developed to identify operating efficiency and cost reduction opportunities and to monitor machinery health, alongside adaptations that will enable more vessel types to benefit from the system. Penguin designs and builds a range of aluminium workboats which it also owns and operates.

Technology 237

Technology Health Innovation Construction 237

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

BNGAI uses AI and satellite data to provide habitat mapping, detection of invasive plants, and data to help profile the health of trees and plant populations. Desktop progress New technologies might help bridge the skills gap, suggested the group, whose own BNGAI software is being introduced for this purpose.

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Biodiversity Law Construction Logistics 147

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Advanced Intelligent Construction Technology (AICT) has just announced the founding of a robotics-based intelligent construction technology company in the United States. AICT used 3D printing to create a public park to demonstrate the possibilities of the technology this company will employ in the construction industry.

Construction 28

Construction Waste Waste Technology 28

AGreenLiving

JULY 2, 2021

Construction began on August 5, 2019 and has an anticipated completion date in March 2023. Read the original: The Toranomon-Azabudai Project puts health before business. The project is working to set an example for solutions to modern concerns around carbon emissions, loss of biodiversity and lack of accessible healthcare.

Health 36

Health Retail Biodiversity Construction 36

AGreenLiving

MARCH 11, 2021

Global design practice Perkins and Will has raised the bar for sustainable campus design with the award-winning Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, a Ryerson University facility designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. Excerpt from: An urban farm tops a LEED Gold-targeted health education tower in Toronto.

Education 36

Education Health Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 36

Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The second instalment of the government-commissioned National Food Strategy has warned the UK must significantly reduce its consumption of meat if it wants to curb the impacts the food system is having on human and planetary health. The food system is a logistical miracle, full of amazing, inventive people," said Dimbleby. "I

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Health Government Agriculture Biodiversity 80

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

Many sites around the world now pose a major hazard for new construction operations and have created a huge clean-up conundrum. The levels need to be assessed and continually monitored to ensure the site is safe for operation, and to safeguard the health of the workforce and surrounding area. .

Health 130

Health Pollution Construction Organic 130

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

By Wendy Furgusson, Associate, Environment and Health, Ramboll With Natural England’s recent changes to planning policy causing a reduction in the number of new homes built from 240,000 a year in 2018-19 to a projected 111,000 by 2025, awareness of nutrient pollution as a problem is becoming more widespread.

Pollution 130

Pollution Construction Stormwater Government 130

Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Every day, millions of people turn on their gas stoves without considering the deadly pollution they’re breathing in by burning fossil fuels inside their home – with serious consequences for their health. emissions – and accelerate climate change. Seventy million U.S. This is bad news, and it has to stop. Environmental Protection Agency.

Health 40

Health Fossil fuels Electricity Pollution 40

Charged

MARCH 27, 2023

The two companies intend to partner on more EV deployments in the future, for which Bechtel will provide engineering, procurement and construction services. Thousands of our students are already benefiting from riding emissions-free school buses,” said First Student Head of Electrification Kevin L.

Electricity 131

Electricity North America Electric vehicle Construction 131

Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2022

A building is considered sustainable/green because of its design, construction, and operational characteristics. The main challenges with building sustainability involve reducing overall impact to human health the and the environment. Construction. Challenges. Increasing energy efficiency. Improving air quality and lighting.

Building Energy Monitoring 147

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 147

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

As for the Texas project, already under construction, "social distancing issues are obviously key," Smith said. But Lightsource BP believes it will be allowed to continue construction because its current workforce of 125 will be spread over the project’s 1,500 acres northeast of Dallas.

Construction 246

Construction Fossil fuels Climate change Packaging 246

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Core to this strategy is keeping the benefit of building electrification in these communities — creating jobs, improving health and saving households money. From a cost perspective, electrification will slash energy bills in new construction and in many retrofits today. Sponsored Article. Image by Shutterstock/Michael Vi.

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Natural gas Innovation Health Technology 407