HomebuildersCAN: Embodied Carbon for Homebuilders—Made Easy
HomebuildersCAN aims to help the industry to understand, measure, and reduce embodied carbon in residential homes while maintaining profitability and performance.
HomebuildersCAN aims to help the industry to understand, measure, and reduce embodied carbon in residential homes while maintaining profitability and performance.
Visit our ‘Resources’ page to see our latest collection of case studies and learn about key strategies and lessons learned on how builders have increased the climate performance of their homes.
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Increased home performance. Profitable practices. Building sector alignment. The program is designed with flexibility to support homebuilders in each of these areas no matter where they are in their embodied carbon journey, from those just learning about what embodied carbon is to those with built example-demonstrating reductions. As a member, you'll work alongside experts and leading practitioners to:
Increase embodied carbon performance and share your successes
Adopt and scale profitable low-carbon building practices
Advocate for alignment across the residential building sector
Emissions from materials for new homes in the United States is equivalent to the total emissions from entire countries (RMI Report 'Hidden Climate Impact of Residential Construction').
kgCO2e/m2
Average Embodied Carbon of New Homes (Cradle to Gate)
billion ft2
Square Foot
Built Annually
MtCO2e
Annual Embodied Carbon from New Home Construction
Entire Country Emissions
Mt CO2 emissions in 2017
Using less material and choosing materials wisely can significantly reduce the embodied carbon of a home, often without raising costs. Homebuilders can take immediate steps to achieve 30 to 50 percent emissions reductions with commercially available, affordable, and code-compliant building materials and by targeting just a few key material categories: concrete, insulation, cladding, and interior surfaces.
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