Qflow: Decarbonizing Construction with a Photograph

by andrew.himes | May 1, 2024 | Embodied Carbon Spotlight

Enabling Contractors to Play a Leading Role in Reducing Embodied Carbon Article by Brittany Harris, Qualis Flow Co-founder and CEO | Non-executive Director of the Environment Agency | Enterprise Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering We can optimize our design to...

HVAC Revolution: Phononic Transforms Refrigeration with TTAP Installation

by andrew.himes | Mar 30, 2024 | Embodied Carbon Spotlight

Phononic Introduces a Truly Sustainable TTAP (Terminal Treatment of Air with Peltier) Installation Article by Tony Atti, Phononic Co-founder and CEO Project Drawdown (Refrigerant Management | Project Drawdown) notes that preventing 100% of refrigerant leaks over the...

Regeneration Field Institute: Building Resilience

by andrew.himes | Jan 29, 2024 | Embodied Carbon Spotlight

A Journey in Bamboo Construction and Community Regeneration Article by Beth Huggins and Cristina Valdivieso As members of the Regeneration Field Institute (RFI), we have witnessed firsthand how innovative approaches to building and agriculture can transform...

Tangible: Embodied Carbon and the Next Era of Building Codes

by andrew.himes | Sep 29, 2023 | Embodied Carbon Spotlight

Tangible helps track, manage, and report on embodied carbon throughout the development process. Article by Emily Flynn, Founding Researcher at TangibleIllustrations by Farah Assir, Designer at Tangible Over the past few decades, building performance in North America...

SERA: Integrating Carbon Analysis into Design

by andrew.himes | Aug 30, 2023 | Embodied Carbon Spotlight

by Beth Lavelle, Senior Associate, and Lindsey Kahler, Architectural/Sustainability Designer  SERA Architects has a long history of integrating performance analysis into our design work, including conceptual energy modeling, daylighting and solar analysis, as well as...

Sellen: Sustainable at Our Core

by andrew.himes | Aug 6, 2023 | Embodied Carbon Spotlight

Pushing the Boundaries, Leaving a Legacy by Erin Kirkpatrick and Angi Rivera Sellen first targeted embodied carbon in 2013 on the Helen Sommers Building, a design-build project with ZGF Architects for the State of Washington. The 234,000-square-foot, five-story office...