New recycling facility will turn food & beverage cartons into building materials
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How Architects Are Designing for Disaster Resilience | Time
Last year marked the first year global temperatures surpassed 1.5°C of warming compared with preindustrial levels—architects like Greg Chasen are embracing disaster-resilient designs. Read more.
New recycling facility will turn food, beverage cartons into building materials| Recycling Today
A partnership between the Carton Council, Elof Hansson USA Inc. and the Upcycling Group will bring a new recycling and manufacturing facility to Lodi, California, by the end of the third quarter of this year. Read more.
Boston expands net-zero emissions requirements to new buildings, large additions | Utility Dive
The zoning change requires most new buildings to be net zero when they open. The city previously set similar performance standards for existing buildings. Read more.
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Cartography for Change: Strategies for Sustainable Communication
Communication is the difference between a high-level executive understanding your point of view regarding sustainability and passing on a project because it’s “too extensive” or just “too technical.” Two sustainability professionals from JLL are developing a sustainable communication method that could change how we have sustainability conversations. Read more.
Recent Content from U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research recently issued a request for information (RFI) on residential resilience measures and insurance coverage. Read more.
Building sustainably includes prioritizing designs, technologies and methods that support resilience to extreme weather events. Read more.
On the announcement of the administration's intent to leave the Paris Agreement in 2017, a coalition of three states—California, New York and Washington—announced the formation of the U.S. Climate Alliance. Read more.
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6moThis new recycling plant in Lodi is pretty exciting! They're turning old food and drink cartons into building materials without using water or harmful chemicals. The carbon footprint is supposedly 80% lower than traditional materials since there's no mining or logging involved. Once it's up and running, they'll process about 1.5 million pounds of cartons monthly and create 15 jobs. It's a smart way to keep these materials out of landfills while making something useful. I wonder how well these recycled boards will hold up compared to conventional materials, though. Still, it's nice to see practical solutions like this happening.