The construction industry is one of the biggest global polluters — accounting for a possible 40 percent of global carbon pollution — so finding solutions to make practices more sustainable is crucial in the fight to stop temperatures rising worldwide.

Positive findings in a study published in the journal One Earth, summarized by EurekaAlert, have revealed that it is possible to cut building emissions by 91 percent while saving $100 billion in energy-related costs by 2050.

A computational model analyzed possible future building energy use in the United States, and it found that focusing on how power is drawn from the grid can lead to significant cost savings and a serious reduction in emissions from 2005’s peak.

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