Articles Tagged with ''sustainability''

The American Concrete Institute, along with NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, will make a key sustainability announcement at COP28, which will take place on Nov. 30 – Dec. 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Turning India’s vast banana waste into an eco-friendly leather alternative has paid off for a team of enterprising students. Solving problems of waste and limited resources, the group is among three student teams from five countries and six universities sharing $65,000 for their big green ideas winning the 2023 Wege Prize.

On May 25, a new partnership entered the AEC sector, enabling sustainable architecture. YKK AP and cove.tool have joined forces to give architects the verified data and simulations they need to select products that help achieve their project’s carbon, cost and energy targets.

RHEINZINK and its partners offer a choice of architectural zinc materials fabricated into single-skin, large-format cassette panels and engineered for installation on façade and wall cladding systems. Projects benefit from the natural metal’s sustainably processed, infinitely recyclable material and a lifespan of up to 100 years or more.

A valuable source on sustainability and decarbonization strategies, Roger Chang leads Buro Happold’s key office in Washington, D.C., and he was just named to the GSA’s Green Building Advisory Committee.

The integrated architecture, planning and interiors firm The Architectural Team has announced promotions for three senior team members. The newly elevated professionals are Meghann Van Dorn, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C, and Kelly Margeson, BBA, who both take on the role of associate, and Nathan Thomas, AIA, CPHC, who has been named TAT’s Director of Sustainability.

The Metal Construction Association is proud to announce the highlights for the upcoming MCA Summer Meeting. Registration is open to members and prospective members and will take place in Rosemont, Illinois, on June 13-14.

USG Corp. announced that the Science-Based Targets initiative approved its 2030 emission reduction targets. USG is one of just a few companies in the U.S. building product sector that has signed onto SBTi, and the approval is a significant step toward the company’s commitment to building a sustainable future.

Since being launched in 1999, the Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program—the nation’s first and longest-running ceilings recycling program—has diverted more than 200 million square feet of discarded ceiling materials from landfills, saving enough virgin resources to fill New York’s Central Park six times over.

SikaBond T100 was recently awarded the “Best of TISE” Innovation Award for Sustainability/Disruption at The International Surface Event 2023 trade show in Las Vegas. TISE, along with the awards program sponsors, hosted the “Best Of” Award programs to celebrate industry innovation and ingenuity and exhibitors’ contributions to the floor covering industry.