Building Design Leaders Aim for Carbon Neutral by 2030
To reduce the building design industry’s impact on the environment, key leaders in that sector are collaborating to establish carbon-neutral buildings by the year 2030.
To reduce the building design industry’s impact on the environment, key leaders in that sector are collaborating to establish carbon-neutral buildings by the year 2030.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Architecture 2030, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and the U.S. Green Building Council, supported by representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy, recently finalized an agreement of understanding, establishing a common starting point and a goal of net zero energy buildings.
While focused on designing net zero energy buildings, the ultimate goal is carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. To reach that goal, AIA, ASHRAE, Architecture 2030, IESNA and USGBC agreed to define the baseline starting point for their common target goals as the national average energy consumption of existing U.S. commercial buildings as reported by the 2003 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey.
“This agreement allows the building design sector to move forward with designing buildings that use substantially less energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create spaces that are healthy and comfortable,” according to the groups.
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