Articles Tagged with ''carbon reduction''

Kingspan announced it has been recognized in USA TODAY’s America’s Climate Leaders 2026, a prestigious list recognizing U.S. companies that have achieved the most substantial reductions in emissions intensity between 2022 and 2024.

Walls influence more than structure and sound. They quietly shape how a building feels to the people who use it: how it sounds, how the air smells, how a child with asthma sleeps at night, how a worker feels finishing the day. Insulation is part of that story.

The design team selected an all-mass timber structure, paired with wood infill walls, and wood fiber insulation; an all-wood assembly, sequestering biogenic carbon, at Passive House level energy performance; one of the first of its kind.

Energy efficiency benchmarking alone is no longer sufficient and we recommend evolving the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) primary climate action program to track total carbon intensity by incorporating fuel source reporting, electrification metrics, expanded embodied carbon tracking, and updated baselines.

ROCKWOOL has released a new forward-thinking technical bulletin to support general contractors, architects, and building professionals in designing the next generation of resilient data center facilities.

The Garland Company, Inc. announced the newest addition to its ketone ethylene ester membrane system: KEE-Stone Legacy.

Kingspan Insulation North America celebrated the completion of a new rooftop solar installation at its Mendota manufacturing facility with a ribbon-cutting event alongside project partners REC Solar and Dynamic Energy.

The Slag Cement Association (SCA) announced the winners of its 2025 Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards.

Vectorworks, Inc. releases its fourth update to the Vectorworks 2026 product line, expanding its data-driven workflow capabilities to help designers plan, document, and visualize projects with greater precision and efficiency at every stage of delivery.

As the commercial construction industry settles into a new year of projects and planning cycles, it is less focused on bold predictions and more concerned with practical execution.