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No more huffing puffing for #strawbuildings: "It’s been a long, hard slog. But a California startup is on the cusp of manufacturing a product that could begin a reversal in the role buildings play in climate change." ow.ly/CsB530rsuoD @EndeavourCentre

In Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, @PCC Community Market becomes first grocer to achieve @livingbuilding Petal certification for Materials, Place and Beauty. Two other PCC stores are on a similar path, with another three to follow ow.ly/bzt230ro1yq

It shouldn’t be a surprise that the @EpstenGroup now occupies the first #Petal-certified @livingbuilding Challenge office in metro Atlanta. Check out these photos and details on the project. ow.ly/cVkk30rb2Ur

Article on Living Future 2020: Progress reported on zero-carbon buildings. Plus a brief take on @JasonFMcLennan keynote. Looking forward to @DrKWilkinson keynote today. #LF20 ow.ly/YTPv30qEkJb

This epidemic could change the way we heat, cool and ventilate buildings. An @ashrae task force takes on short-term and long-term threats of #covid19 in buildings in general & HVAC systems in particular. ow.ly/takA30qv1Dw

High-powered task force created by @WELLcertified will consider how healthy buildings can better meet #covid19 -style threats. Among the chairs: a former US #surgeongeneral & @j_g_allen at @HarvardChanSPH ow.ly/hRgJ30qtcUW

Tomorrow's #KendedaBuilding open house includes free tours with project team leaders one of the world's most sustainable buildings ow.ly/EPyT30pLEpi

Beltline visionary @ryangravel asks how green building can capture our hearts as @AtlantaBeltLine has. "We need a catalyst – something that compels us to action and illuminates a way forward." - Living Building Chronicle ow.ly/JGpJ30pL8jB #KendedaBuilding

Great column from @kendedafund donor Diana Blank on the motive behind the #KendedaBuilding: We all know we must find a way to be "more in balance with the natural world." ow.ly/sVax30pKO7y

A tantalizing challenge from an electrical engineer on #netpositive project: "It helped me realize the bigger potential of campuses to holistically adopt innovative and sustainable designs." ow.ly/VmhU30pIMBq #kendedabuilding @livingbuilding @PAE_Engineers

In Vancouver, a 5,000-square-foot single-family @livingbuildingproject is underway ow.ly/i9dz30oYaKX

Contractors should be open to new ways of doing things. This means cultural change, more education and training, [and a] more engaged workforce.” ow.ly/KwMW30oVELE

@JohnRSeydel BTW: Not at all trying to pick a fight on this. May have been good reason to back away from 2025 goal. Just trying to be fair and clear about the facts. Appreciate all the good work your office is doing! 4of4

@RenewATL This is very misleading news as well as a very misleading tweet. Council member Westmoreland testified on behalf of the City of Atlanta’s Clean Energy Goals and Chief Resilience Officer, Amol Naik authored a public letter testimony to the PSC commissioners during the IRP...

Is Atlanta backing away from its #cleanenergy commitment? "At the hearings on Georgia Power's long-range energy plan, another obstacle to Atlanta's climate goals seemed to be the city itself. No one showed up, even though City Hall is across the street." ow.ly/4cHy30oS5Is

@JohnRSeydel … the city has backed away from its #cleanenergy goals in specific way, hasn’t it? Original goal was that all city operations to be clean by 2025, entire city by 2035; now they’re both 2035. Is that not correct? bit.ly/2QHaMuW /3

@JohnRSeydel … misled, it’s good to have Twitter to contest facts allegedly taken out of context by NPR. Public stand at PSC=1 thing; private meetings, letters another. @WestmorelandATL is great advocate but does he speak for Resilience Office? Finally … /2

@JohnRSeydel Thanks for responding, @JohnRSeydel. Tweet is a question prompted by passage directly pulled from NPR article. Article also quoted your former colleague, @Jairohgarcia saying, "They should be there," referring to nobody one from the city at PSC hearing. If article ... /1

U.N. biodiversity report says 1 million species face extinction: "The report’s authors declared that the world’s governments should address the global decline of biodiversity together with human-caused climate change." ow.ly/NVTs30oEoCY

Congrats to @GeorgiaTech for being ranked among the "Top 50 Green Colleges." ow.ly/T2Vc30mMWot

This week's "report on climate change from the UN ... is truly sobering. But it also lays out ... roadmaps to avoid catastrophe, and it makes clear that the building sector would have to play a role in any route out of this mess. @KendedaLBC ow.ly/CCrW30maeBT