Our Partners & Supporters

Building Transparency works with a global community of organizations to advance transparency and reduce embodied carbon across the built environment.

These relationships take different forms – philanthropic support, technical and implementation services, and mission-aligned collaboration – each playing a distinct role in sustaining EC3 as a trusted public resource. Learn more about what it takes to maintain EC3.

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Charitable Supporters

Why philanthropic support matters

 

Unrestricted charitable contributions enable Building Transparency to steward EC3 as global public infrastructure – maintaining open access, improving data quality, expanding global EPD coverage, and responding quickly to emerging standards, policy, and market needs.

This flexible support is essential to ensuring EC3 remains neutral, trusted, and freely accessible to the global building community.

Organizations are encouraged to contribute at a level reflective of their size, capacity, and level of engagement with Building Transparency’s data, tools, and programs.

Transparency Heroes ($200,000+)

Catalytic supporters providing leadership-level philanthropic investment in BT’s long-term sustainability and global impact.

Transparency Champions ($100,000+)

Organizations providing reliable annual support for BT operations, data stewardship, and ecosystem engagement.

Transparency Supporters ($25,000+)

Supporters strengthening EC3 as a free, open-access public-good platform through investment in data quality, standards alignment, and user-centered development.

Transparency Contributors (less than $25K)

Provide philanthropic support to maintain BT’s tools and data as open-access resources in a manner reflective of their organizational size and capacity.

We are also grateful to supporters who wish to remain anonymous.

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Implementation & Technology Partners

Building Transparency also partners with organizations working to decarbonize the built environment through:

  • Product category development
  • Enterprise EC3 instances
  • EC3 / Software Integrations
  • API licensing
  • Training and education services
  • Other fee-for-service partnerships

We are grateful for these organizations partnering with us to advance our mission.

 

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EPD Ecosystem Collaborators

EC3 is strengthened through collaboration with a broad ecosystem of:

  • Standards bodies
  • EPD Program Operators
  • Academic and research institutions
  • Nonprofit and civil society organizations
  • Public agencies and policy partners

These collaborators contribute expertise and shared learning to advance embodied carbon transparency globally.

Collaboration does not imply endorsement, preferential treatment, or a commercial relationship.

Transparency & Integrity

Building Transparency is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to:

  • Open, non-exclusive access to data and tools
  • Neutral stewardship of embodied carbon data
  • Clear separation between charitable contributions and fee-for-service activities

Charitable supporters, implementation partners, and collaborators are acknowledged in ways consistent with IRS guidance and nonprofit best practices.