• CARBONPOSITIVE: BEYOND THE BUILDING

    Pamela Conrad, an Architecture 2030 senior fellow and principal with CMG Landscape Architecture in San Francisco, explains why architects must focus sustainability efforts on the outdoor realm and exterior build environment.

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  • THE CARE TOOL: VALUING REUSE

    Architecture 2030 is now managing the CARE (Carbon Avoided Retrofit Estimator) Tool and seeking support for its development. The CARE Tool allows users to compare high-level total carbon projections for reusing and upgrading existing buildings with replacing them with new construction.

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  • COP26 Official Side Event

    The COP26 Official Side Event hosted by Architecture 2030 and ASHRAE featured the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué and select signatory organizations.

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  • THE CURRENT 1.5°C BUDGET

    The world is quickly depleting its 1.5°C carbon budget of 340-400 GT CO2, and waiting until 2050 to achieve zero emissions means giving up the 1.5°C goal altogether.

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  • A U.S. SUCCESS STORY

    The U.S. building sector has not increased its energy consumption since 2005 even though we have added over 50 billion square feet (4.7 billion square metres) to our building stock, and today CO2 emissions in the entire sector continue to decline and are down 30% from 2005 levels.

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WHY THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT?

The built environment is the largest source of the world’s carbon emissions globally and account for nearly 50% of total emissions. Of those total emissions, building operations are responsible for 27% annually, while building materials and construction (typically referred to as embodied carbon) are responsible for an additional 20% annually.

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Architecture 2030’s key strength is its grounding in and connection to the building industry. We provide cutting edge thought leadership as we align the architectural, planning, and building community and political leaders around the urgency of achieving zero emissions by 2040.

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ACTIONS FOR ZERO CARBON BUILDINGS

Achieving a zero carbon built environment requires actions in existing buildings, new buildings, and embodied carbon.

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EMPOWERING THE BUILDING SECTOR

For almost two decades, with modest resources, Architecture 2030 has achieved impressive shifts in outlook and practice within the U.S. and global building sectors. We create the initiatives necessary to empower designers, policymakers, and educators to facilitate systemic change and achieve a zero carbon built environment.

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