Climate-First Construction: Investing in Carbon, Codes, Circularity and Sustainability – Venture West 2026

From low-carbon materials and high-performance structural systems to retrofit platforms and circular solutions, climate is no longer a side theme—it is reshaping how assets are designed, upgraded, and financed across the built environment. This panel of experts spanning investors, founders, and corporate innovators focused on technologies that cut embodied carbon, improve operational efficiency, and deliver better structural and occupant performance while still meeting increasingly stringent safety and code requirements.