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A new industry-wide study has revealed widespread support for the introduction of mandatory Lifecycle Assessments (LCAs) on products used in the UK’s built environment to address widespread concerns about greenwashing. The findings, published in the report Greenhushing: Silence is Costing Credibility, show that 86 percent of professionals surveyed believe that LCAs are essential to reduce…

Technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere have progressed rapidly. Unfortunately, early-stage funding has not kept pace. In 2022, non-profit Terraset set out to close this gap using philanthropic dollars. It has since deployed several million dollars purchasing durable carbon removal from over a dozen projects that typically aim to capture and store carbon for…

Owners face a heightened risk of lawsuits over the accessibility of their buildings should the U.S. Department of Energy rescind its Section 504 accessibility rule, as it says it plans to do, a legal specialist says. Building owners have accessibility obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and those obligations don’t go away no matter…

The newest midfield concourse at Washington Dulles International Airport topped out with placement of the final structural steel beam. The new concourse is currently scheduled to open in September 2026. Turner Construction Co. and PGAL are leading the design-build team for the 435,000-sq-ft project, which initially will be known as Concourse E. Topping out July…

GSK has committed to reducing more emissions faster than any other large pharmaceutical company. Now it has five years left to deliver. By 2030, the London-based pharmaceutical company has promised to slash direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, relative to a 2020 baseline. It did so even though it has the industry’s…

Pittsburg Unified School District proactively tackles its problems with long-term thinking and planning. Driver shortages and the high cost of electric vehicles (EV) are two issues that hamper K-12 school districts’ efforts to safely and effectively transport students to and from home for classes. That doesn’t mean the situation is dire, though. Take Pittsburg Unified…