U.S., Oct. 2 -- Skanska USA has revealed positive results from the use of theEmbodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) was designed in partnership with Autodesk, Arup, the Carbon Leadership Forum, Katerra and Microsoft, among others.

The ground-breaking tool calculates carbon emissions embodied within building materials; democratising data and providing transparency in pursuit of the Paris Climate Accord's aggressive global carbon reduction targets.

The EC3 tool, which was initially conceived by Skanska and developed with C Change Labs, was jointly seed-funded by Skanska and Microsoft - who determined that a collaborative, open-source solution was the optimal path toward maximising the impact of this tool in reducing global carbo...