Sustainability in Practice
Sponsored by Inpro
Provided by Architectural Record
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Learning Objectives:
- Discuss design solutions that can improve building performance and reduce embodied carbon.
- Understand practices for sourcing sustainable materials and the processes behind their extraction, manufacture, and fabrication.
- Describe the strategies to incorporate renewable-energy systems as key element of project design.
- Discuss Passive House and net zero approaches for commercial and institutional projects.
This course is part of the Biophilia Academy
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NASA Aerospace Communications Facility.
This month, RECORD dives into the complex challenges of sustainable building through multiple perspectives, from envelope-pushing projects to practitioners who are moving the needle to material and technical innovations that promise industry-wide change.
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Originally published in April 2024