Items Tagged with 'decarbonization'

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.

USGBC California (USGBC-CA) is hosting its 25th annual California Green Building Conference for a second year in the Bay Area, this time in the East Bay on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

The recently published Metropolis + Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the U.S. building design and construction industry. The report primarily focuses on decarbonization, material transparency, and circularity.

Only time will tell if nascent technologies can close the gap on these challenges to realize economically viable solutions that will usher a breakthrough in the market and catalyze efforts to decarbonize the building sector.

The American Concrete Institute and the Global Consensus on Sustainability in the Built Environment announced that the two organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to foster collaboration and cooperation between the organizations.

The 2025 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo convened at the Los Angeles Convention Center from November 4-7. Five major themes emerged that encapsulate the current discourse in "green building" and where the AEC is heading with regard to sustainability.

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.