Stephanie Ossenbach
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Categories: Society
Remote Work is on the Rise. Will Offices Become Obsolete?
With internet access reaching the farthest corners of the world, a new kind of industrial revolution is reforming the work as we know it. As of 2019, more than 26 million workers in the United States alone - comprising 16 percent of the overall workforce - telecommuted to their jobs.
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Categories: Technology
How Businesses Can Help to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals
For businesses to truly succeed, they must invest in sustainable development and for the Sustainable Development Goals to succeed, business will be the lynchpin of success
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Categories: Society
#AccessForTheFuture: Why We Are Joining the UN’s Decade of Action in 2020
Humanity is facing a myriad of exceptional problems. Climate scientists, demographers, and development economists have long alerted the world about them: With the rising temperatures already affecting vulnerable communities, climate change is the single biggest challenge threat to sustainable development.
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Categories: Architecture
Why Your Building’s Life Cycle Assessment Matters
Dubbed as a “cradle-to-grave" or "cradle-to-gate" approach, a life cycle assessment (LCA) first came into fruition in the United States in the late 1960s as a part of the National Environmental Policy Act.
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Categories: Architecture
Gaining Green Stars: Benefits of Green Building Certifications
The world has just over a decade to prevent climate change from escalating beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius. If not, any further rise in temperatures might have catastrophic effects on droughts, floods, and famine for millions of people.
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Categories: Architecture
4 Ways Property Managers Can Save Energy
Four tips to help to guide the property managers and construction executives through some fundamental decisions. Incorporating these into constructing or upgrading a structure would have an impact on not just their buildings, but also on the future of our planet.
