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- Beyond the Building
This is the fourth and final post in the “What Our 2025 Projects Are Teaching Us About Net Zero” series, sharing what EHDD has learned from our 2030 Commitment reporting this year. The future of Net Zero extends beyond the building itself. As campuses, utilities, and regulations evolve, building performance is increasingly being shaped by the broader grid they’re connected to. … Read more: Beyond the Building - Not All Solar Arrays Are Created Equal
This is the third post in the “What Our 2025 Projects Are Teaching Us About Net Zero” series, sharing what EHDD has learned from our 2030 Commitment reporting this year. One surprising finding from a recent EHDD study: bigger solar arrays don’t always produce bigger carbon savings. We evaluated three alternative rooftop solar configurations for… Read more: Not All Solar Arrays Are Created Equal - Carbon is the new currency
This is the second post in the “What Our 2025 Projects Are Teaching Us About Net Zero” series, sharing what EHDD has learned from our 2030 Commitment reporting this year. As electricity gets cleaner, embodied carbon is becoming an increasingly important part of the Net Zero conversation. For decades, the building industry has focused on reducing operational… Read more: Carbon is the new currency - What our 2025 Projects Are Teaching Us About Net Zero
As grids decarbonize, renewable energy strategies evolve, and carbon accounting becomes more sophisticated, long-held assumptions about Net Zero are shifting. In this four-part series, EHDD Sustainable Design Strategist Alex Ianchenko explores lessons emerging from EHDD’s recent project work — from carbon tradeoffs and renewable energy procurement to grid dynamics and the future of high-performance design. In 2026, the question is… Read more: What our 2025 Projects Are Teaching Us About Net Zero - Educator Workforce Housing: A Blueprint for What’s Next
In California, teachers earn only 76 cents for every dollar earned by similar non-teaching professionals*—an enduring 24% pay gap—even as they try to secure housing in the nation’s most expensive markets. The result is sobering: many individuals live with roommates well into midlife, commute for hours each day, or relocate far from the communities they… Read more: Educator Workforce Housing: A Blueprint for What’s Next