As a reminder, OMS has a new feature on its website called Ask OMS.  The purpose of Ask OMS is for you to post your questions related to architecture, and then we’ll provide the answers.  One question, we’ve been asked in the past is “What is the meaning of carbon footprint?”  It’s a term you’ve probably heard before, and its definition is included below:

Definition:  The amount of greenhouse (specifically carbon dioxide) emitted by something (as a person’s activities or a building or a product’s manufacture and transport) during a given period.

Definition Source:  United States Green Building Council