The point of contention in the EPA-issued mandates is the technical and economic viability of carbon capture and storage technology. 

The guide is intended to help contractors navigate the landscape of greater accountability regarding embodied carbon in construction.

A spin-off from the state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre recently secured funding to commercialize its system of mineralizing carbon dioxide while curing precast concrete elements at atmospheric pressure.

Keeping track of the operational and embodied carbon-emissions of a business used to be seen as a bit of a sustainability novelty.

Parts of the bill that drew industry opposition were nixed before it was passed.

Rule that requires buildings 20,000 sq ft and larger to become carbon neutral by 2050 worries some owners