Nadav Malin

News Brief With independence, C.Scale aims to advance building decarbonization Architecture firm EHDD announced on November 12 that it’s established a new company, C.Scale, as an independent public benefit corporation. Jack Rusk, EHDD’s former director of climate strategy, left the firm to become C.Scale’s CEO. And Brad Jacobson, FAIA, principal and partner at EHDD and co-founder of C.Scale, will join the C.Scale team while remaining at EHDD.

News Brief Building on the 2023 Portfolio Accelerator, PERFORM will formally verify portfolio-wide progress toward sustainability goals High-performing, LEED-certified buildings are great for showing what’s possible, but the vast majority of existing building will never pursue—much less achieve—certification. But those buildings are responsible for the lion’s share of carbon emissions from the built environment, so it’s imperative to improve their performance.

News Brief Leading industry nonprofits have committed to supporting the Biden Administration’s definition of a zero-emissions building as they evolve their programs, including LEED v5, Living Building Challenge, and Passive House. The federal government finalized its definition of a “zero-emissions building” in June of this year. Since then, major industry groups have formally announced their intentions to align with it.