美国相关的总承包商（AGC）发布了报告旨在帮助建筑公司确定可以减少建筑环境中碳排放的策略和行动。

尽管建筑活动本身占美国温室气体排放的不到2％新利18备用网址goals, said AGC’s CEO Stephen Sandherr at an Aug. 3 online press briefing.

该报告是在3月至6月之间举行的一系列每两周举行的会议的结晶，该会议由一个新的18名成员组成的工作组建立，以确定与气候变化政策相关的机遇和挑战。桑德尔说，该报告是该协会战略的一部分，以确保建筑公司在塑造碳较低的密集型经济中发挥积极作用所需的支持和资源。该策略旨在通过减少卡车和机械在工作地点的闲置，以减少碳排放的方式来帮助企业运营，并赋予他们知识，以帮助确定如何建立一个更具弹性和节能的项目。

该报告要求一项国家战略投资基础设施，以使社区更具弹性，加快将减少碳排放，持续现代化的联邦建筑物现代化以及更多激励措施鼓励私营部门建造更节能的建筑物的项目。新利18备用网址

“How we build is less of the problem than what we build,” Les Snyder, president of Shikun & Binui America in Pittsburgh and chair of AGC’s climate change task force said during the briefing. While many construction firms have traditionally been reticent about suggesting improvements or changes on public and private projects, “It’s time for that to change,” he said.

In the report, the task force notes that construction firms “have an opportunity to engage with owners, manufacturers, insurance and other professional partners …. on advancements in equipment, materials and technologies … and also to be able to hold frank discussion on what roadblocks may hinder investment in the infrastructure of the future.”

情报局补充道,“AGC是幸运的solid and long-lasting relationships with federal agencies, and at the state and chapter levels with state [officials.] That generally gives us the opportunity to have conversations with them – without discussing specific projects — about some of the things to help them achieve their climate objectives in a way that is not burdensome, that can be cost-effective and that provide resiliency.”

AGC官员说，该报告用广泛的笔触和策略进行了概述，这些想法和策略将在以后充实。未来的计划包括与工程和设计小组紧密合作，例如美国建筑师研究所，以开发工作队报告中概述的一些行动。