Advancing the LCA Ecosystem | September 2023

by andrew.himes | Sep 8, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, Policy, Publications, Research Report

A Policy-Focused Roadmap for Reducing Embodied Carbon In this report, the CLF lays out a vision and steps towards an ideal LCA ecosystem optimized for use as a tool for policy and private sector decarbonization action (focusing on the United States and Canada). This...

Buy Clean California Limits | February 2022

by | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Resources, Policy, Publications

A Proposed Methodology for Assigning Industry-Average GWP Values for Steel, Mineral Wool, and Flat Glass in California Calculating industry-average values using EPDs, as required by Buy Clean California Act (BCCA), is challenging: the quality and quantity of data...

Developing an Embodied Carbon Policy Reduction Calculator

by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Publications, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, LCA Data & Tools, Policy, Publications, Research Report

The Developing an Embodied Carbon Policy Reduction Calculator report summarizes findings from the development of a proof-of-concept calculator and pilot study focused on estimating the carbon savings potentials of city-wide embodied carbon policies. About A growing...

Urban Embodied Carbon Reduction Checklist

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Publications, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, Policy, Publications, Research Report

Design and construction teams have a growing number of strategies and tools to choose from to reduce embodied carbon on their projects. This template provides a checklist for project teams to use and adapt to make it easier for teams to systematically discuss if they...

Climate Emergency Design Guide – London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI)

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Publications

We are in a climate emergency, and urgently need to reduce carbon emissions, this guide outlines the requirements of new buildings to ensure our climate change targets are met – setting out a definitive journey, beyond climate emergency declarations, into a net...

Low Carbon Concrete Sidewalk Pilot – 2020

by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Case Study, Construction, Materials, Policy, Publications

Case Study This case study provides information on the City of Portland’s first round of low-carbon concrete pilot projects, featuring sidewalk ramps within the City’s Bureau of Transportation. The goal of the pilot project was to understand how the mixes...