by creedla | Jul 21, 2018 | Environmental News
While we often look to vehicles as a benchmark for emissions, they are hardly the only culprit in pollution. The buildings that form our city skylines and house our workplaces consume 20-50% of physical resources and continue to produce emissions long after their...
by creedla | Jun 28, 2018 | Environment, Environmental News
It’s time for cities to take their climate roles seriously. In fact, many cities around the world are implementing 100% renewable energy, and there’s no better time for the rest to get on board. More than 40 cities worldwide have taken up the challenge to get all of...
by creedla | Jun 14, 2018 | Environmental News
Air pollution is the worst environmental and health risk worldwide, and cities are the biggest polluters, contributing up to 70% of the world’s carbon emissions. We’re choking out our planet and our people. Clearly, something needs to change. Cities around the world...
by creedla | Jun 7, 2018 | Environmental News
A growing majority of the global population lives in urban areas, many of them coastal cities that are vulnerable to severe flooding and tropical storms. Leaders and citizens in these urban areas recognize the importance of continued protection of cities from man-made...
by creedla | Dec 19, 2017 | Environmental News, Green Construction
Architects and urban planners are coming up with creative ways to preserve green spaces in the world’s cities. Approximately half of the world’s population of 7.6 billion people lives in cities, a staggering sum indeed! Given the many benefits green spaces provide...
by creedla | Dec 12, 2017 | Environmental News
There are many differences between American-made steel and imported steel. As with many things we tend to generalize, the answer is a resounding “no!” Steel, arguably the most important building material of the modern era, has been the subject of a dispute between the...
