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Building a green future: overcoming barriers to decarbonization<\/h2>\n
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Net-Zero Buildings Could Create 2 Million+ Jobs<\/h3>\n

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Highlights of IGS and Schneider Electric’s joint study in The Electricity Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Residential and commercial buildings currently account for nearly 40% of carbon emissions in the United States, making decarbonization essential to meeting long-term climate goals. To tackle this challenge, IGS is partnering with a global leader in sustainability, Schneider Electric<\/a> \u2014 named the world’s most sustainable company<\/a> for 2024 and 2025\u00a0by TIME<\/em> magazine and Statista.<\/p>\n

As part of our ongoing research collaboration, IGS and the Schneider Electric Sustainability Research Institute published a first-of-its-kind study showing that over two million new jobs could be created in the US and Europe during the transition to net-zero buildings. These findings were spotlighted at the 2023 BNEF Summit in London.<\/p>\n

Building Decarbonization<\/h3>\n

And now this partnership is leading high-impact research on the social, political, and economic hurdles to building decarbonization. Our latest project aims to identify key barriers to sustainable building transitions and accelerate progress through comprehensive research, with the goal of driving advancements in policy and industry practices. Energy justice is an integral focus of this four-phase project, which includes a systematic literature review, interviews with key stakeholders, focus groups, and a survey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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News<\/h2>\n
\"Glass<\/a> Two New Studies From Schneider Electric and IGS Reveal 95 Barriers and 50 Risks Slowing Decarbonization in the Building Sector<\/a> (11\/19\/2025)<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Journal Articles<\/h2>\n
\"Trees<\/a> The Barriers and Drivers to Decarbonization of the Building Sector in the United States: Qualitative Insights From Boston and Phoenix<\/a> (11\/29\/2025)<\/span> -<\/span> Building and Environment<\/span><\/div>
\"Glass<\/a> Reviewing the 95 Sociotechnical Barriers to the Decarbonization of Buildings<\/a> (11\/13\/2025)<\/span> -<\/span> Nature Communications<\/span><\/div>
\"Downtown<\/a> Critically Reviewing the 50 Sociotechnical Risks of Building Sector Decarbonization: Conceptualizing Risk as a Proximity Spiral<\/a> (6\/21\/2025)<\/span> -<\/span> Energy and Buildings<\/span><\/div>
\"Air<\/a> Building a Green Future: Examining the Job Creation Potential of Electricity, Heating, and Storage in Low-Carbon Buildings<\/a> (6\/1\/2023)<\/span> -<\/span> The Electricity Journal<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Project Leaders<\/h4>
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