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Carbon Footprint of New Buildings
How managers are achieving low energy operation
The next frontier for carbon neutral buildings is reducing the impact of construction, renovation, and demolition. The numbers – and thus opportunity – are large. For example, the EPA estimates that up to 85% of construction waste is actually recyclable.
Currently, most attention in green buildings is focused on reducing the emissions of operating a building because of the long life and thus cumulative impact associated with energy, waste, and other materials used during a building’s 50-100 year lifetime.
The EPA estimates that up to 85% of construction waste is actually recyclable – a major opportunity to improve the environmental impact of construction.
However, as building operations achieve carbon-neutral, zero-energy goals, increased attention will focus on the data necessary to reduce the emissions associated with building construction, renovation, and demolition.
This is the next frontier for architects and engineering design professionals, as they work with building owners, developers, policy makers, and the construction industry to establish new practices and procedures to lower the carbon footprint of construction activities.
Considering a Green New Building?
While there are many opportunities for reducing the footprint of new construction, renovation, and demolition, the main challenge lies in the way data are collected and analyzed. Key strategies to consider are presented in the following Sustainability Insights.
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