It's becoming increasingly clear that zero net energy homes will be much more prevalent in the not-too-distant future as states look for ways to reduce carbon emissions.

The issue of carbon was front and center at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, which highlighted several initiatives aimed at carbon reduction

Design and construction professionals can think of the greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in two basic ways.

Construction Climate Challenge's new video revolves around carbon planning tools on a whole life basis and why it's important for the built environment.

See Guy Hammersley talking about the benefits of Building Information Modeling in the 14th episode of Construction Climate Talks.

The Carbon Infrastructure Transformation Tool project seeks to develop an open access solution for calculating embodied carbon emissions across the lifecycle of infrastructure projects.