In recent years, architects, builders, and regulators have made great strides toward reducing the impact of operational carbon by focusing on energy-efficient building envelopes and building systems, building electrification, and renewable energy generation. The energy required to demolish an existing building in addition to the energy required to erect a new building in its place often leads to a much larger net energy consumption than renovating or retrofitting an existing building with energy efficient components. It is anticipated that as more operationally efficient buildings are built, embodied carbon could actually surpass operational carbon as the building industry’s largest source of carbon emissions by as soon as 2030.