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How building codes are evolving to encourage environmentally-friendly construction

Today’s building codes are still legal minimums required by state law, established to keep structures and their occupants safe. As such, green building design and construction practices are not necessarily built in.

Planning for resilient design: Investors, building designers and educators are taking note

The Resilient Design Institute defines resilience as “the capacity to adapt to changing conditions and to maintain or regain functionality and vitality in the face of stress or disturbance. It is the capacity to bounce back after a disturbance or interruption.”

Assessing the sustainability of building products

Product specifiers in building design have an increasingly complex task in trying to discern what a sustainable building product is and deliver it to end users. So, where does one start?

Circular economy in building design and construction

There is ample buzz surrounding the term circular economy of late. Also referred to as circularity, the building design and construction industries are looking at reshaping operations to apply this new way of thinking, which appears on the surface a monumental task.

Using recycled building materials

Using recycled building materials or materials that contain recycled content is a straightforward step to sustainability for building designers and construction professionals.

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