While heads of state, environment ministers, and climate negotiators labored to reach a global climate agreement in Paris, numerous side meetings focused on specific actions that will lead to lasting carbon reductions were in the spotlight.
Buildings were a particular focus, as they are responsible for as much as half of all global energy use and represent vast potential for carbon reductions.
The first-ever United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change buildings day at COP 21 brought together leaders from a variety of disciplines to focus on a specific goal: improve the energy efficiency of buildings on a global scale.