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

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Designers are using AI to reveal what the future of the built environment could look like. 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. Of course, there have always been exceptions.

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Businesses need to take real action to create a more sustainable workplace

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For example, in 2022 a high street bank had its advertising campaign pulled for promoting its tree-planting scheme and net-zero plan without acknowledging that it is financing fossil fuel projects. Or, if they are changing their equipment, they could look at purchasing refurbished items themselves.

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EU building data project to drive full decarbonisation in three European countries

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Currently, almost all building regulations in Europe only address carbon emissions from the building operation, ignoring the emissions that are generated before a building comes into use and at the end of its life. Certain leading markets like Denmark, Finland, France and the Netherlands have already enacted whole life carbon policies.

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Massive investment programme needed to facilitate carbon neutral future, WEF report claims

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trillion in investments is derived from average clean power generation costs of solar, off-shore and on-shore wind, nuclear and geothermal, electrolyzer costs for clean hydrogen and carbon transport, as well as storage costs. According to the report, the $13.5