2030 Commitment Firms See Progress in Carbon Reduction

Chicago-- Architects and engineers participating in the 2030 Commitment program are making strides in reducing carbon in designs, according to a recently report released by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Architects and engineers tracking their predicted building design performance as part of the program found a savings of 17.8 million metric tons of carbon over the 2030 baseline during the 2017 reporting period. The number represents the same amount of carbon that would be sequestered in 21 million acres of forest in the U.S. each year, which is nearly as big as the state of Maine. It also equates to an annual cost savings of $3.2 billion in operating cost over the 2030 baseline.