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Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: The SEE Institute, Dubai Sustainable City

September 14th, 2023
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: DBS Newton Green, Singapore

July 6th, 2023
Greenwashing
Energy

EU Cracks Down On Greenwashing… Will Smartwashing Be Next?

Last month, the European Parliament set out its new Green Claims Directive, which seeks to address the rampant problem of greenwashing across the continent. Greenwashing practices have become prevalent and the new directive hopes to solve that by proposing two new laws that address vague and misleading green claims by companies. The launch of the […]

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Joyce Centre @ Mohawk College
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Joyce Centre @ Mohawk College

Mohawk College’s Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation in Hamilton, Ontario, is Canada’s largest net zero buildings energy institutional facility and was the first in the country to be awarded Zero Carbon Building – Design and Performance certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). Emerging from a collaboration between mcCallumSather and B+H Architects, the […]

Net Zero Buildings Delta Electronics
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Delta Electronics Americas HQ

Delta Electronics Americas regional headquarters has become the first green building in Fremont, CA, and second in the Silicon Valley Bay Area, to achieve the LEED Zero Energy certification from the USGBC. Originally developed as a pioneering ‘green building’ in September 2015, the site has just completed a series of upgrades that have brought it […]

Net Zero Buildings Historic
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: GSA Wayne Aspinall Federal

The GSA Wayne Aspinall Federal Building is a heritage building located in Grand Junction, Colorado, and stands as a testament to historical net zero conversions. The building was GSA’s first net-zero energy building on the National Register of Historic Places, achieved LEED Platinum, an AIA COTE Top 10 Award, and continues to be an example […]

Net Zero Building Unisphere
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: United Therapeutics

United Therapeutics Corporation is an American publicly-traded biotechnology company that specializes in developing innovative therapies for rare diseases. In 2019, the company completed the construction of a new 135,000-square-foot headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Unisphere is a testament to the company’s commitment to sustainability, using a variety of energy generation, efficiency, and embodied carbon […]

Net Zero Buildings The Forge London
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: The Forge, Bankside

Completed in January 2023, The Forge, Bankside, comprises two new-build net-zero commercial office buildings of nine storeys each and almost 140,000 square feet of internal space. It is the first commercial office development constructed and operated in line with the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) net zero carbon buildings framework. Property developer, Landsec, has constructed […]

Net Zero Powerhouse Brattørkaia
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Powerhouse Brattørkaia

When the world’s northernmost net zero building uses solar power to generate twice as much energy as it consumes, then the green building movement seems more possible. The Powerhouse Brattørkaia in the fjord-side city of Trondheim, Norway, utilizes energy generation, storage, efficiency, and embodied carbon approaches to reach energy-positive status and even supplies clean power […]

Net Zero Buildings KPMB Boston University
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Boston University

“A Jenga tower… a stack of books… a game of Tetris…” are some of the reactions to the look of the latest addition to Boston’s skyline, but this oddly shaped building is hiding a range of smart, efficient, and sustainable elements that have allowed it to achieve its Net Zero buildings status. Opening to students […]

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