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Building Transparency and One Click LCA Partnership Improves Access to Carbon Accounting Data, Enables Decarbonization Across Building Sector

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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By partnering, Building Transparency and One Click LCA are able to improve the flow of environmental data and create a robust ecosystem of tools needed to drive carbon reductions.

Key Points: 
  • By partnering, Building Transparency and One Click LCA are able to improve the flow of environmental data and create a robust ecosystem of tools needed to drive carbon reductions.
  • All EPDs stored in EC3 will be automatically made available in One Click LCA, and all EPDs created and published with One Click LCA will be available for EC3.
  • In addition, this partnership will help drive adoption of openEPD, an open data format for creating and exchanging digital third-party verified EPDs from Building Transparency.
  • “We’re delighted to be accelerating widespread decarbonization with this partnership.”
    Building Transparency and One Click LCA aim to streamline the resources and tools needed to drive climate action across the building sector.

Sustainable Minds Publishes Six PCRs for Plumbing Products in Conformance to the ACLCA PCR Open Standard

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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BROOKLINE, Mass., March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sustainable Minds®, the only end-to-end product transparency solutions provider, has published product category rules (PCRs) for:

Key Points: 
  • Sustainable Minds' recently published Utility Poles PCR , along with these six, are among the first ACLCA PCR Open Standard conformant PCRs to be published.
  • Much of this document is based on and builds upon the ACLCA PCR Open Standard.
  • To further this goal, in 2021 Swack became the ACLCA PCR Guidance working group co-chair leading the creation of this work.
  • "Using the ACLCA PCR Open Standard to update our program was a rigorous task, but it has enabled us to create higher quality PCRs.

Building Transparency Announces Latest Partners in Tech, Construction and Manufacturing

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Together, they reflect the importance of building decarbonization to leaders in tech, commerce and the AEC industry,” shared Stacy Smedley, Executive Director of Building Transparency.

Key Points: 
  • Together, they reflect the importance of building decarbonization to leaders in tech, commerce and the AEC industry,” shared Stacy Smedley, Executive Director of Building Transparency.
  • “Each of our partners recognizes time is of the essence to reduce the 40% of carbon emissions created by the building industry.
  • Being a Building Transparency Pilot Partner enables companies to support material transparency while also improving carbon accounting efforts to make it easier to set and achieve emission reduction targets within built spaces.
  • To see the full list of Building Transparency partners, learn more about EC3 or express interest in becoming a partner, please visit: buildingtransparency.org .

Building Transparency Supports Recent Buy Clean Policy Progress and Launches Industry Resource for Embodied Carbon Action

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Building Transparency is also announcing the launch of its Manufacturer’s Guide to Embodied Carbon, a resource developed by the organization’s Materials Carbon Action Network (materialsCAN) – a program comprised of members of the global building industry ready to act on the smart prioritization of embodied carbon in building materials.

Key Points: 
  • Building Transparency is also announcing the launch of its Manufacturer’s Guide to Embodied Carbon, a resource developed by the organization’s Materials Carbon Action Network (materialsCAN) – a program comprised of members of the global building industry ready to act on the smart prioritization of embodied carbon in building materials.
  • “We also work ardently to educate manufacturers across the industry to understand embodied carbon and its impact on the environment.
  • Today, Building Transparency is helping implement various clean procurement investments outlined in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).
  • Building Transparency’s Manufacturer’s Guide to Embodied Carbon was created for manufacturers to learn how to get started and act on embodied carbon.

Recognized force for good: Group-IB nets prestigious Benelux OSPA award for outstanding law enforcement initiative

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Group-IB, a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, is proud to be announced the winner of the 2023 Benelux Outstanding Security Performance Award (OSPA) for Outstanding Police/Law Enforcement Initiative.

Key Points: 
  • AMSTERDAM, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Group-IB, a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, is proud to be announced the winner of the 2023 Benelux Outstanding Security Performance Award (OSPA) for Outstanding Police/Law Enforcement Initiative.
  • This milestone prize was awarded to Group-IB's Europe-based High-Tech Crime Investigations team for their continued efforts in cross-border operations alongside Europol and national law enforcement agencies to crack down on the dark web trade of compromised credit card data.
  • "Group-IB is proud to be recognized by the organization committee of the Benelux OSPAs for its key role in Europol-led efforts to clamp down on traders of stolen credit cards.
  • Group-IB intelligence was used to detain a suspect in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in the summer of 2023.

Sustainable Minds to Introduce New Solution to Operationalize Sourcing High-Performance Materials at 2023 Greenbuild Conference

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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Sustainable Minds will offer the product’s first public demos at the Expo in Booth #1641.

Key Points: 
  • Sustainable Minds will offer the product’s first public demos at the Expo in Booth #1641.
  • As part of this year’s event, Sustainable Minds is bringing together key partners to discuss the importance of collaboration across the industry.
  • Sustainable Minds Transparency Catalog is the most comprehensive, curated and continually updated source of building and construction products for high-performance, low-embodied carbon buildings.
  • Contact Sustainable Minds for information on how to activate and add products to take advantage of Project Builder & Library key benefits.

Jarek Jakubcek, Binance's Head of Law Enforcement Training Receives the Certificate of Appreciation from Korean National Police Agency

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Monday, September 25, 2023
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He received a certificate of appreciation during the International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR) 2023, which was awarded by the Commissioner of the Korean National Police.

Key Points: 
  • He received a certificate of appreciation during the International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR) 2023, which was awarded by the Commissioner of the Korean National Police.
  • Jarek Jakubcek is the Head of Law Enforcement Training at Binance, where he is responsible for Binance's engagements with and training of law enforcement agencies.
  • He and his team deliver practical cryptocurrency training and workshops to the international law enforcement community, police investigators, and prosecutors across the globe.
  • As a testament to that commitment, Binance launched the Global Law Enforcement Training Program , aimed at supporting law enforcement agencies in combating financial and cybercrimes related to virtual assets.

Jarek Jakubcek, Binance's Head of Law Enforcement Training Receives the Certificate of Appreciation from Korean National Police Agency

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Monday, September 25, 2023
Law enforcement, Commissioner, KNPA, Korean National Police University, European Cybercrime Centre, Private law, Multimedia, International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, EC3, ISCR, Cryptocurrency, Binance

He received a certificate of appreciation during the International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR) 2023, which was awarded by the Commissioner of the Korean National Police.

Key Points: 
  • He received a certificate of appreciation during the International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR) 2023, which was awarded by the Commissioner of the Korean National Police.
  • Jarek Jakubcek is the Head of Law Enforcement Training at Binance, where he is responsible for Binance's engagements with and training of law enforcement agencies.
  • He and his team deliver practical cryptocurrency training and workshops to the international law enforcement community, police investigators, and prosecutors across the globe.
  • As a testament to that commitment, Binance launched the Global Law Enforcement Training Program , aimed at supporting law enforcement agencies in combating financial and cybercrimes related to virtual assets.

Building Transparency to Exhibit and Present at 2023 Greenbuild Conference

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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Each year, the conference brings together global green building leaders to generate awareness surrounding sustainable building standards.

Key Points: 
  • Each year, the conference brings together global green building leaders to generate awareness surrounding sustainable building standards.
  • “As we look forward to this year’s Greenbuild conference, I am energized by the recent increase in embodied carbon education that is present across the AEC industry,” says Stacy Smedley, Executive Director at Building Transparency.
  • At the booth, each organization will host pop-up events throughout the conference alongside the Building Transparency team to showcase their tool’s capabilities.
  • At the 2023 conference, Building Transparency’s impressive roster of team members will present alongside peers from likeminded organizations in various panel sessions.

cove.tool Announces Integration with Building Transparency’s EC3 Tool

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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cove.tool , a leading provider of building design and construction software, today announces its partnership with Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization that provides open-access data and tools to foster a better building future, and integration with its Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3).

Key Points: 
  • cove.tool , a leading provider of building design and construction software, today announces its partnership with Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization that provides open-access data and tools to foster a better building future, and integration with its Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3).
  • EC3, the only free, open-access, and global database of construction materials and their environmental impacts, will enable cove.tool users to access carbon emissions data of building products to calculate and lower the embodied carbon impact of their projects.
  • “Partnering with cove.tool is another important validation of Building Transparency’s tools and data capabilities as valuable resources for the larger AEC sector,” said Stacy Smedley, Executive Director of Building Transparency.
  • Integrations with tech leaders like cove.tool help support the ecosystem of building focused climate tech and drive further awareness of our EC3 tool, to support use and data growth globally.”