Builders and developers are increasingly looking to reduce carbon emissions generated during the concrete construction process, according to a new analysis from Dodge Construction Network.

Dodge data shows that 81% of structural engineers and 69% of contractors working with concrete are keeping tabs on the embodied carbon on their projects, and about one third are  "actively" reducing it.

"Embodied carbon involves the entire carbon footprint of a building or construction project, which includes not only the emissions created in building and operating it, but the emissions generated by the production and transportation of the materials used to construct it," the report notes. "Measuring embodied carbon requires transparency across the supply chain, and is challenging, so reducing it will likely require new, innovative approaches to building materials."

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