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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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Looking for your next job? Use this AI trick to make a list of potential companies in seconds.

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23 for Construction). Example: 23 becomes 2382 for Building Equipment Contractors, a type of construction company. They included a subsector, industries, and specific investment strategies: Prompt 1: Please list search firms that recruit executives for companies in NAICS code 3254 (Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing).

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Oh, Mexico: A Burned-Out CEO Turns a Ranch into a Retreat

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Burned out from a career in retail, Lisa Harper sought refuge in sleepy coastal towns on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. fit model and later worked for the denim designer and manufacturer by flying around the world to source products. That was in the mid-1990s. Before that, she was a Levi Strauss & Co.

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We’ve been getting job training all wrong

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For example, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, education, and health services have a labor shortage. Conversely, in the construction industry, there is a labor surplus. Chamber of Commerce shows that not all industries are experiencing a shortage.

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Manchester Airport City plan reinvented as £ 1 billion science and tech hub

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The project, now known as MIX Manchester, aims to create one of the largest science and innovation campuses in the UK, spanning an impressive 2 million square feet of advanced manufacturing and science space. Instead of focusing on out-of-town offices, the rebranded MIX Manchester will specialise in science, innovation, and manufacturing.

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Landlords and occupiers don’t see eye to eye on the decarbonisation of European real estate

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With many occupiers often more focused on emissions from other aspects of their businesses, such as manufacturing or supply chains, the contribution that buildings make to the aggregate 37 percent global emissions from real estate can be underestimated.