Synapse: This Week's News for LA’s Best Buildings
7th Annual Innovation Awards
Last Wednesday afternoon, LABBC celebrated its 7th Annual Innovation Awards to a virtual audience of nearly 200, presenting the city’s most prestigious sustainability prizes to Los Angeles’ “Best Buildings” of 2020.
Achieving Carbon Neutrality in the Built Environment: Context, Commitment and the Path Forward
Leading companies that are seizing opportunities offered by zero-emissions mandates to generate business opportunities and value for their stakeholders was the focus of the most recent Realcomm webinar highlighting pathways to improving environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. In Improving ESG Performance and Part II: Achieving Carbon Neutrality in the Built Environment, industry leaders illustrated examples of how to use a planning process and smart building technologies to achieve energy savings and realize the value creation potential of ESG.
Bloomberg: The Road to Financing the Net Zero Energy Transition
Bloomberg’s recent The Road to Net Zero webinar gathered top financial experts to discuss both the key strategies and barriers to financing the transition to a low carbon economy. The program was moderated by Bloomberg’s Sonali Basak, panelists Sean Kidney of Climate Bonds Initiative, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan’s Deborah Ng, and TD Securities’ Amy West address ESG strategy in light of COVID’s impact on green investments globally. The Planning Report interviews Sonali Basak on the topic.
DOE Proposes to Undo Trump-Era Roadblocks for Updating Appliance Standards
The Biden administration announced a proposed rule that, if finalized, could help update energy-saving standards for dozens of types of appliances and equipment, such as refrigerators and furnaces. The proposal from the Department of Energy (DOE) this week would undo key provisions of a Trump administration rule that had set roadblocks for updating these popular standards, which are mandated by Congress.
The Time for a Net Zero Building Boom Is Now
The cascading effects of climate change demand a new approach to how buildings are developed and managed.
