Articles Tagged with ''carbon reduction''

The U.S. Green Building Council opened certification to the LEED v5 rating system and announced new tools and resources for users of the world’s most widely used green building certification program.

Today’s design community seeks not just visual authenticity but solutions that align with performance, longevity, and low carbon goals.

The U.S. Green Building Council California (USGBC-CA) has launched the California Building Performance Hub, a comprehensive and centralized digital platform designed to directly support California’s urgent need for equitable decarbonization, energy efficiency, and the implementation of building performance standards (BPS) across the state.

Vitro has developed a Glass Education Center article and white paper about glass and embodied carbon, outlining recommendations and exploring how glass can drive the future of greener, more sustainable projects.

Things are moving in a positive direction as more and more industry members, from R&D teams to project demolition crews, create and leverage opportunities that work to increase circularity in construction. This article follows three key areas where the industry is starting to experience notable change.  

All Weather Insulated Panels has officially launched InnovaCELL, a breakthrough in insulated metal panel (IMP) technology designed to set a new standard for building performance.

Representatives from across the industry gathered regularly starting in March 2023 to form a strategic partnership to pursue greater alignment regarding the collection and reporting of embodied carbon data by certification programs and initiatives across the industry. The result: ECHO.

AIA advances climate action during globally recognized Climate Week NYC event as well as the publishing of the annual 2030 Commitment By the Numbers report.

Sika’s Roofing & Waterproofing announced that we have received a 97% on the +Vantage Vinyl™ scorecard maintaining our silver level verification status. 

NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete announced that FORTA LLC products, Forta-Ferro® fibrous reinforcement and Helix® Micro Rebar reinforcements have received an environmental verification statement from NEU.