Allwork

DECEMBER 31, 2023

View of proposed Northwestern Mutual North Office Building. The reuse of the building’s structure greatly minimizes the project’s overall carbon footprint and reduces construction time which in turn minimizes employee displacement. Image courtesy of Lifang. 600 Fifth holistically reimagines the entire city block.

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Allwork

MARCH 27, 2023

They proposed that the structure of the living building be formed by enabling native trees to grow over a CNC (computer designed) plywood scaffold. Mycelium is low-cost, low-density and has a low carbon footprint. Technology can act as a springboard for transforming living building ideas into lived realities.

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Success

DECEMBER 13, 2024

It would take many more proposals and the Great Depression before Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, which officially restricted the workweek to 44 hours in 1938, amended two years later to 40. This prompted the creation of labor unions in the late 1800s that called for more reasonable workdays. That model is still the norm.

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On The Job

JUNE 26, 2008

You are asked to re-use ovenight envelopes -- and not because the boss cares about the company's carbon footprint. The woman told me that the organization became much more open to new ideas, including ones she proposed. Unknown people are seen going into top brass offices and holding closed-door meetings for hours.

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Workplace Insight

JUNE 22, 2023

The announcement last month that the European Commission has proposed new rules to tackle greenwashing suggests that we’re all tired of empty promises and want to see real action taken in the business community. Changes don’t have to be massive to have an impact.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 2, 2023

Currently, almost all building regulations in Europe only address carbon emissions from the building operation, ignoring the emissions that are generated before a building comes into use and at the end of its life. Certain leading markets like Denmark, Finland, France and the Netherlands have already enacted whole life carbon policies.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 5, 2024

The GHG Protocol sets out a standard framework and tools for measuring emissions and is the most common way for organisations to fully assess the overall carbon footprint of activity.

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