Manya Rathore
Research expert covering India
Green and energy-efficient buildings in the United States - statistics & facts
Buildings in the United States have a big carbon footprint. Although there are other sectors that are much more carbon intensive, commercial and residential buildings were responsible for 551 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2024. That amounted to roughly 11.5 percent of all COâ‚‚ emissions from energy consumption in the U.S. that year. The residential sector's carbon footprint was slightly higher than that of commercial buildings. Although the Trump administration has been rolling back on climate and environmental protection, the demand for green and energy-efficient buildings has been rising in the past years.
