Carrots and sticks: How mounting financial pressures are greening real estate

Despite no national policy push to cut down on real estate’s climate impact, the industry is being prodded toward progress. A combination of local and state policies, as well as the mounting cost of insurance, is forcing all sectors of real estate to develop more sustainable, efficient buildings, the New York Times reported. Buildings are […]

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Skanska kicks off construction of Cincinnati’s first CLT building

The Swedish construction giant Skanska broke ground on Cincinnati’s first cross laminated timber project.  The planned 35,000-square-foot building will become the home of Cincinnati Public Radio when it is completed, Construction Dive reported. The $32 million project will be the first two-story mass timber in the entire Midwest, and the first of its kind in […]

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California cracks down on embodied carbon

California became the first state in the nation to codify limits on embodied carbon in buildings, a move experts say is crucial for mitigating climate change. Earlier this month, the California Building Standards Commission unanimously approved amendments to the green building code approved last year, Dezeen reported. The changes go into effect July 1 next […]

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Negative electric bills and shorts in the winter: Life inside Boston’s first passive houses

Shorts in the winter, and a negative electricity bill  ––  it sounds like the land of milk and honey. In reality, it’s Boston. That’s at least for the owners of the city’s first certified passive houses.  Since spec developer Dmitry Baskin completed the three spec homes, the buyers say they’ve hardly touched the thermostat, and […]

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