The announcement follows months of stakeholder input and expertise to establish a universal definition of a net zero building. It will serve as a guide for state and local governments and companies setting energy and carbon reduction targets to achieve global climate goals.

The U.S. Green Building Council California (USGBC-CA) presented the Civic Green Building Awards at the 23rd Annual California Green Building Conference this past Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Kingspan Group, parent company of Kingspan Light + Air North America and Solatube International Inc., has released its fourth annual ‘Planet Passionate’ sustainability report and announces a 65% absolute reduction in its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions since 2020.

Rehabbing buildings with energy conservation in mind can be a massive undertaking, requiring a holistic exterior and interior approach to decrease buildings’ carbon emissions and energy consumption while minimizing disruption to current occupants. A deep energy retrofit is achieved when renovation activities reduce a building’s site energy usage by at least 40 percent.

Understanding your project’s carbon footprint, which measures the total greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities, is crucial. This calculation impacts the environment and the project’s long-term viability and compliance with increasingly stringent global regulations.

USGBC announced the opening of the first public comment period for its draft rating system, LEED v5.

While the resilience benefits of building codes are already staggering, the discussion is expanding beyond traditional definitions of benefit.

While much attention has historically been focused on operational carbon emissions generated during a building's lifecycle, the significance of embodied carbon cannot be overstated.

Lafarge Canada shifts production to OneCem cement at its St-Constant Plant, reducing CO2 emissions by 60,000 tons in 2024, advancing sustainability goals.

Vitro Architectural Glass has unveiled a new digital tool called the Vitro emissions Carbon & Energy Calculator, which models energy consumption and embodied and operational carbon emissions in various standard buildings.