IMAGINE TODAS AS PESSOAS!!!! Gente, que experiência MARAVILHOSA! Encontrar...

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IMAGINE TODAS AS PESSOAS!!!! Gente, que experiência MARAVILHOSA! Encontrar pessoas que compartilham nossos valores, crenças e ambições por um futuro melhor para o planeta 🌎 é revigorante. Dá uma nova força para seguir lutando, mesmo quando o mundo tenta nos atropelar e silenciar nossas vozes. Foram três dias de IMERSÃO em conteúdos de ponta, com palestrantes inspiradores e colegas altamente motivados. Uma honra para a Clara de 14 anos que assistiu Uma Verdade Inconveniente do Mr. Gore pela primeira vez. Para a Clara de 25, que parou de comer carne por amor aos animais e se inspirou em Sir Paul McCartney. E também para a Clara de quase 34, que muitas vezes se sente impotente diante da imensidão do desafio. Mas acreditar que é possível mudar o futuro já é o início da solução. Inspirar quem está ao nosso lado multiplica os resultados. Agir localmente gera impacto global. 🌍 Obrigada, @theclimatereality e @algore, pela oportunidade que quero honrar com todo afinco. Agora sou uma Liderança Climática — e ninguém vai me segurar! 💚 Bora lá @climaterealitybrasil ⸻ 🌱 English Version IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE! What an INCREDIBLE experience! Meeting people who share the same values, beliefs, and ambitions for a better future for our planet 🌎 is truly energizing. It reignites our strength to keep fighting, even when the world tries to overwhelm us and silence our voices. I spent three full days IMMERSED in cutting-edge content, with inspiring speakers and highly motivated colleagues. It was an honor for 14-year-old Clara, who watched An Inconvenient Truth by Mr. Gore for the first time. For 25-year-old Clara, who stopped eating meat out of love for animals and was inspired by Sir Paul McCartney. And for almost-34 Clara, who often feels powerless in the face of such a massive challenge. But believing that change is possible is already the beginning of the solution. Motivating those around us amplifies the results. Acting locally has a global impact. 🌍 Thank you, @theclimatereality and @algore, for this opportunity that I intend to embrace fully. From now on, I am a Climate Leader — and nothing will hold me back! 💚 Let’s go @climaterealitybrasil

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Progress towards sustainable construction is uneven yet gathering momentum. The UK government has launched Great British Energy, aimed at publicly owned clean energy generation. While not construction-specific, its success by 2030 could transform the carbon footprint of construction by providing a cleaner grid. A stable low-carbon energy supply underpins sustainable building design and supports net zero whole life carbon ambitions across the built environment.

In the United States, financial close on Massachusetts’ largest battery energy storage project promises better grid stability for low carbon design. Enhanced storage capacity creates more reliable access to renewable electricity, improving whole life carbon assessment outcomes for housing and commercial development. This shift towards energy-efficient buildings demonstrates how infrastructure investment feeds directly into sustainable architecture and sustainable building practices worldwide.

Macquarie’s US$350 million investment in solar and storage via Nexamp reinforces the integration of renewable building materials and decentralised clean energy into urban development. Sourcing electricity from localised systems allows eco-design for buildings to achieve measurable carbon footprint reduction. For large-scale projects, life cycle cost thinking in construction is increasingly impossible without accounting for such infrastructure, linked directly to lifecycle assessment and future BREEAM v7 updates.

Hydrostor has attracted major funding for compressed air energy storage, providing long-duration capacity essential for decarbonising the built environment. This kind of resilience directly supports sustainable construction by ensuring clean energy availability through both build and operational phases. It also complements whole life carbon strategies, reducing reliance on fossil fuels while supporting environmental sustainability in construction and measurable building lifecycle performance.

On resilience, Flood Risk America has developed an automatic flood gate that eliminates the need for manual intervention. This technology represents circular construction strategies in disaster adaptation, ensuring eco-friendly construction can withstand climate extremes. As urban areas pursue sustainable urban development, such measures demonstrate how resource efficiency in construction can align with climate resilience.

Warnings from the Environmental Services Association highlight the hidden risks in electrification. Battery disposal fires, costing billions annually, underline the environmental impact of construction supply chains beyond embodied carbon in materials and end-of-life reuse in construction. Safe disposal and sustainable material specification are critical to maintaining environmental product declarations (EPDs) credibility, reinforcing the broader shift toward circular economy in construction.

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