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Going In Circles? Good!

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Architects and designers are increasingly prioritizing sustainability, focusing on low-VOC, recycled materials, and reducing embodied carbon through reuse and modular construction. We want our spaces to stand out, so we highlight recently developed and technically superior products that last longer, clean easier and provide flexibility.

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Lockers: The New Unexpected Star Of Workspace Design

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The construction industry accounts for 38% of all CO2 emissions. It’s important for product designers and retailers to understand their embodied carbon emissions , which relate to the manufacturing, processing, transportation, assembly, maintenance, replacement, and deconstruction and disposal of goods.

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Focus should shift to reducing energy demand, WEF report suggests

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These would be driven by energy-intensity reductions in buildings, industry and transport. These gains are deliverable now, at attractive returns, needing no new technology and could avoid the construction of 3,000 extra power stations, according to estimates from the report. Such concerted action would unlock growth and productivity.

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Ultrafabrics celebrates 25th anniversary with new and improved bio-based Volar Bio collection

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Volar Bio’s evolution in backcloth construction not only includes certified REPREVE recycled polyester and ECOVERO viscose in the backcloth, but introduces Susterra propanediol bio-based resin. All Ultrafabrics products can withstand serious, frequent cleaning to C.D.C And we can scale to meet the needs of a global audience.

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8 Simple Yet Logical Ideas For Creating A Green Office

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And in turn, the construction of more energy-efficient office buildings started. Transportation. Formal attires like suits need a lot of dry cleaning, which is bad for the environment and detrimental to your health and wallet. You can also use sustainable cleaning products to get rid of the bad odors in the workplace.

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employee’s boyfriend keeps making her late for work, seriously ill employee who’s making mistakes, and more

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It turned out she’d recently moved in with her boyfriend, she drives him into work as there is no public transport where they moved to, and “he’s bad at getting up in the morning.”. I asked her about this in a one-on-one meeting and she got a bit flustered.

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Report sets out nine ways cities can reduce carbon emissions

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As cities grow in population and importance, urban construction will continue to gather pace. The report, Reducing Embodied Carbon in Cities: Nine Solutions for Greener Buildings and Communities , highlights nine innovative solutions for all phases of construction and demolition. “In