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End-of-Life Modeling and Data in North American Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Tools

End-of-Life Modeling and Data in North American Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Tools

by | Mar 30, 2024 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Data and Tools, LCA, Research Report, Resource Library subpage

At the end of their service lives, building materials are either recovered (e.g., reused, recycled, incinerated) or disposed of in landfills. In life cycle assessment (LCA) terms, the environmental impacts due to material recovery or disposal are accounted for within...
Northeast U.S. & Canada Embodied Carbon Policy Case Studies

Northeast U.S. & Canada Embodied Carbon Policy Case Studies

by | Mar 9, 2024 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Case Study, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, CLF Publication, Policy, Resource Library subpage

Policies that address embodied carbon are being proposed and adopted at all levels of government- federal, state and local- at a rapidly accelerating pace. This report highlights nine policies in the Northeast region of the United States and Canada as examples of...
Pacific Coast Collaborative Embodied Carbon Policy Case Studies

Pacific Coast Collaborative Embodied Carbon Policy Case Studies

by | Feb 27, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Case Study, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, CLF Publication, Policy, Resource Library subpage

This document highlights ten case studies of policies driving lower carbon construction across the Pacific Coast. Each case explores the development process, challenges faced, and lessons learned through the policy process. Information was gathered from interviews...
Climate Smart Buildings

Climate Smart Buildings

by | May 18, 2022 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage

ThinkWood Report: Embodied Carbon in Climate Smart Buildings (February 2021) What is it? Embodied carbon for building materials is a measure of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with one or more life cycle stages. Total embodied carbon is attributed to the...