🌱 At NYC Climate Week I joined Healthy Materials Lab’s “Biobased Futures” event where #biobased materials, policy, and climate-positive construction were front and center. Check out their coverage of this great event!
🔗 healthymaterialslab.org/blog/biobase...

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A lot of interesting building decarbonization state policy updates in this edition of the @buildingdecarb.org newsletter! #Greensky #ClimateSmartDesign

Momentum Q2 | 2025 BDC's quarterly update on the building decarbonization movement

📣 BDC’s Q2 Momentum Report is out, with insights on #HeatPump sales, #ThermalEnergyNetwork & other additions to BDC’s map of #NeighborhoodScale decarb projects, and other data that shows #BuildingDecarb continuing to gain ground in the US. 🔌💡 #ClimateSky #ClimateSmartDesign zpr.io/V3gEjZ8rRjHL

❗Reminder! Thermal Energy Networks: A Legislative Guidebook—our joint webinar with the Vermont Law & Graduate School—is tomorrow, Thursday, June 26th, at 1 pm ET. Register for it now at zpr.io/QuF4PhUtawUL #ThermalEnergyNetwork #ClimateSky #ClimateSmartDesign #HeatPump 🔌💡

A Moratorium on New Construction? Beyond the Provocation: A Call for Systemic Change from Access to Housing to Construction Protocols “Yet what we need is a voluntary cessation, a conscious and fully consensual interruption. Without which there will be no tomorrow.”1 The concept of

Critical Read: 𝐀 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — a provocation from Charlotte Malterre-Barthes calling for systemic change. A timely and challenging look at what it means to pause building and rethink systems.

📖 tinyurl.com/37n2we6u
🛒 tinyurl.com/ypwtzrz3

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Just Places Lab | Just Places Lab | AAP Labs Research and creative action focused on how communities care for, preserve, adapt, repair, reuse, remember, and reimagine places.

Do you feel like we're missing the 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 part of design?

🌱 Highlighting the 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐛 @cornellaap.bsky.social — researching the intertwined nature of materiality and society in the just care of cities and places.
🔗 labs.aap.cornell.edu/just-places-...

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Carbon Conscience by SASAKI Design with a Carbon Conscience. Assessing Carbon Impact Early and at Multiple Scales.

🛠️ Tool Highlight: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐢
The Carbon Conscience App informs preliminary planning decisions at an urban design scale by giving designers an early-stage understanding of carbon impacts from day one.

🔗 www.carbonconscience.sasaki.com

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How can cultural heritage drive climate action? Learn more below!
1️⃣ Built Buildings Lab: Decarbonizing the Built Environment Through Heritage (DBTH)
2️⃣ Climate Heritage Network's Resource Library
🔗 www.builtbuildings.org/dbth
🔗 www.climateheritage.org/documents
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2.1 Embodied versus Operational Carbon Emissions in Buildings

🌿 Resource highlight: Dive into chapter 2 of 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡.

from @unep.org @join-globalabc.bsky.social and friends at Yale CEA 👏

🔗 www.buildingmaterialsandclimate.com/chapte-2-lif...

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🥵 It's heating up! Time to revisit: 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬
Exploring shifts towards building methods and
technologies that minimize the carbon footprint of
cooling. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social

🔗 kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/wp-content/u...

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🌍 New resource alert: A great WEF guide, 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, outlines actionable steps for applying digital tools in climate-smart design, circularity, and policy.
🔗 reports.weforum.org/docs/From_Pr...

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Are Countries’ New Climate Plans Ambitious Enough? What We Know So Far Countries are submitting new national climate commitments ("NDCs") in 2025 that will shape global climate action and our shared trajectory in the decade ahead.

Hot off the press from WRI @worldresources.bsky.social, an update on NDCs: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬’ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐫

www.wri.org/insights/ass...

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🗓️ Heads up on this FREE event in NYC for building owners and property management professionals! The 𝐋𝐋𝟗𝟕 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨 is on Tuesday, June 17 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

www.eventbrite.com/e/ll97-compl...

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😬 critical data from WRI! Learn more here: gfr.wri.org/latest-analy...

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

Happening shortly - join the live report launch to learn more!

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

🚨 Hiring alert! 🚨 Check out this posting from SBTi!

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Love to see it -- great energy tips and tricks to be shared in Brooklyn next week!

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

Great work in Massachusetts!

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

Passivhaus is hiring! 📝

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

👀 GBU's Sustainability Symposium in Philly!

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

heat pumps + policy!

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

For builders!

(reposting to the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 feed :) tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!)

The #ClimateSmartDesign feed is growing, spotlighting regenerative design ideas. While it's still early days, the vision is to build a community sharing action and insights! ⚒️💡

If you're sharing this type of content, tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign or #RegenerativeDesign to be featured.

🚨 If you’re not following the Climate Smart Design feed yet, what are you waiting for? This feed is all about the best practices and solutions for low-carbon and regenerative design.

👇 Tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign and let’s make this space a hub for actionable climate solutions.

Got a post about sustainable, circular, or regenerative design?

Tag it with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign — I'd love to feature it in the feed!

This feed is a space for sharing, learning, and action. Excited to learn and build together. 💬

🌿 Excited to share: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞!

A curated space for decarbonization, circularity, and regenerative design in action.

Tag your posts with #ClimateSmartDesign + #RegenerativeDesign to be included!

Let’s build (𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥) better. 🌎
🔗 bsky.app/profile/did:...

It includes:​
- Sample Specifications for ethical design requirements
- Material Tracking Schedules to monitor supply chains
- Supplier Outreach Letters and Questionnaires

By integrating these tools, professionals can move beyond their net-zero goals.

#regenerativedesign #climatesmartdesign

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲.
That’s embodied carbon—and it’s where design can make an outsized impact early. Choosing low-carbon materials and optimizing design can cut emissions fast.

Want a thread on tools and strategies?
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👋 Hello! I'm Jess, and I help teams turn climate goals into actionable design strategies.

Here, I’ll be sharing:
✨ Best-in-class tools + frameworks
📚 Resources for climate-smart design
🌍 Thoughts on policy, systems, and future-proofing the built environment

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