The environmental impact of buildings has become increasingly apparent as growing numbers of building owners embrace the value of sustainable and green buildings as part of their social responsibility. Based on the 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, the estimated 5.9 million U.S. commercial buildings could produce enormous environmental impacts through retrofit, as compared with adopting a sole focus on new green design and construction practices.

The 2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction released at COP27 finds that the building sector accounted for over 34% of energy demand and around 37% of energy and process-related CO2 emissions in 2021. With this, the report from the Global Alliance for Buildings + Construction (GlobalABC) states that the gap between the climate performance of the building sector and the 2050 decarbonization pathway is widening.

Decarbonizing the building sector by 2050 is critical and must include a multi-pronged approach. To reduce overall emissions, we must improve building energy performance; decrease building materials’ carbon footprint; increase investment in energy efficiency; and create long-lasting green policies, standards, and codes.

Please join us for our 2023 Existing Buildings Webinar series, where we cover the whys and hows of retrofitting:

• Green Building Retrofits, July 12^th
• Retrofitting for Resilience, October 24^th
• Building Technology & Retrofits, December 6^th

Jul

12

2023

07/12/2023 01:00 PM 07/12/2023 02:00 PM America/New_York Green Building Retrofits Building Owners are actively using green building retrofits as the key to attracting more tenants, competitive positioning in the marketplace, easier and cost-effective operations & maintenance, reduced energy bills and consumption, and carbon benchmarking. Virtual Meeting

Green Building Retrofits

Virtual Meeting

Building Owners are actively using green building retrofits as the key to attracting more tenants, competitive positioning in the marketplace, easier and cost-effective operations & maintenance, reduced energy bills and consumption, and carbon benchmarking.

Oct

24

2023

10/24/2023 01:00 PM 10/24/2023 02:00 PM America/New_York Retrofitting for Resilience Data from Architecture 2030 shows that in 2040, approximately 2/3 of the global building stock will be buildings that exist today. Virtual Meeting

Retrofitting for Resilience

Virtual Meeting

Data from Architecture 2030 shows that in 2040, approximately 2/3 of the global building stock will be buildings that exist today.

Dec

6

2023

12/06/2023 01:00 PM 12/06/2023 02:00 PM America/New_York Building Technology and Retrofits Building Information Management and Modeling are two keys to unlocking the success of existing building retrofits. Virtual Meeting

Building Technology and Retrofits

Virtual Meeting

Building Information Management and Modeling are two keys to unlocking the success of existing building retrofits.