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This year's Greenbuild focused on material transparency and carbon messaging. Exhibitors showcased sustainable products, EPDs and tools for determining installed energy performance.

Platforms such as cove.tool are facilitating the integration of human creativity and machine intelligence.

YKK AP will embed cove.tool's cloud-based solution, revgen.tool, into its website in an effort to help architects gain deep analysis and actionable insight around embodied carbon, cost, and energy performance to better meet a project’s energy-saving goals.

Facades+ will return to Los Angeles on November 3 and 4 for a series of talks and workshops focused on sustainable and high-tech facades.