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As architects seek more environmentally friendly materials, the natural stone industry is embracing more sustainable practices such as water recycling, renewable energy, and site restoration.
It’s one of the biggest challenges in reducing embodied carbon but now there’s a locally produced, sustainable steel that delivers lower embodied carbon, without requiring any extra effort from designers, engineers, builders, processors or steel fixers.
There are hopes that the requirements, which take effect July 2024, will help to usher in other code changes around the country.
The industry grapples with the lack of consistent terminology for sustainability.
High-rise buildings reduce our ecological footprint, right? Not really, says BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY, who offers proof that living in a house might be better for the environment…