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How your next construction project could draw down carbon This design concept by Sidewalk Labs ally Michael Green Architecture contemplates a series of interconnected timber towers accommodating ample greenery-rich public spaces. | Image Credit: Michael Green Architecture Residential and commercial buildings contribute to almost 30 percent of the United States’ total greenhouse gas emissions. That breakdown includes both general building operations and the embodied carbon of materials used to build the structure itself — the sum of all greenhouse gas emissions generated as a result of mining, processing, manufacturing, transporting and installing the materials. As more corporations are held accountable...