Existing Buildings: The Foundation for True Net Zero
To know that the global buildings sector, within which I have spent a huge part of my career, remains a laggard on progress toward alignment with the Paris Agreement is as disheartening as it is unsurprising to me.
Operational emissions from the global buildings sector are at an all-time high, says UNEP
Indeed, preliminary findings from the Rhodium Group suggest that, of the four highest-emitting sectors of the U.S. economy, it was the buildings sector, at six percent, that in 2022 recorded the largest year-on-year increase in annual emissions.