Construction industry "doesn't know where it stands when it comes to carbon emissions"

Buildings equivalent to a city the size of Paris are being built every week – but less than one per cent of them are assessed to determine their carbon footprint, according to a new report.
This is despite the fact that construction accounts for 38 per cent of global emissions.
As a result, the industry "doesn't know where it stands when it comes to carbon emissions," said Arup building engineering director Chris Carroll, who was one of the authors of the report published by the World