Architects Declare Hosts Workshop on Embodied Carbon

A newly published report on the cross-laminated timber supply chain demonstrates the material's sustainable credentials as it becomes more...

When University of Washington faculty members Dan Schwartz and Kate Simonen face off in a KUOW debate this week, they will assume opposing sides on...

It’s no secret that the construction industry is one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse-gas emissions. The numbers are staggering: Embodied...

Science Friday host Ira Flatow interviews CLF's Kate Simonen, plus Martin Pei, Chief Technology Officer of European steel company SSAB, and Jeremy...

Proposed legislation in New York attacks a leading source of emissions that rarely gets noticed. by Reena Shah By the time today’s preschoolers hit...

Figuratively and literally, engineers have taken a seat at the table to discuss climate change. At the United Nation’s climate talks in Madrid,...

Meeting the urgent need for climate action, with decarbonization strategies for materials, design, practice, and policy. Architecture must quickly...

It has been a banner year for Kate Simonen and her burgeoning band of embodied carbon busters, bent on reducing the negative environmental impacts...

Building materials capable of reducing upfront carbon to zero are available, code-compliant, and affordable, study shows by Scott Gibson Building...

“A Frankenstein material” is teeming with — and ultimately made by — photosynthetic microbes. And it can reproduce. by Amos Zeeberg For centuries,...

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has launched Beacon, an innovative embodied carbon measurement tool poised to change the way...

And no amount of data or complex modeling will rectify the building industry’s staggering impact on the environment. Design culture itself needs to...

The third-annual Carbon Friendly Forestry Conference brought together diverse thinkers – policy makers, academics, conservationists, tribes, forest...

Collaboration will help building professionals make smarter procurement decisions that drive climate action, while making it easier and less...

Climate change is an urgent issue that demands global action. For the building sector, this action is especially needed, as buildings emit 40...

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has released results from its multi-year, project-based embodied carbon measurement study,...

HOUSTON, November 14, 2019 – BASF is pleased to announce the company’s role as a pilot partner for the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator...

The Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (“EC3”) tool delivers the first digitized EPDs for construction materials in a free platform designed...

by Kimberly Seigel, Research Knowledge Manager Our industry has long known the impacts of embodied carbon in construction but has wrestled with how...

There was no formal agenda on Feb. 12, 2018, when Bruce King and William Kelley met for lunch at the Lotus Cafe in San Rafael, Calif. But building...

World Resources Institute by Renilde Becqué, Debbie Weyl, Emma Stewart, Eric Mackres, Luting Jin and Xufei Shen World Resources Institute Buildings...

Long-time consumer brands operations and marketing specialist Jay Gould readily admits he has not always been one to innovate through the lens of...

As the world builds the equivalent of an entire New York City every month, reducing the carbon emissions of materials is imperative. Between now and...

Webcor is excited to announce its partnership with the Carbon Leadership Forum and fellow industry leaders to support the development of the...

LinkedIn post by Elizabeth Heider, Chief Sustainability Officer at Skanska USA Inc. Today marks the start of Climate Week NYC. On this day, or any...

Partnership focuses on development of digital EPDs to meet the EC3 tool requirements while also ensuring conformance with emerging global standards....

The Port of Seattle, along with a growing number of government and industry leaders, recognize that the materials used in constructing our buildings...

With the support of more than 80 organisations, the World Green Building Council’s report describes actions to revolutionise the buildings and...

Press Release The Carbon Leadership Forum, in partnership with more than 30 industry leaders, announces breakthrough tool to easily evaluate carbon...

Press release Ground-breaking tool calculates carbon emissions embodied within building materials—democratizing data and providing transparency in...

On Feb. 22, 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued Version 2.0 of the Concrete Product Category Rule (PCR), updating Version 1.1...

CLF Director Kate Simonen recently joined Nori to participate in the organization's ongoing podcast series "Reversing Climate Change." Committed to...