Buildings create a whopping one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions—that’s about 10 times more than air traffic worldwide. In Europe alone, about 190 million square meters of housing space are built each year, mainly in the cities, and the amount is growing quickly at the rate of nearly 1% a year.
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Source: Phys.org