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UNITAR-Yale White Paper Links Human Rights and Green Buildings

By Josh Gellers, PhD on 25 Sep 2014 • 2 minute read

In January 2013, the USGBC published a report from the Summit on Green Building and Human Health which began to identify the links between green buildings, health, and human rights and urged further research in this emerging area. Less than two years later, the first ma …

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CCAP’s Adaptation + Mitigation Formula for Green Building

By JP Jaudel on 07 May 2014 • 1 minute read

How can our buildings be designed to limit energy, water, and land use but also be built to withstand our growing extreme climates? Last month, The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) held a Green Resilience: Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies Meeting to discuss t …