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Do double glazed windows reduce a buildings carbon footprint?
The common assumption is that double glazed windows will insulate better from the elements, either keeping the heat outside in summer or inside in winter, therefore reducing the need to cool or heat the building in either season. In this example, LCA measures the trade-off between the building’s energy use (for heating and cooling) vs [...]
Edge Environment at the [avniR] 2012 LCA Conference in France
The [avniR] 2012 LCA Conference held in Lille, France from 6 to 7 of November, comprised two days of co-learning between business, local authorities, researchers and experts around life cycle assessment in order to learn about how life cycle approaches can help address today’s challenges and create business value. Over the 2 day conference, the participants attended 6 workshop [...]
Case Study: The Bottom Line Business Case for Sustainability
Creating a clear link between financial benefits and the reduction of environmental impacts, i.e. the business case for sustainability is key to driving investment in environmentally focused projects. Edge had the opportunity to work on a project that allowed drawing a clear link between bottom line and environmental impact reduction for the development of infrastructure [...]
Edge voted Top 50 Sustainable Building Leaders 2012
Thank you to all those who nominated and voted for Edge Environment in Your Future Home Top 50 Sustainable Building Leaders 2012 competition.
Edge Environment Industrial Ecology Conference Presentation: C&D Waste Reuse and Recycling Brochure
Edge Environment delivered a presentation at the Australasian Industrial Ecology Conference on Thursday 28th July 2011. The presentation reported on a piece of work that we completed for the Department of Sustainability Environment Water Population and Communities to research and report on leading Construction and Demolition waste and Recycling and Reuse Projects in Australia. The [...]
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