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sustainable housing & construction

Housing: Rethinking the space we need to live

Millions of homes will need to be built for booming city populations in the coming decades. The construction sector is a major greenhouse gas emitter, so what can the industry do to cut CO2?
Frank Lowenstein, Brian Donahue and David Foster: Let’s fill our cities with taller, wooden buildings
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Frank Lowenstein, Brian Donahue and David Foster: Let’s fill our cities with taller, wooden buildings

Trees are some of our best allies in solving the climate crisis.
It’s time we treat some forests like crops
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It’s time we treat some forests like crops

Here's something you probably didn't know: the construction business accounts for an estimated 23 percent of the world's carbon-dioxide emissions - 5.7 billion tons, according to the most recent estimates.

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