A community of builders dedicated to serious climate action.
Builders for Climate Action is growing a coalition of builders, designers, developers, policy-makers, researchers and manufacturers to tackle the serious impact of buildings on our climate.
We want to offer future generations our best efforts to reign in the worst effects of climate change through smart, coordinated and effective action to address emissions in the sector.
​In 2021, we'll begin a membership drive and hope you will join us.

Why low-rise building?
We're focusing on the often-ignored low-rise building sector because:

  • At least 50% of what gets built in North America is low-rise
  • Small buildings are less reliant on structural concrete and steel
  • More material options exist in the sector
  • More existing carbon-storing options for the sector
  • Less barriers to innovation
  • Large group of forward-looking practitioners

Builders for Climate Action is a project of:

Thanks to our founding contributors:

We want to thank the following people & organizations for their direct or indirect contributions:

Ace McArleton

Andy Shapiro

Architecture 2030

Arkin/Tilt Architects

Andrew Himes

Bruce King
Carbon Leadership Forum

Craig White

Ecological Building Network

Embodied Carbon Network

Emily Niehaus

Erin McDade
Fin MacDonald

Fourth Pig Worker Cooperative

Jacob Deva Racusin

Jennifer Martin

Kate Simonen

Larry Strain
Massey Burke

Melinda Zytaruk

New Frameworks

Nori

Ryan Zizzo

Tim Krahn
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