p70 Respect our local and global environment

p70  Respect our local and global environment – including clean streams and oceans, and vibrant green space. All development must be environmentally sustainable, counting not just its future operational efficiency, but also the immediate effect of embodied carbon (the 40+% carbon load committed during construction), as well as the development-driven burden on transportation and service infrastructure.

Short BBC video about the carbon impact of demolition of buildings and constructing new buildings … especially high rise steel and concrete and the embodied carbon

Brief description of embodied carbon

Short video explaining embodied carbon … what are emissions associated with creating material in first place?

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