Construction Digital Magazine August 2024 | Page 70

BUILT ENVIRONMENT
San Diego ’ s local utility company is helping fleet owners and operators eliminate emissions by transitioning to electric vehicles

“ A growing number of cities are bolstering the operational efficiency of buildings ”

JEFF MERRITT HEAD OF URBAN TRANSFORMATION WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM help bolster the operational efficiency of buildings ,” says Jeff Merritt , Head of Urban Transformation at the World Economic Forum . “ But despite these gains a more robust approach is needed to tackle carbon emissions across the entire lifecycle of these structures .”
He adds that new ‘ embodied carbon ’ solutions – such as rethinking traditional construction methods and materials , to breathing new life into otherwise
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