Architecture 2030:

 

• The total US building stock equals approximately 300 billion square feet.
  
• In the US every year, we tear down approximately 1.75 billion square feet of buildings.
  
• Every year, we renovate approximately 5 billion square feet.
  
  
• Every year, we build new approximately 5 billion square feet.

Herein lies the hope. By the year 2035, approximately three-quarters (75%) of the built environment will be either new or renovated. This transformation over the next 30 years represents a historic opportunity for the architecture and building community to avoid dangerous climate change.