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Seattle tech co. breaks ground on world’s first ‘net zero energy’ high-rise apartment building

GeekWire

An artist’s rendering of 303 Battery, billed as the world’s first net zero energy apartment building, which is being erected in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood by Sustainable Living Innovations. It’s being constructed with a patented design that uses panels manufactured at a plant in Tacoma, Wash. SLI Image).

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Protecting Workers with a Digital Safety Net

CIO Business Intelligence

When construction began on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in 1933, it was still considered a novel idea to rig up a simple safety net under the structure. That net caught 19 falling workers. One great example is a mobile app recently developed by the German utility, Netze BW. “The Ensuring a fast response.

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How the AI boom could blow up net zero goals

Dataconomy

The rapid development of AI raises concerns and opportunities regarding global net zero goals, impacting energy demands, especially within the tech sector. Major companies like Amazon and Google have entered agreements with developers of smaller, modular reactors, which can be deployed more swiftly than traditional models.

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Pacific Northwest companies merge and raise cash to build energy efficient, modular construction tech

GeekWire

Chapin realized that togetherness in a newly announced business merger between NODE, the Seattle-based, carbon-cutting construction company that they co-founded, and Seattle and Portland’s Green Canopy, an eco-focused real estate developer and home builder. Greening construction using tech. Green Canopy NODE Photo).

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Pledge then plan: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says path to carbon net zero is evolving

GeekWire

(Amazon Photo) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sat down Thursday with Kara Hurst, the company’s chief sustainability officer, to discuss the cloud, retail and entertainment giant’s efforts to meet a pledge of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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Seattle office market continues to struggle as vacancy rates rise for ninth consecutive quarter

GeekWire

It also marked the ninth straight quarter of negative net office absorption, which is calculated by the total amount of space leased minus the total space vacated in a given quarter. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell recently proposed legislation to help developers convert office space for residential use.

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Blackstone to invest $13.3B in AI data center in the UK

Network World

Construction is slated to begin next year, with around 1,200 jobs tied to the development of the site. The data center will be constructed on the former Britishvolt site at Northumberland Energy Park, a region previously earmarked for an electric vehicle battery facility.