Plant Prefab pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 2028

2019-09-27T18:00:00-04:00

Plant Prefab, a building manufacturing backed by Amazon, has announced a plan to achieve "net carbon neutral" operations by the year 2028.

According to a Medium post announcing the move, since 2006, the company has steadily worked to increase its "comprehensive and continuous effort to employ and improve materials and processes that are energy, water, and materially resource-efficient and that are safe for humans and the environment."

The plan comes as investor Amazon issues its own carbon neutrality pledge with the aim of achieving "net zero carbon by 2040 and 100% renewable energy by 2030," according to a press release.

The company's mostly-single-family home product lines already make use of an array of sustainable practices. Image courtesy of Plant Prefab.

Describing Plant Prefab's ambitions, founder and CEO Steve Glenn writes, “Our promise is a commitment to being carbon neutral by 2028, which we’ll achieve by our continued efforts to implement industry-leading sustainabilit...

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Plant Prefab pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 2028

Digital manufacturing revolution still held back by outdated equipment