by andrew.himes | Jun 4, 2024 | Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Resource Library
This factsheet includes an overview and key elements of Buy Clean procurement policy, its impact in reducing embodied carbon, and provides a snapshot of the status of Buy Clean policies in the U.S. Buy Clean is a procurement policy approach incorporating low-carbon...
by andrew.himes | Jun 3, 2024 | Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Resource Library
This factsheet provides an overview of how performance-based building policy requirements can help address embodied carbon, why they should be a policy priority, and examples of existing policy paths. Building-scale embodied carbon performance requirements fill a...
by andrew.himes | Jun 2, 2024 | Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Resource Library
This factsheet provides a high-level overview of building codes, explains the ways in which code can address embodied carbon and provides a number of case studies. Building codes are a comprehensive set of interconnected regulations that are designed to govern new...
by andrew.himes | Jun 1, 2024 | Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Resource Library
This factsheet provides an overview of reuse concepts and how government policies and programs can contribute to a circular building and material reuse ecosystem. Reusing buildings and materials reduces embodied carbon and waste, while promotingenvironmental and human...
by andrew.himes | May 13, 2024 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Case Study, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Resource Library subpage
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...