Design Process
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Design Process
Deep Dives
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Assessing Climate Hazards: The First Step in Resilient Design
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The tools for conducting a multi-hazard exposure analysis are available if you know where to look.
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Integrative Process: Pathways to Performance and Regeneration
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An integrative process can streamline workflows and drive higher performance. But if you do it well, it’s so much more.
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The Missing Embodied Carbon Link: Construction
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Some researchers say construction emissions could account for as much as 30% of a project’s embodied carbon. What can be done about it?
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Keeping PFAS Forever Chemicals out of Building Products
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked to negative health and environmental impacts. Getting them out of our building products is going to require work.
Quick Takes
Jump straight to the essentials with these short explanations of green building concepts.
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Product Guidance
Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.
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In The News
We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.
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More Cyclists + Better Design = Safer Roadways
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Encouraging cycling and taking care to design roadways with cyclists in mind can increase traffic safety, something the new SmartCode Bicycle Module aims to help accomplish.
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A 2030 Challenge for Building Products
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Cutting the energy use of buildings is crucial, but it's not the only concern. Designers and manufacturers turn their attention to the carbon footprint of building products with the 2030 Challenge for Products.
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Insurance Breakthrough for Integrated Project Delivery
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A new insurance product and increase in use of multi-party contracts mark progress in the environmentally progressive move to Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).
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Composting Is Winner in Food Waste Disposal Study
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What's the greenest way to deal with food waste? If you really can't eat it, compost it.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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