Carbon Smart Building Goals

Carbon Smart Building provides concrete steps that governments, corporations, organizations and individuals can take to lead the industry transformation necessary to realize our vision of a Net Zero Carbon (NZC) built environment.:

  1. New Buildings – Operations and Embodied Emissions. All new buildings and developments are NZC by 2030, with increase in carbon-storing material use.
  2. Existing Buildings – Operations and Embodied Emissions. Extend building lifespan to 100 + years and retrofit existing buildings to NZC operations by 2050. 
  3. Health and Equity. All new building (material production, construction, and use) is healthy, equitable and just.

Action for an Equitable and Healthy Net Zero Carbon Built Environment

Carbon Smart Building Day was a day-long conference in San Francisco on September 11, 2018, affiliated with the Global Climate Action Summit.

300 building industry professionals met to accelerate a global movement toward a Net Zero Carbon built environment. They came to share the latest tools, resources and programs to help firms thrive in a Net Zero Carbon future. The conference was attended by architects, structural engineers, contractors, real estate developers, materials manufacturers and policy makers who aspire to reduce the carbon footprint of their projects and make the building industry a big part of the solution to climate change.

Carbon Smart Building Day was affiliated with the Global Climate Action Summit. 

Build a movement for collective impact to move the built environment rapidly toward net zero carbon.

Founder of Architecture 2030, internationally recognized architect, author, educator and visionary. His keynote at Carbon Smart Building Day: To Net Zero Carbon and Beyond