Growing up, Brian Earle’s family moved every couple of years. He was born in Heidelberg, Germany; relocated several times to U.S. cities; and attended high school in Seoul, where he lived within artillery range of the North Korean border. 

Amazon’s 2.1-million-sq-ft Metropolitan Park office development near the nation’s capital could become a model for other large-scale sustainable projects. The building team is tracking a 15% reduction in embodied carbon in the project's 200,000 cu yd of concrete and the two 22-story buildings are on course to qualify as net-zero operational carbon.

The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which has kicked off the first U.S. campaign aimed at reducing embodied carbon in structural systems, is issuing a call for engineers to join the crusade. 

Creators of the free-to-use Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator have added several features since the tool’s release last November. 

Founding director of Carbon Leadership Campaign has rallied thousands to crusade against harmful effects of building production on the environment.

HeidelbergCement unit launches feasibility study to install technology to capture and store almost all carbon emissions for potential resale on the market.

The free, open-source Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator is the first digital tool of its kind in North America

Climate activists engage in complicated maneuvers to reduce embodied carbon in buildings