According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, there have been 23 confirmed weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each to affect United States in 2023.
Community planners are well-versed in the tenets of smart growth and other similar concepts that advance compact development forms, mixed uses, diverse housing, walkable communities, and environmental protection. But what about jobs?
In 2021, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation—initially responsible for financial accounting standards—established the International Sustainability Standards Board, with the goal of developing universal, global sustainability disclosure rules. These new rules were finally published in June 2023, and go into effect in January 2024.
If every existing building were to run just 5 percent more efficiently, there would be a massive reduction in energy usage versus the savings created if every new building was constructed to run 30 percent more efficiently. Not to mention the fact that even a brand-new green building typically emits as much carbon during construction…
This Urban Land series introduces real estate and built environment professionals to Indigenous-led organizations working on issues of environmental and climate justice in the built environment as they pertain to Indigenous communities. In addition to profiling the work of these organizations, the series covers why these intersections are critical to understand within the wider conversation…
Indigenous Climate Action is an Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors, and land defenders from communities and regions across the country. We believe that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and knowledge systems are critical to developing solutions to the climate crisis and achieving climate justice.
MASS Design Group is a mission-driven organization founded to support partners in delivering innovative capital projects that fundamentally improve lives and act as enablers of shared prosperity. The mission of the Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab is to close the wealth gap in Indian Country through culturally responsive housing development and Native home ownership.
As global momentum builds for climate action, federal, state, and local governments have increasingly introduced building-sector requirements covering everything from energy and water use to green building certifications to climate resilience. What’s more—these regulations are constantly evolving, and new ones are passed each year, which makes it difficult to plan for and track compliance for…
ULI Greenprint partnered with ARUP to develop a Global Green Building Policy Dashboard that allows real estate practitioners to filter by location and see a summary of key requirements related to building certifications, greenhouse gas emissions, embodied carbon, energy, electric vehicles, renewable energy, and resilience.
The Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, a new program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has made $2 billion in funds available from the Inflation Reduction Act to support private owners of HUD-assisted multifamily buildings to make decarbonization and resilience upgrades.
