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This startup hopes to get us to net zero via its platform to construct wooden buildings

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So if we could reduce this amount or transition, this growth to “net zero” (or better), we’d would do to a lot alleviate the impending, and disastrous, affects of climate change. Some estimates say that if global urban growth continues at its current pace, then we’d build a New York City every month for the next 40 years.

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Energy X secures $20M at $120M valuation to slash building sector emissions

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Countries worldwide have pledged to reduce their energy usage and reach net-zero energy targets by 2050. The push to clean up the built environment has spawned a lot of policy, as well as overlapping acronyms, including net-zero energy buildings (nZEBs) and zero-emission buildings (ZEBs). trillion won ($1.3 billion in 2017.

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Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create ‘sustainable and affordable’ 3D-printed homes

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The company claims to be able to 3D print structures “two times as quickly with 95% less labor hours and 10-times less waste” than conventional construction. The money will also go toward helping it achieve a new goal of achieving Net-Zero carbon neutrality by 2028 – which it says is 22 years ahead of the construction industry overall. . “As

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Leko Labs gets $21M to build greener

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Luxembourg-based Leko Labs , a construction startup that’s developing sustainable wood-based building materials as an alternative to steel and concrete and applying automation to construction methods, has closed a $21 million Series A round of funding. Construction is of course an extremely dirty business.

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Pakistan’s Zaraye, a B2B supplies platform, raises $2.1M from Tiger Global and Zayn

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It currently serves the textile and construction industries, with more than 300 partners and suppliers in about 20 cities. For the construction industry, Zaraye provides cement, sand, gravel and crushed stone. Zaraye also provides manufacturing businesses with working capital, in addition to raw materials.

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Pitching tech to optimize building design for sustainability, Atlanta-based Cove.tool raises $5.7 million

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Buildings and building construction are a huge contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, accounting for roughly 39% of carbon emissions annually , according to data released by the Global Alliance for Building and Construction and the International Energy Agency. Image Credit: cove.tool.

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From Construction To AI Diagnostics, Here Are 5 Areas Where Seed Investors Are Most Active

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Construction tech, for instance, has seen a lot of seed dealmaking, even as late-stage investment has declined. Construction Much as we may revere the beauty of nature, most of us spend virtually all our time in the so-called “built environment.” In short, we are huge consumers of the products delivered by the construction industry.