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Northeastern University’s Roux Institute Tops OutJanuary 14, 2026
Roux Institute celebrated the topping off of the Alfond Center, advancing a low-carbon, mass-timber academic hub in Portland, Maine.
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How Decarbonization Is Redefining the Art IndustryJanuary 13, 2026
At Crozier Fine Arts’ sustainability panel, Thornton Tomasetti’s Pawel Woelke shared data-driven insights on how decarbonization, sustainable art logistics and climate control innovation can shape a lower-carbon art world.
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EVs and Parking Design in the Latest Issue of Parking TodayJuly 11, 2025
As more electric vehicles take to the road, parking structures must evolve to accommodate them. Thornton Tomasetti Principal Todd Neal writes about safety, accessibility, increased vehicle weight and other challenges impacting facility design in the latest issue of Parking Today.
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Factory of the Future Tops Out in MaineJuly 01, 2025
Dubbed the Factory of the Future, The University of Maine Green Energy & Materials (GEM) building recently topped out in Orono, Maine.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on Climate Action in EngineeringNovember 12, 2024
With the building sector contributing up to 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, designers have a responsibility to act to combat the negative impacts of climate change.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 13 Minutes on Ethical DecarbonizationNovember 07, 2024
The decisions designers make have a wide-reaching impact, including across supply chains, on the project's construction team and its end users.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on Extreme Carbon Reduction: A Case StudyOctober 08, 2024
When it comes to sustainability in building design, some projects go above and beyond. Our latest podcast looks at what it takes to achieve ambitious goals for embodied carbon reduction.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 9 Minutes on Higher Degrees of Sustainability on CampusesSeptember 25, 2024
Colleges and universities are often ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainability, as a growing number of institutions put greater emphasis on reducing embodied carbon, achieving net zero and decarbonizing the supply chain.
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The Roux Institute at Northeastern University Breaks GroundSeptember 20, 2024
The waterfront development will transform the former B&M Baked Beans industrial site into a state-of-the-art, multi-building complex that will serve as a hub for research and education in artificial intelligence (AI), computer and data sciences, life sciences and other high-tech fields.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 11 Minutes on Embodied Carbon Reduction for BridgesSeptember 13, 2024
Infrastructure growth is a significant contributor to carbon emissions, but new policies and engineering innovation are leading to notable reductions.
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Our Latest Corporate Responsibility ReportSeptember 12, 2024
Our corporate responsibility report is our annual communication of the firm's corporate responsibility targets and of progress towards our ESG (environmental, social and governance) goals.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 9 Minutes on Timber, Nature's Low Carbon MaterialJuly 23, 2024
Highly sustainable and visually appealing, mass timber continues to grow in popularity as the go-to building material, but not all timber is the same.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on Technologies for Efficient Steel ProductionJuly 09, 2024
When it comes to producing more sustainable steel, it’s not just about recycling and efficient manufacturing processes. Alternative technologies can also help significantly lower its carbon footprint.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 6 Minutes on Portland-Limestone CementJune 25, 2024
Hear why many markets are switching to portland-limestone cement which, with performance as good or better than traditional portland cement, can offer a 5-10% reduction in embodied carbon.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 11 Minutes on the LCA Three WaysJune 04, 2024
While key to evaluating the environmental impact of buildings, life cycle assessments can differ in their approaches and results.
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Here's How, Embodied Carbon: 12 Minutes on the ABCs of EPDsMay 21, 2024
A life cycle assessment is key to evaluating the full environmental impact of a building or product, but what does it entail?
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New Embodied Carbon Podcast SeriesMarch 01, 2024
With the built environment responsible for more than 40% of global annual CO2 emissions through embodied carbon and operations, our Here’s How Embodied Carbon podcast series focuses on our progress, current challenges and the opportunities ahead.
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Lessons Learned from Maine's January FloodingFebruary 06, 2024
Extreme weather has long fostered self-reliance within Maine communities. January's storms highlighted this strength and provide an opportunity to rebuild even stronger and ensure Maine's coastline remains a beacon of resilience.
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Operational and Embodied CarbonOctober 17, 2023
Decarbonization of the built environment requires a whole-life carbon approach - the combination of operational and embodied carbon.
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Emergency PreparednessOctober 12, 2023
Emergency planning and preparedness may often come as an afterthought, but it is crucial to take a proactive approach that incorporates operations and maintenance considerations into early project stages.
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Corporate Climate ActionSeptember 26, 2023
We aspire to be one of the most sustainable firms, both in the way we design our projects and in how we operate as a responsible business.
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2020 Mass Timber Showcase: Going All-In on Mass TimberMay 09, 2021
Our engineers are getting creative with mass timber. We’re inventing new technology tools to rapidly evaluate timber framing systems for strength, serviceability and embodied carbon.
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2020 Sustainability Showcase: Triple-Net-Zero SchoolMay 09, 2021
What’s more impressive than getting to net-zero energy use? Going beyond that to achieve net-zero water and waste as well.
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Stepping Closer to our Carbon Reduction GoalsMay 05, 2021
Our offices saw a significant drop in greenhouse gas emissions, due in part to the global pandemic.