Sustainability

Looking to lower your buildings carbon footprint? Read this.

The US has committed to reducing Green House Gas emissions by 50% in 2030 and to be Carbon Neural by 2050. The US Department of Energy has determined that the Commercial and Industrial Sectors of the American Economy emits 47% of the Green House Gas Emissions. The US office of Sustainability was created in 2021 to coordinate US sustainability efforts and as such list over 13 Statutes and Executive orders designed to reduce Green House Gas Emissions throughout the Federal Gove

Across most of the U.S., somewhere between 40% to 60% of all buildings were built before 1980, when building codes generally specified much less wall insulation than required today. Buildings consume approximately half (49%) of all energy used in the United States and three quarters of all electricity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Building energy retrofits, or the application of energy efficient or clean energy generation measures to existing