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August Williams-Eynon

August Williams-Eynon is a manager with the Greenprint Center for Building Performance and the Urban Resilience team, both housed in the ULI Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance.

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Resilience and Sustainability
Cold Snap: Extreme Cold and Real Estate
As global temperatures rise from accelerating climate change, extreme temperature swings‚ both cold snaps and heat waves‚ are causing increasing damage and disruption. However, extreme cold and storms that bring snow, ice, and freezing rain can receive less focus than warm-weather hazards such as blistering heat and powerful hurricanes.
January 31, 2025
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August Williams-Eynon
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Resilience and Sustainability
ASTM Releases New Standard Guide for Assessing Property Risk and Resilience
ASTM International, a standards-setting organization, has released a new standard guide for assessing a property’s degree of resilience to physical climate hazards, thus marking a key milestone in the process of scaling up climate adaptation in real estate and the built environment. As property losses and disruption from such hazards as storms, wildfires, and floods continue to rise, the new standard guide, ASTM E3429—the Property Resilience Assessment—is designed to provide real estate owners, developers, investors, insurers, lenders, design teams, and regulators with a consistent means of determining how resilient a given property is and, potentially, what would be needed to better protect it.
January 27, 2025
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August Williams-Eynon
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Resilience and Sustainability
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Waterfront
Highlights from ULI’s Latest Coastal Resilience Research Report
Surge: Coastal Resilience and Real Estate, a ULI research report, documents the challenges associated with coastal hazards such as sea level rise, coastal storms, flooding, erosion, and subsidence, and provides best practices for real estate and land use professionals, as well as public officials, to address them.
September 23, 2024
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Marianne Eppig
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Resilience and Sustainability
Resilience Hubs: A Critical Aspect of Climate-Smart Real Estate
Resilience hubs are an essential tool for real estate to consider as part of its preparation for a changing climate, according to a recent webinar hosted by ULI and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN).
September 12, 2024
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August Williams-Eynon
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Resilience and Sustainability
U.S. Federal Definition of “Zero Emissions Building” Aims to Align Building Sector on Decarbonization
Today the U.S. Department of Energy released its definition of what constitutes a “zero emissions building,” a move that aims to bring clarity to the real estate and building industry as it works to decarbonize its assets and portfolios.
June 7, 2024
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August Williams-Eynon
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Resilience and Sustainability
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Attainable Housing
Where Does ESG Fit in the Booming Single-Family Rental Market?
Leading SFR companies are developing strategies to tackle social equity, land use, decarbonization, and resilience for maximum impact.
May 15, 2024
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August Williams-Eynon
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Resilience and Sustainability
California’s New Climate Regulations Shine Brighter Light on Real Estate’s Carbon Emissions
California’s recent landmark legislation on climate disclosure, passed in fall 2023, will drive new evolution in real estate reporting on climate risk and provide more public insight than ever into the industry’s impact on climate change.
February 28, 2024
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August Williams-Eynon
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Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Survey: 96 Percent of CRE Firms Have DEI Strategies; Increased Focus on Scholarships and Internships
Almost all commercial real estate firms have diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in place in their organizations, with the number of firms adopting formal strategies increasing 5 percent year-over-year, according to the third edition of the Global Real Estate DEI Survey released in January.
January 23, 2024
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Ella Fertitta
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Resilience and Sustainability
Social Equity and Net Zero: Real Estate’s Role in a Just Transition
The transition to net zero will usher in tremendous potential for transformation within economic, environmental, and social realms. These shifts have the potential to generate significant wealth, improve health, and bolster climate resilience. If these changes are managed carefully, decarbonization can help dismantle social inequalities by prioritizing the needs, experiences, and opportunities of marginalized households. The goal is to ensure everyone benefits from efficient, cost-effective, and healthy buildings and energy systems, access to economic growth, and a regenerative economy.
December 8, 2023
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August Williams-Eynon
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Resilience and Sustainability
Three Strategies for Using Social Infrastructure to Build Resilience
Social infrastructure, or the physical spaces communities use to gather and build relationships, are critical to building resilience to fires, storms, and other climate hazards, according to a recent report by the Urban Land Institute.
October 13, 2023
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