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The Galaxy S22 will use plastic from recycled fishing nets

The Verge

For example, it turns out that Samsung has created a “new material” to use in the product — one made from the plastic in discarded fishing nets. It’s not yet clear to what extent the material will be used or in which parts of the products; Samsung isn’t explicit about how it fits into any of the devices’ construction.

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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. The mobile app offers these utility workers a digital safety net. Ensuring a fast response.

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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. “So let’s be together.”.

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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. Amazon said Thursday that it is restarting construction on a 42-story office tower in Bellevue.

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Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions

GeekWire

Amazon has pledged to make its retail and cloud-computing operations “net carbon zero” by 2040, but its newly released 2019 sustainability report shows that greenhouse gas emissions rose over the previous year by 15%. (Jordan Stead / Amazon Photo).

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Amazon’s total Washington state employment declines for the first time, new numbers show

GeekWire

The net decrease in the state comes as Amazon builds up its workforce in downtown Bellevue, but sees its overall employment decline at its main headquarters campus north of downtown Seattle. The net decline in Washington state comes as Amazon spreads its workforce across what it calls its “Puget Sound headquarters.”

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