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You're staring at a spreadsheet. Column F says 'Estimated Mine Life' and the number is 210 years. Not a typo. That copper mine in Chile—your supplier'...
So you designed a building that uses half the concrete. Great for the planet. But what if that thin floor slab starts cracking in ten years? Or those ...
Picture a Douglas fir beam hauled out of a 1920s warehouse. It's been a floor joist, a bridge plank, then a barn rafter. Now someone wants it in a cof...
There's a building near my childhood home that started life as a bank, then became a restaurant, then a thrift store, and now sits empty. Each time it...
You spot a stack of old wooden beams at a salvage yard. They're beautiful—rough-hewn oak with a century of patina. Perfect for your café renovation. B...
A developer in Portland set a 90% material reuse target for a mixed-use project. They hit the number. Then the local carpenters' union filed a grievan...
You built a house that stores more carbon than it took to build. Congratulations. But here's the question nobody asks: what about the soil under it? C...
What if a building could leave the world better off than if it had never been built? That's the question behind carbon-positive design — not just net-...
So you want to build a building that gives back more carbon than it takes. Sounds noble. But when you claim your building is 'carbon positive,' you're...
So you want to build something that actually pulls more carbon out of the air than it emits. Great. But here's the thing — a material can be carbon-ne...
A few years ago, I sat in a meeting with a developer who'd just been told his office tower would emit roughly 8,000 tonnes of CO2 during construction ...
You own a mid-size construction firm. Your last two projects ran over budget. Subcontractors are grumbling. The owner wants a change. But where do you...