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Durable and Sustainable Zinc Roofing and Cladding
PrePatina EcoZinc from Rheinzink uses 50% less CO2 than its predecessor and only gets better with age.
Editorial Note: Considering Contradictions
FHB offers best practices and expert advice, which means navigating both the practical and the ideal.
Upfront Carbon Emissions in Home Construction
Choosing materials and methods that lower upfront emissions is key to reducing our climate impact.
Reduce Embodied Carbon With Simple Forms
In addition to adding cost to a project, a complicated design is responsible for increased embodied carbon emissions.
Is Zero Energy the Answer?
Experts share their thoughts on the role of net-zero-energy homes in a climate-friendly future for residential construction.
A Better Path to a Low-Carbon Future?
Building materials capable of reducing up-front carbon to zero are available, code-compliant, and affordable, study shows.
Climate Change for Builders: The Biggest Opportunity
Faced with consequences equivalent to a giant asteroid set to hit the earth in 10 to 50 years, we designers and builders owe it to the future to do our part—and we need to start right now.
Taking the Environmental Sting Out of Concrete
Roman concrete submerged for the last 2,000 years gives researchers some clues for making a more durable concrete with fewer environmental penalties.

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