Every building tells many stories, and one of those stories is how it impacts the environment. To understand that story, we can look at the greenhouse gas emissions of all the materials used to erect ...

It’s time for architects to take embodied energy more seriously—the total sum of energy used to extract, manufacture, transport, and assemble materials for building—as Columbia’s David Benjamin and ...

All human activities affect the environment. Some are less impactful, some much, much more. According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the construction sector is responsible for up to ...