This is the next hurdle in the construction industry’s race to net-zero

• The built environment accounts for 39% of gross annual carbon emissions worldwide.
• And within this figure, embodied emissions — which includes all the emissions created in producing construction materials — is a significant offender.
• But new modes of construction and new ways of tracking data and working with partners offer a route toward cutting embodied carbon and creating a zero emissions construction industry.

This summer, an unprecedented heatwave swept over Europe, shattering records from Portugal to Poland. No country was spared the sweltering heat. But the heat isn’t the only thing making Europeans sweat — the understanding that this is merely a prelude to our climate future, one that Europe is not immune to, is causing widespread anxiety.

The advantage of this is that never before has the imperative to reduce our carbon footprint been so urgent, nor so widely understood.

While most, at long last, now seem to recognize the imperative of taking decisive climate action, not all construction industry leaders are currently pursuing an aggressive enough strategy to deliver net-zero carbon emissions — let alone trying to achieve zero carbon footprint for their projects and business operations by 2050.

Source: WEForum