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A five-story condo building in Brooklyn by ZH Architects.

Think Global, Act Local: New York's Carbon Policy

May 1, 2020

Is the Big Apple's Local Law 97 the most ambitious climate legislation for buildings enacted by any city in the world? Some say yes.

Continuing Education: Cities' Carbon Policy

Continuing Education: Cities and Carbon Policy

Katharine Logan

May 1, 2020

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Forward-looking cities lead the way toward a zero-carbon future.

Think Global, Act Local: San Francisco's Carbon Policy

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

May 1, 2020

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Over the past 30 years, the City by the Bay has made impressive progress cleaning up its built environment.

Think Global, Act Local: Vancouver's Carbon Policy

Katharine Logan

May 1, 2020

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Like other places with strong commitments to combating climate change, the Canadian city is targeting citywide carbon neutrality by 2050.

Think Global, Act Local: Stockholm's Carbon Policy

Katharine Logan

May 1, 2020

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Sweden’s capital city has ambitious twin climate goals: fossil-fuel-free operations and net zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2040. The construction sector is critical to its success.

Think Global, Act Local: Tokyo's Carbon Policy

Mira Locher , FAIA

May 1, 2020

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Architects and clients in Japan's capital are responding to the city’s increased emphasis on energy efficiency through state-of-the-art facilities and innovative building-management schemes.

Continuing Education: Carbon Crackdown

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 2, 2020

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After focusing for decades on energy efficiency, the green building movement sets its sights on “up-front” emissions.

A Law School building for the University of California, Hastings in San Francisco.

New Technologies Help Concrete Go on a Greenhouse-Gas Diet

Peter Fairley

March 2, 2020

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A number of innovators are working to clean up the world’s leading building material by pumping it full of CO₂.

January 2020 Editorial: The Next Level of Sustainable Architecture

Cathleen McGuigan

January 6, 2020

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While major global powers refuse tough action on the climate crisis, architects, engineers, and contractors can help lead in reducing embodied carbon.

Interview with Stacy Smedley

The Seattle-based designer spoke with RECORD about sustainability and a new tool for calculating embodied carbon.

Miriam Sitz

December 23, 2019

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RECORD spoke with Skanska USA's Stacy Smedley about the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator.

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