JLC Builder Guide
Reducing Carbon in Buildings
A builder’s guide to carbon-neutral building practices
14 MIN READ
Climate Change
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Projects
Carbon and the Carbon Cycle
3 MIN READ
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Climate Change
Designing an Air Conditioner That Doesn’t Heat the Earth
3 MIN READ
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Builder
One Tree Pledge Offers Builders a Path to Reducing Carbon Emissions
2 MIN READ
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Low-Carbon Building
Reducing Carbon With Straw Panels
7 MIN READ
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Coastal Contractor News
Building Tough – The Next Chapter
1 MIN READ
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Tools
47,000-Year-Old Tree Discovered In New Zealand
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Projects
Addressing Embodied Carbon
6 MIN READ
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Projects
Tornadoes on Cape Cod: Nature Abhors Art
9 MIN READ
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Projects
Rebuilding a Flooded House
9 MIN READ
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How To
Lifting Slab-On-Grade Homes
9 MIN READ
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Coastal Contractor News
Climate Change Is Making Flash Floods Worse. Much Worse.
1 MIN READ
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Business
California Burning
3 MIN READ
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Coastal Contractor News
California’s Deadly Wildfires
3 MIN READ
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Coastal Contractor News
Storm Season 2017: It’s Not Over Yet
3 MIN READ
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BUILDER
Landscaping That Can Take the Heat
1 MIN READ
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Coastal Contractor News
Can Boston Adapt to Rising Seas?
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Coastal Contractor News
Envisioning a Watery Future for Miami
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Big50 Bites
Anne Higuera on an Emerging Trend in the Pacific Northwest
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Coastal Contractor News
In Switch, Miami Budget Adds Money for Sea-Level Rise Strategy
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Coastal Contractor News
Could New Orleans Handle Another Katrina?
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latimes.com
Drought Forces Change in California
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LA Times
California Drought Alters Landscapes
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How To
California Drought: What Does It Mean for Builders?
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Coastal Contractor News
Fighting the Encroaching Sea on the South Carolina Shore
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Projects
A Rhode Island Coastal Town Makes Ready for High Water
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Projects
South Carolina Reduces Fine in Illegal Seawall Case
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Projects
Soggy Lawns Signal Virginia’s Sea Level Woes
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Projects
New Online “Slosh” Maps Show Worst-Case Hurricane Surge Risk
5 MIN READ
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Coastal Contractor News
Possible Compromise Seen in Outer Banks Bridge Replacement
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Projects
Miami Beach Fights High Tide with New Pumps
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Coastal Contractor News
Cape Cod Homebuyers Weigh Erosion and Climate Concerns
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Projects
Despite Risks, Americans Continue to Crowd the Shoreline
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Coastal Contractor News
Court Rules BP Grossly Negligent in Gulf Oil Spill Trial
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Projects
Two Great Cities, Two Sea-Level Rise Problems
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Coastal Contractor News
Outer Banks Beach Repair Continues Amid Bridge Controversy
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Projects
Millions of Homes at Risk from Storm Surge
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Projects
Sea Level Rise Challenges Norfolk, Virginia
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Projects
Miami At Risk for Sea Level Rise
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Projects
Miami Ponders its Future on the Edge of a Higher Sea
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Projects
Risks of Rising Seas Pondered in Portland, Maine
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Projects
Rising Seas Pose Risk to South Florida
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Projects
Florida Gears Up for Wildfire Season
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Projects
Are Stormwater Rules Destroying Trees?
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Projects
Boston Plans for Rising Seas
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Projects
Louisiana Cemeteries Sliding Into the Sea
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Projects
Sea Level Rise Report has Delaware Pondering the Future
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Source: NPR
Global Warming: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Source: The Daily Green
Study: You Are Already Paying $9 Per Gallon for Gas
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Source: Green Building Advisor
Carl Seville: Is it Time to Stop Insulating?
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Remodeling
The Folly of Deep Energy Retrofits
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Source: Environmental Leader
Environmental Leader: Why Americans Donít Buy Global Warming
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Source: Green Building Advisor
Calculating the Global Warming Impact of Insulation
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Remodeling
Water: A Resource at Risk
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Products/Tools
Smaller Footprint, Greener Future: The 2030 Challenge for Products
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Remodeling
Architecture 2030 Launches Building Product Carbon-Reduction Initiative
2 MIN READ -
Remodeling
Why Building Performance Matters
2 MIN READ -
Remodeling
UCLA’s Free Home Energy-Efficiency Design Tool
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Projects
Scientists Predict Fewer, But Stronger, Hurricanes
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Projects
2009 Hurricane Season Fizzles Out
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Projects
Planning for Rising Seas: Can Wetlands Retreat
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2009 Recovery Act
Read It and REEP
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Projects
Is Global Warming Making Hurricanes Worse?
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Coastal Contractor News
Breakline: Foreclosed Homes Raise Neighborhood Storm Risks ~ Rhode Island Proposes Global Warming Building Regs
8 MIN READ
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Remodeling
GOP Senators Block Climate Change Bill
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Projects
Breakline: Required Roof Retrofits
8 MIN READ
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Remodeling
Say the Right Thing
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How To
Q&A: Health Effects of Foam
1 MIN READ