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Call to action for owners to assess indoor air quality and make ventilation and air filtration improvements.
Call to action for owners to assess indoor air quality and make ventilation and air filtration improvements.
The Biden Administration recently launched the Clean Air in Buildings Challenge that calls on all building owners and operators, schools, colleges and universities, and organizations to adopt strategies to improve indoor air quality in their buildings and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
In conjunction with that announcement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a best practices guide for improving indoor air quality and reducing the risk of spreading dangerous airborne particles. The guide, developed in collaboration with the Department of Energy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other federal agencies, contains a set of recommendations organized into four groups:
Under these recommendation areas, EPA’s best practices guide lays out actions building owners and operators can implement. The guide offer a menu of improvements and includes quick steps that organizations can take right away as well as resources to help plan for longer-term investments and improvements.
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As companies reassess their office needs in the wake of the pandemic, a new arms race to deliver net zero carbon space without the need for offsets is taking place in London, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
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Over the past few decades, developers grew accustomed to nothing but staunch opposition to dense affordable housing project proposals.
The U.S. Green Building Council recently published a report containing principles outlining how LEED will evolve.
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A new study by the American Institute of Architects and the Associated General Contractors of America focuses on improving the relationship between architects and contractors.
Clients and architects disagree on how well building to code provides resilience, according to a recent report by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in partnership with Owens Corning.
General Motors, envisioning a future where electric vehicles will be commonplace, is working to boost charging infrastructure for those who live in multifamily residences.
As companies reassess their office needs in the wake of the pandemic, a new arms race to deliver net zero carbon space without the need for offsets is taking place in London, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
New research led by an MIT graduate student at the school’s Concrete Sustainability Hub suggests that the value of buildings constructed to resist wind damage in hurricanes may be significantly underestimated.
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