By Sandra Benson – Global Head of Industry Transformation

The theme of this year’s Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet”, and while it’s critical we celebrate the achievements the construction industry has made in sustainable building, we must also examine areas where we can improve. Between 2015 and 2050 worldwide, two trillion square feet of buildings are expected to be built or renovated, and the World Green Building Council estimates that construction materials account for approximately 11 percent of global carbon emissions. In order to preserve and protect our health, our families, our livelihoods, we must invest in construction technology that actively helps companies realize their sustainability targets and reduce carbon emissions.

One way Procore is working to invest in our planet is through the launch of a new integration with Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization with the mission to enable broad and swift action to address the construction industry’s role in climate change. The integration gives Procore users access to Building Transparency’s Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator tool (EC3), a free database that calculates the embodied carbon emissions associated with design and material procurement. By partnering with Building Transparency, Procore hopes to help specialty contractors, general contractors, and owners reduce embodied carbon emissions in construction.  

Procore recently hosted its Spring 2022 Innovation Summit, our first product and customer showcase of the year. During the virtual event, I had the privilege of speaking one on one with Stacey Smedley, executive director of Building Transparency and the senior director of sustainability at Skanska USA. Throughout our conversation, Smedley and I discussed sustainable building practices, the future of green building, and Procore’s integration with Building Transparency.  

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