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6.4 Materials: Glass
Author: Amy Nguyen ABSTRACT: Glass is a material that impacts our everyday routines. From consumer products and packaging to entire city blocks flanked with glistening skyscrapers, glass has become an increasingly popular material of choice. How is this growing use of glass sustainable, and what role does this material play in our carbon emissions? MAIN:…
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6.1 Materials: Cement and Concrete
Author: Sydney Smeets ABSTRACT: Concrete is the most universally used building material that defines urban infrastructure. The chemical process to create cement and other ingredients that form this artificial rock are highly carbon intensive. It is only through rethinking this material, its chemical properties, and our reliance on it that the building industry can lower…
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7.3 Building Design: Effects of COVID-19 on Design
Author: Diane Rodrigues ABSTRACT: A high percentage of the world’s population has spent most of 2020, and now 2021, confined to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. With our living spaces now becoming hubs for work, exercise, education, and leisure, it is important to support the evolution of clean, safe, and sustainable design. MAIN What…
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7.5 Building Design: Passive House
Author: Johanna Weber ABSTRACT: Passive House is the world leading building standard in energy-efficient construction and is one of the pioneering concepts for building low-energy houses. MAIN Established by the Passivhaus Institute in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996, “Passive House” is a building standard that is truly energy efficient, comfortable and affordable all at the same…
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7.2 Building Design: Design for Deconstruction
Author: Sophie Charron ABSTRACT: Design for deconstruction aims to responsibly manage materials used in construction to be reused and in turn reduce the need for new raw materials. MAIN Design for deconstruction, otherwise known as design for disassembly, is building with a consideration for the complete life cycle of a structure. When this design is…
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8.4 Petrochemicals: Manufacture of Plastics
Author: Victoria Lindo ABSTRACT: Plastic is one material that has a very high demand all over the world. The process of manufacturing plastics is important to understand before knowing why plastics are harmful to our environment, from manufacturing to the point of disposal. MAIN: There are two main types of plastics: Synthetic plastics are the…
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7.5 Building Design: Passive House
Author: Johanna Weber ABSTRACT: Passive House is the world leading building standard in energy-efficient construction and is one of the pioneering concepts for building low-energy houses. MAIN Established by the Passivhaus Institute in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996, “Passive House” is a building standard that is truly energy efficient, comfortable and affordable all at the same…
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8.3 Petrochemicals: Recycling Plastics
Author: Payton Archer ABSTRACT: Petrochemicals are in everything; from the dyes in our clothes, to the electronics we use, and the furniture we sit on. So, what exactly are they and how do they impact our recycling plastics? MAIN: The process to make petrochemicals, requires energy in huge amounts and involves a distillation phase, in…
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8.5 Petrochemicals: Toxicity of Plastics
Author: Alecia Bruce MAIN: Plastics have pervaded our Earth and lives so effortlessly that many do not realize how often they use plastics throughout their days. Plastics are categorized under seven different codes but there are tens of thousands of different plastics. Some refer to plastic as a “cocktail of chemicals” (Blastic, 2021) due to…
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3.17 Carbon: Decoupling-the relationship between economic development and CO2 emissions
To achieve carbon dioxide emission reduction we need to analyze the relationship between economic development and CO2 emissions. Generally, the goal for both developed and developing countries is to maintain their economic growth at sustainable rates. However, economic growth can appear to conflict with emission reductions when CO2 emissions are intricately linked with the country’s…
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