In order to prevent global temperatures from rising by two degrees Celsius this century, the United Nations estimates that annual global emissions must drop by 30 percent by the decade’s end. Meeting ...

Most of a building’s carbon pollution doesn’t come from construction., instead it builds up quietly during decades of daily ...

The latest IPCC climate report, for the first time, accounted for concrete carbonation in the global emissions inventory, which is important because the built environment represents a quantifiable ...

The construction industry is the elephant in the room when it comes to emissions and pollution. It is estimated that nearly half of all annual global CO 2 emissions result from the built environment.

From concrete to aluminum to lithium-ion batteries, new strategies are helping the construction industry cut waste, preserve material value, and rethink how buildings are designed, built, and reused.