Sustainability glossary terms (The Chancery Lane Project)

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Precedents

Sustainability glossary terms (The Chancery Lane Project)

Published by a LexisNexis Environment expert

Precedents
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These Precedent Sustainability definitions, produced by The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) as part of its climate change glossary, provide definitions for key sustainability definitions, such as 1.5°C Aligned, 100% Renewable Energy and Renewable Energy Sources, Abatement Measures, Adverse Climate Outcome (ACO) and Adverse Social Outcome (ASO), Air Quality, Alternative Fuel, Avoided Emissions, Base Year, Beyond Value Chain Mitigation Measures, Biodiversity and Biological Diversity or Biodiversity Loss, Carbon Budget, Carbon Capture, Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS), Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e or CO2eq), Carbon

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What does Sustainability mean?

The concept of combining social, environmental and economic values and taking these into account in construction. Providing buildings that offer a healthy, comfortable and affordable environment while using durable and renewable resources that have minimal impact on the environment.

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