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Embodied Carbon Calculator (EC3): Selecting More Sustainable Materials
samanthaklein Jun 05, 2020

Reducing building energy consumption is critical to critical climate change mitigation goals, as buildings consume 40% of energy globally and produce 36% of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). The Embodied... Read More

2020 Realtors & Sustainability Report – Tracking Interest, Awareness and Demand for Green Real Estate
Richard Minasian Jul 23, 2020

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently published the 2020 Realtors & Sustainability Report, which presents survey research from consumers, trade associations, brokers, real estate... Read More

Plastic vs. Reusable Bags: Which Bag Is Best?
EmmamHowe Jan 18, 2017

Did you know that you need to reuse a canvas bag 171 times to mitigate the environmental impacts over a plastic bag? But now, due to the looming threat of climate change and the overfilling of our... Read More

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) 101 - An Introduction, and Starting a Wider Conversation
Allison Friedman Aug 25, 2021

It’s a fairly well known generalization in the building industry and beyond that we spend up to 90% of our time indoors, so it seems that most people would agree easily enough that the quality... Read More

Wasted Water (and NOI) is Going Down the Drain - IoT Toilet and Flood Sensors and Monitoring
RichardL Oct 27, 2021

Wasted Water and your NOI is Going Down the Drain! Water conservation is good for the environment and your bottom line.   Increasingly, builders, developers and planners have embraced the... Read More

The 2035 Report – A Blueprint for How the US (and others) Can Transition to a Clean Energy Economy, Starting NOW
Rate It Green Team Oct 23, 2020

2050 has long been the year cited by which carbon emissions must be reduced by zero, which was already a step more aggressive than the stretch Paris Agreement goal of limited global temperature rise... Read More

Demystifying the Opacity of Ingredient Hazard Transparency

The idea that we should all transparently know the health and ecological risks of the ingredients in products we purchase is a sound and desirable one. But it is how we interpret and deal with the... Read More

Cedreo - Taking Action to Grow our 3D Design Software Company Sustainably
Cedreo Oct 12, 2020

A sustainable future depends on the actions we take now, so it is the responsibility of every company to make sustainability and growth one in the same. At Cedreo, we are actively working on figuring... Read More

Choosing the Right Insulation for Your Green Home Project

If you’ve noticed that your indoor temperature fluctuates dramatically, or if you feel drafts in certain rooms, and your energy bills just keep rising, it may be time to upgrade your... Read More

COVID-19 and the Construction and Building Materials Industries - Possible Business Impacts
Veer Mudambi Apr 08, 2020

It is clear that COVID-19 is drastically affecting the global economy and impacting every industry in some way, shape or form. Aside from the immediate and urgent health concerns, a significant... Read More