Startups and more established suppliers of products that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete are developing systems to make the product more sustainable. Some are even seeking ways to produce the material and its ingredient, Portland cement, without the carbon-intensive process that's been required since it was first used.

The CHIPS and Science Act aims to bolster U.S. leadership in innovation and technology. For some Top 100 sustainable design firms like Flad Architects, it’s an opportunity to expand into science and technology markets.

The sustainable design and contracting market is fertile ground for innovation now more than ever, Top 100 firms share. With decarbonization incentives baked into recent federal spending packages such as the CHIPS and Science Act, Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, many owners across industrial and infrastructure sectors now have the wherewithal to think green.

Suppliers are beginning to offer concrete and cement products with reduced carbon content, but roadblocks remain in the way of widespread market penetration.

A 471,000-sq-ft residential high-rise in Brooklyn’s Coney Island will get sustainable heating and cooling from underground wells when open in 2024.

When the city of Lenexa, Kan., this spring opted to move forward with a test pilot of “smart pavements,” it represented a vital step forward for electric vehicles.

Contractors battle drug addiction by making treatment medication Narcan more available on jobsites, providing training to respond to overdoses and fostering prevention measures,