Over the last two decades, the operating emissions of America’s total building stock have been pared back so far that it generates a third less (and falling) than it did in 2005—even though more than 50 billion square feet of new construction have been added during that period. Thanks in no small part to design professionals’ ingenuity, the once groundbreaking feat of net zero operations is now a practical goal for nearly every new building. It’s also a necessary one, if global heating is to be capped at the internationally agreed limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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