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IMPs fold insulation, structure and finish into a single component to meet those competing demands and support the increase in industrial building construction activity.

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.

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.

USGBC California (USGBC-CA) announces the launch of a building performance standard model policy to help cities and counties across California reduce pollution from buildings, improve energy efficiency, and reach their climate goals.

While collecting "disclosure" documents proved easy enough for project teams, it turned out that LEED v4 was a bit ahead of the curve on the "optimization" side. Frankly, the industry lacked a common framework to facilitate rigorous, standardized, and streamlined workflows to achieve optimization. Simply put, the industry was not quite ready. It is ready now.

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.

The manufacturer reported a nearly 70 percent reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions from 2023 to 2024 by using renewable energy certificates and advancing its long-term sustainability goals.

Rather than Zero Energy Buildings, we should pursue Zero Emissions Buildings. In addition to energy efficiency, we need buildings that eliminate the need for on-site fossil fuel use and only use zero emissions electricity.

The recent ratification of LEED v5 underscores the emerging priority of decarbonization by sustainable design leaders as it one of the new version's three impact areas along with quality of life and ecological conservation and restoration.

At the event, Dow discussed why reducing embodied carbon in building materials such as silicones is important for reducing greenhouse gases, how key elements of the PAS 2060 standard help ensure verified carbon neutrality and more.