by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2023 | AIA-CLF Toolkit for Architects, All Resources, CLF Publication
Architects can often make large embodied carbon reductions with cost-neutral measures. A 2021 report from RMI found that case studies had embodied carbon savings of 24–46% at cost premiums of less than 1%. Even greater reductions can be achieved through prioritizing...
by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2023 | AIA-CLF Toolkit for Architects, All Resources, CLF Publication
Measuring embodied carbon is key to evaluating the highest-impact, most cost-effective solutions to reducing embodied carbon on your project. As is often said, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Measuring embodied carbon requires a methodology called life...
by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2023 | AIA-CLF Toolkit for Architects, All Resources, CLF Publication
Embodied carbon emissions are generated by the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of construction materials used in buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. Introduction As building designers, we have already put significant...
by Amanda Brown | Jan 6, 2023 | Feature
By Stefanie BarreraArchitectural Staff at SMR Architects, Seattle, WA The College of Built Environments at the University of Washington offers all 3+year M. Arch students a paid internship at different local firms after completing the first year of the program. As a...
by Amanda Brown | Oct 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, EC Education, Resource Library subpage, Video
Andrew Himes is CLF’s Director of Collective Impact. His 2021 TEDxSeattle talk is an impassioned plea for buildings that help solve climate change instead of contributing to it. With a sense of hope, Andrew asserts that working together to solve the climate...