Written by: Nicolas Blackburn National Building Performance Standards Coalition With the increasing awareness of climate change and its repercussions, the drive towards sustainability has gained momentum. The built environment, one of the largest contributors to...
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BuildingGreen Spotlights Carbonsight: Pioneering Real Estate Decarbonization
In a dynamic world where sustainability and environmental responsibility reign supreme, the spotlight often falls on innovative solutions that drive positive change. We are thrilled to share that BuildingGreen, a recognized authority in the realm of sustainable...
What are the top decarbonization risks?
Buildings are low hanging fruit to decarbonize We all know that just reporting on emissions is useless if it isn’t backed up by action to decarbonize. The business case to decarbonize from a macro perspective is clear-cut. Without factoring the moral imperative,...
Carbonsight Launch: Building Portfolio Decarbonization Planning Tool Unveiled
Last week at EHDD headquarters overlooking the Bay Bridge in San Francisco we launched Carbonsight, a new SaaS software that empowers organizations to strategically navigate the transition to a low-carbon economy. This tool helps ESG managers, building portfolio...
Inflation Reduction Act: Impacts and Outcomes to the Built Environment and Infrastructure – An Economist’s POV
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been closely tracking the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) - it marks the largest federal climate investment in U.S. history. For that we applaud it. The main elements of the IRA include: 1. funding for climate and clean...
ESG Rating Systems – Greenwashing or driving change?
Investor acceptance and concern about climate change has shifted remarkably over the past year. Companies are now making sure that positive impacts on climate change mitigation are at the forefront of their strategies moving forward. ESG has been powerful, but is...
Leading through Life Cycle Cost Effectiveness
In November of 2021 the U.S. government released “The Long-Term Strategy of the United States, Pathways to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050”, laying out a series of benchmarks and high-level strategies for the country at-large through the next three decades....
Architecture 2030 results now available in Autocase
Architecture 2030 Zero Tool results are now available in Autocase. This is made possible by a partnership with Zero Tool. Minimize data inputting by retrieving Zero Tool results automatically for your project analysis in Autocase. Architecture 2030 Baseline and Target...
10 Years of Building a Better Future
Autocase just crossed a key milestone: 10 years of pursuing our goal of changing the world using high quality, objective, transparent, and affordable economic analysis. Our aim was to better inform investments in the built environment. For our anniversary, we want to...
The Business Case to Avoid a Brown Discount
New market forces related to climate change and buildings are moving the conversation of green building premiums to “brown discounts”. Guy Grainger, of JLL, has cited that “a building in the U.K. was hit with a "brown discount" of about a third of its price”...
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