Building materials, construction, and operations account for 39% of the total carbon emissions worldwide. Because the built environment is responsible for the greatest output of CO2 by sector, it should be our goal to build more sustainably and reduce embodied and operational carbon.
First, we need to understand which stages of the building life-cycle emits the most CO2. This is where tracking strategies, sustainable design thinking, and life-cycle analyses can help reduce building carbon footprint.
Stay tuned for next week’s topic: How to Reduce Embodied Carbon.
