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Announcing this year's annual 2030 By the Numbers (RY22), culminating data from over 23,000 projects and over 3.8 billion gross square feet. Dive into the full report to learn about the progress and trends made in renewable energy, embodied carbon, building electrification, and energy modeling data! Read now >

• Upon this year's release of the 2030 By the Numbers (RY22), join us for a free AIAU webinar on October 31st, 2pm ET for a conversation on the high-level findings from the report, including where we are succeeding as an industry and where we can still improve based on the reported data. Register now >
• Report highlights:
  • 428 companies reported their project energy data, culminating in 23,276 projects totaling over 3.8 billion GSF
  • Energy modeling saw a steady decrease over the past three years, down almost 15% from 2020, signaling the need for architects to continue to advocate to their clients the importance of energy modeling for high-performing design.
  • 124 firms reported 3,818 projects with embodied carbon data, three times the number of projects from an additional 50 new firms, since 2021.
  • 917 projects, reported by 226 firms, were designed to meet the 80% pEUI reduction target, totaling 4% of total reported GSF
  • 346 net zero projects were reported by 135 firms