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Profound changes are coming to the way the building industry discusses and specifies products, and communication and transparency are key drivers.
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Twenty years after he helped define life cycle assessments and the tools to use them, Wayne Trusty envisions the next frontier of sustainable product selection.
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The tools for more sustainable products are in place, but they are only useful when builders communicate their value to homeowners and other decision-makers.
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Products and Performance chairs Alex Wilson and Peter Yost envision high-performance products that respond to more stringent requirements and the need for resilient design.
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Materials & Resources chair Malin discusses how transparency will permeate the world of building products, giving us nutrition-label-like sustainability data on everything we use.
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The Space Age technology is poised to alter the insulation and thermal energy storage industries to significantly reduce building energy demand.
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Bruce King, founder of Ecological Building Network, says builders need to look beyond Portland cement and toward alternative materials like straw, hemp, and barbed wire.
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Bill Walsh envisions a healthier and more transparent tomorrow.
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How we can elevate building materials reuse and recycling into standard practice.
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The Green Building Alliance in Pittsburgh is gathering data that will enable meaningful performance comparisons among buildings.