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"text": "Stantec’s Daryl Fonslow talks about strategies for getting existing buildings to net zero"
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Getting existing buildings to net zero
In this episode of the Design Hive podcast: Daryl Fonslow shares some strategies his team used on the award-winning low carbon District Carbon concept for adaptive reuse.
Image courtesy of ZGF Architects.
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