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Encouraging the Use of Native Planting in Commercial Landscaping

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Native plants bring many benefits to commercial landscaping and yet, in southern and southwestern states of the US, increasing building development has resulted in them struggling to survive. . The plan will also include requirements for the inclusion of native plants in commercial landscaping designs. Source: townnews.com.

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Could Blocking Private Equity From Buying Homes Actually Help Fix the Housing Shortage?

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CNBC claims that by 2030, institutional investors will own nearly 40 percent of the nation’s single-family rentals. Previously, when you look at this type of investment in real estate, it was more commonly seen on the commercial side—larger buildings, either rental or commercial. Last week, U.S.

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Stockholm Wood City: Masterplanning The World’s Largest Timber Construction Project

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Spanning 60 acres and once complete, comprising around 7,000 commercial spaces and 2,000 homes, Wood City is currently the world’s largest urban timber construction project. That’s a tough goal — 2030 is not that far away, and so we needed to have an increased focus on sustainability. Who would want to live in the city?

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Density - Dirty Word or Solution?

Community Architect Daily

Suburban fight against new development in Baltimore County (Photo: Baltimore Banner) Onerous regulations have been not only been a tool of separating use, race and class for a long time, they also control how many people can live in a given space, in other words: Density. Fear of density, however, remains. Re-zoning: The hottest trend?

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California limits embodied carbon in statewide building code

Deezen

The state of California has recently adopted changes to its building code that will limit embodied carbon emissions in commercial and school buildings. Then that keeps advancing, and the governor has placed a high priority on decarbonizing the state of California by 2030. I think that was a fairly easy sell."

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Why All Architects Should Tackle an Adaptive Reuse Project At Least Once in their Careers

Architizer

Beyond energy expenditure associated with new construction, architects are increasingly attuned to the impact of embodied carbon (from the demolition of existing buildings), which will be responsible for nearly half of the total carbon emissions globally by 2050, as highlighted by Architecture 2030.

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What Does it Take to Make Sustainable Buildings? (Part 1- The big picture)

Community Architect

Net zero carbon is a popular goal and the favorite deadline for it has become 2030. For example, to 2006 when the Architecture 2030 Challenge was created and AIA then modified it as the 2030 Commitment. With only 9 years left to the magic date of 2030, great progress would have been imperative. Where do we stand today?