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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. Designers encourage product manufacturers to include recycled content, lower VOCs, streamline manufacturing processes and track embodied carbon.

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Here are 4 Sustainable Office Design Trends To Embrace In 2022

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28% of this derive from operational emissions – the carbon omitted by powering, heating and cooling a building – while 11% is a by-product of embodied emissions which are produced through the extraction, transportation, manufacturing, and assembly of the materials used to build, fit out and furnish a building.

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Practical Strategies To Design For The Planet

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These metrics are leading to new demands on the design, engineering and construction sectors to align with these eco-centric commitments, especially reducing carbon emissions and conserving natural resources. Mycelium can be grown in containers that help manufacturers create specific shapes — used as acoustic panels and even flooring.

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Biophilic Design Is Part Of The New Normal (And We’re Not Just Talking Office Plants)

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People spend most of their time in manufactured spaces that are not always designed with wellbeing in mind. Biophilic design incorporates natural elements into nearly all aspects of these manufactured environments. “The construction industry accounts for around 40 percent of the UK’s entire carbon footprint.

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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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Living Buildings Are On The Way — The Future Office Will Breathe, Digest And Grow

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Although the concept might seem new, biophilia — the human race’s innate desire to connect with the natural world — has been inspiring the design of manufactured environments for thousands of years. The idea was to think outside of existing construction conventions to imagine a space that could form part of nature’s ecosystem.

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Designing For Climate Change: “Optional” Is No Longer An Option

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We are all familiar with the statistics: Human activities are the main driver of climate change , with building and construction activities accounting for approximately 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This article was written by SmithGroup’s Nancy Kohout and Lisa Denlinger for Work Design Magazine.