A number of innovators are working to clean up the world’s leading building material by pumping it full of CO₂.

While major global powers refuse tough action on the climate crisis, architects, engineers, and contractors can help lead in reducing embodied carbon.

RECORD spoke with Skanska USA's Stacy Smedley about the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator.

The annual list recognizes products that reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

The new 37,000-square-foot Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is seeking LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification. 

Advocates hope to see efforts like Marin County's Bay Area Low-Carbon Concrete Code—which would limit embodied carbon in both public and private projects—catch on around the globe.

From recent reports like "Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront" to new tools like EC3—the Embodied Carbon Construction Calculator, released at Greenbuild—the profession is grappling with how to decarbonize the materials and construction supply chain.