ROOM- Rousseau West

Home builders across the United States have begun the hard work of gathering, analyzing, and publicly reporting the carbon emissions related to their homes and businesses. This is an amazing first step in the process of achieving net zero construction and a net zero emissions economy. Missing from this equation is a call for subcontractors and trade partners to perform similar carbon accounting. With significantly more subcontractors providing both materials and labor services they are playing a crucial step in calculating the embodied carbon going into a home. As a key trade partner in helping builders achieve net zero construction, HERS® raters have a special opportunity to advise other subcontractors on how to work together to understand their relative impact on the climate and lead the way towards a net zero future.