by andrew.himes | May 13, 2024 | Todos los recursos, Escrito por CLF, Caso de estudio, Investigación destacada de CLF, Publicación CLF, Subpágina de la biblioteca de recursos
Analysis of Embodied and Operational Carbon Impacts of 30 Buildings The California Carbon Report is the first in a series of reports to be released as part of the multi-year CLF WBLCA Benchmarking Study (v2). About Actors in the built environment are promoting...
by andrew.himes | May 12, 2024 | Todos los recursos, Escrito por CLF, Investigación destacada de CLF, Data and Tools, ACV, Informe de investigación, Herramientas y datos
The Carbon Leadership Forum is currently conducting a multi-year project to develop a robust and harmonized database of WBLCA benchmarks. The first CLF Benchmarking Study (v2) report is now available. Please visit the California Carbon Report webpage for more...
by andrew.himes | Mar 30, 2024 | Todos los recursos, Escrito por CLF, Investigación destacada de CLF, Publicación CLF, Data and Tools, ACV, Informe de investigación, Subpágina de la biblioteca de recursos
At the end of their service lives, building materials are either recovered (e.g., reused, recycled, incinerated) or disposed of in landfills. In life cycle assessment (LCA) terms, the environmental impacts due to material recovery or disposal are accounted for within...
by andrew.himes | Mar 9, 2024 | Todos los recursos, Escrito por CLF, Caso de estudio, Investigación destacada de CLF, Recursos de la polÃtica CLF, Publicación CLF, PolÃtica, Subpágina de la biblioteca de recursos
Policies that address embodied carbon are being proposed and adopted at all levels of government- federal, state and local- at a rapidly accelerating pace. This report highlights nine policies in the Northeast region of the United States and Canada as examples of...
by andrew.himes | Feb 15, 2024 | Todos los recursos, Escrito por CLF, Publicación CLF, CLF Roadway Infrastructure Toolkit, Infrastructure
Roadway infrastructure results in significant greenhouse gas emissions released due to the extraction and manufacturing of materials and all other process necessary to build and maintain it – also known as embodied carbon. Once identified and quantified,...
by andrew.himes | Feb 15, 2024 | Todos los recursos, Escrito por CLF, Publicación CLF, CLF Roadway Infrastructure Toolkit, Infrastructure
Embodied carbon accounting is critical to identify key contributors to embodied carbon, evaluate the highest-impact, most cost-effective reduction opportunities, and track progress toward a net-zero carbon future. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the agreed-upon method...