End-of-Life Modeling and Data in North American Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Tools
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...
2023 CLF North American Material Baselines Report
Carbon Leadership Forum Material Baselines for North America / August 2023 The CLF North American Material Baselines Report provides a snapshot of the state of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for North American-produced building materials. This report...
Parametric Open Data for Life Cycle Assessment
About In the spring of 2022, ARPA-E announced a cohort of material and building design teams for the “Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere” (HESTIA) Program. Each team in the program is working on a project to develop a...
Developing an Embodied Carbon Policy Reduction Calculator
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...