What We Read in February

We’re rounding up the best articles in sustainability, green building, development, and more every month! Check out the articles GBA staff enjoyed reading this past month:

Local

Pittsburgh City Council prepares to overhaul zoning in Oakland - 90.5 WESA

How New Plans Will Make Frick Park More Accessible to Visitors with Special Needs - Pittsburgh Magazine

Pittsburgh program has $7 million to invest in Black neighborhoods - 90.5 WESA

Buildings

A new communications platform aims to help sports and entertainment venues operate greener - Building Design + Construction

The past can teach us a lot about circularity – and not always what you expect - World Green Building Council

USC's sustainability guidelines emphasize embodied carbon in building construction - Building Design + Construction

GSA releases draft of federal low embodied carbon material standards - Building Design + Construction

City planners are questioning the point of parking garages - The Conversation

Energy

How to reform federal permitting to accelerate clean energy infrastructure - Brookings

Carbon credits could soon help fund distributed clean energy projects - Canary Media

Clean Energy 101: Carbon Accounting - RMI

A wind energy system—without the blades—can be placed on commercial building rooftops - Building Design + Construction

Clean energy is cheaper than coal across the whole US, study finds - Canary Media

How to Get Your Local Government to 100 Percent Clean Electricity - RMI

The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots of sustainable aviation fuel - The Conversation

Justice

First Americans Museum uses design metaphors of natural elements to honor native worldview - Building Design + Construction

We Need More Women in Science and Leadership - RMI

Climate

How US cities are finding creative ways to fund climate progress - Brookings

Solidarity, leadership and commitment needed to reach 2030 development goals: Mohammed - UN News

Health

Cutting air pollution improves children’s lung development, study shows - The Guardian

Test your home (or school) for radon to reduce lung cancer risk - The Allegheny Front

Biodiversity

Wales Wins Europe’s First ‘Dark Sky Sanctuary’ As The Fight Against Light Pollution Intensifies - Forbes

Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships with wild animals - The Conversation

Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 per cent of all biodiversity - UN News

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