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Since starting our blog in 2013, we have authored hundreds of articles to promote knowledge-sharing within the industry. Within these posts, you will find topical overviews, technical deep-dives, op-ed pieces, and more.

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How to Tackle Embodied Carbon Now: Low-Carbon Building Materials and Assessment Tools

Explore data, resources, and tools available now to help project teams create a strategy to reduce embodied carbon along with operational carbon.
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The Future of Inclusive Design: How We Can Advance Equity Through Building Design

Inclusive Design strategies must evolve to prioritize all building occupants and the surrounding community at each stage in the design process.
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What is Co-Design, and How Does it Help Advance Equity Through Building Design?

Co-design is crucial for creating healthy, safe, and equitable buildings. But what is it, and how can project teams implement co-design to advance equity?
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Utilizing Enterprise Green Communities to Drive Equity in Affordable Housing

The Enterprise Green Communities (EGC) criteria is one tool we can use to drive green building efforts to affect populations most in need.
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Integrating Social Equity Into Green Building – Part 3: Design, Construction, and Operations

In Part 3 of this series, we outline ways principles of social equity can be integrated into the design, construction, and operations phases of a building.
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Integrating Social Equity into Green Building – Part 2: Pre-Design Phase

To achieve social equity goals, a well-constructed plan for all project phases must be created and tracked. And, although the measures are not generally complicated, they can be numerous.
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Integrating Social Equity into Green Building – Part 1: “Just Sustainability”

The way in which buildings are designed, constructed & maintained has tremendous influence on the equity (or inequity), and the justice (or injustice), of our society.
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