Pearl Home Certification uses an app to carry contractors through certification, renovations, and then recertification—prioritizing efficiency features along the way.

New, green concrete options are emerging to help lower the embodied carbon of homes and buildings and achieve global climate goals.

The top building material categories that account for most embodied carbon in home construction include concrete, rebar, insulation, glazing, and finishes. There are proven low-embodied-carbon solutions that can be broken down into three main categories: whole-building design, one-for-one material substitution, and specification. In general, whole-building design solutions can drive the greatest embodied carbon savings along with following low-embodied-carbon best practices throughout the building design and construction process.