What You Can Do Right Now

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What You Can Do Right Now

Climate Justice 

by John E. Fernandez, Professor, MIT Department of Architecture


Many architects are moving quickly to address the climate emergency. Some would argue not fast enough and that would be a fair observation.

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What You Can Do Right Now: Microgrids for Fire Season Public Safety Power Shutoffs

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Microgrids for Fire Season Public Safety Power Shutoffs

By David Kaneda, FAIA


California and other western states are experiencing an increase in wildfire risk and longer wildfire seasons. Heat and drought conditions combined with

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What You Can Do Now: Regenerative Design

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What You Can Do Now: Regenerative Design

Seth Dunn, AIA and Chris Fano, AIA, Siegel & Strain Architects


What is Regenerative Design? 

The goals of Regenerative Design are ambitious and go well beyond typical design briefs: to activate the capacity …

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What You Can Do Right Now: Carbon Storing Materials

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What You Can Do Right Now: Carbon Storing Materials

By David Arkin, AIA, and Bruce King, P.E.


7/18/22

What are Carbon Storing Building Materials?

All building products have a carbon footprint—the greenhouse gas emissions from extracting raw materials, transporting …

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White Paper: Climate Action in Design Awards

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COTE Network:
Raising the Bar: Bringing Climate Action into Design Awards Programs

By Henry Siegel, FAIA


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AIA California Climate Action Committee (formerly known as Committee on the Environment, or COTE) has been raising the bar for …

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What You Can Do Now: Incorporate Energy Efficiency into Tenant Improvement and Renovation Projects with Integrated Systems Packages

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What You Can Do Now: Incorporate Energy Efficiency into Tenant Improvement and Renovation Projects with Integrated Systems Packages


Paul A. Mathew, Ph.D
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

What are Integrated System Packages?

Upgrading existing commercial buildings through energy efficiency retrofits will …

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What You Can Do Right Now: 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint

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Climate Action: 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint

Lionel Lemay | Executive VP, Structures and Sustainability, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association


 

The following is a list of strategies for reducing concrete’s carbon footprint through collaboration, design optimization and …

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What You Can Do Right Now: Design for Daylight and Views

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Ample daylighting and window views can help make your next building net-zero, healthier, and more sustainable.

By Lisa Heschong, Fellow Illuminating Engineering Society


“Daylighting” is the process of designing and operating interior spaces to utilize natural daylight as their primary …

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