Sustainability Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/subject/sustainability/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Fri, 17 May 2024 21:05:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 The Good Plastic Company turns plastic waste into a range of surfaces. What’s next? Expansion in the U.S. https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/the-good-plastic-company-plastic-waste-expansion-us/ Fri, 17 May 2024 21:05:29 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376347 When Dr. William Chizhovsky founded the Good Plastic Company in 2018, his goal was to produce the world’s most sustainable surface materials. Chizhovsky, born in Ukraine, earned his master’s degree

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As silicosis cases rise, architects reconsider engineered stone https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/safe-material-engineered-stone-new-regulations-effects-health/ Wed, 15 May 2024 21:08:28 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376181 Engineered stone is often hailed as a wonder material. It’s cheap, durable, recyclable, and attractive. But it’s also killing people, according to medical researchers and public health officials around the

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Gensler’s Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards are a step toward a more circular economy and less carbon-intensive industry https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/gensler-product-sustainability-gps-standards/ Tue, 14 May 2024 16:18:44 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376099 Gensler’s Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards send a market signal to manufacturers, clients, and the AEC industry in general: The largest architectural services firm in the world is on a quest

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The California Green Building Conference will take place on May 23 in Los Angeles https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/california-green-building-conference-may-23-los-angeles/ Fri, 10 May 2024 19:13:14 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375985 In April, California’s six regional chapters of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) formed an independent nonprofit that united the separate entities into a singular unit, now referred to as USGBC

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Geo-Fantasies at Citygroup peels back the layers of the carbon capture industry https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/geo-fantasies-citygroup-carbon-capture/ Tue, 07 May 2024 19:59:24 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375598 Geo-Fantasies: A Space Race on Planet Earth Citygroup 104b Forsyth Street New York Through June 16 Carbon capture is often heralded as the future of climate change technology. It sounds

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Cargill debuts the world’s first ever wind-powered ocean liner with WindWings® https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/cargill-wind-powered-ocean-liner-windwings/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:58:38 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374939 Modern architecture and ocean liners are close cousins, if not immediate siblings. A revolution in one discipline tends to signal that change is coming for the other. In Towards a

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Outdoor Spaces will take place virtually on May 8 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/outdoor-spaces-virtually-may-8/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:35:13 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374887 The Architect’s Newspaper presents the 4th annual Outdoor Spaces virtual conference, which will take place on May 8. Featuring projects and ideas in landscape architecture, the conference will highlight issues

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Earth Day Digest: Stories keeping AN editors hopeful about the planet’s future https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/earth-day-digest-an-editors-planets-future/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:32:20 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374885 Happy Earth Day! To commemorate, AN editors have scoured our archives from the past year to collate the stories, interviews, reviews, book excerpts, etc. that keep us hopeful about the

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The International Mass Timber Conference promotes community through design, manufacturing, and a shared love of craft https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/international-mass-timber-conference-promotes-community/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:54:50 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374689 The spirit of mass timber is the ethos of Portland; there’s no better place for this conference than the City of Roses. For the eighth year in a row, the

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In Houston, BIG and Skanska promote sustainability with new tower 1550 on the Green https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/houston-big-skanska-1550-on-the-green/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:56:05 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374089 One of Houston’s newest office buildings is also supposed to be its most sustainable. The project uses the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3)—a database that allows designers to track

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