RMI Concrete Solutions Guide

by | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Construction, Materials, Structural

The RMI Concrete Solutions Guide released in August 2021 provides a user-friendly overview of proven and scalable solutions to reduce concrete’s contribution to climate change. The guide highlights six key opportunities to reduce embodied carbon in concrete products...

Lifecycle GHG Impacts in Building Codes

by | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Buildings, Materials, Policy

New Building Institute Report (January 2022) Embodied emissions have been largely ignored until recently by regulators, manufacturers, architects, engineers and builders, but that is fast changing for obvious good reason: they constitute a big part of the climate...

Transformative Materials

by | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Biogenic Carbon, CLF Featured Publications, CLF Featured Research, Facades, Materials, Research Report

Accelerating an Ecosystem | October 2021 The potential for meaningful climate impact through materials that serve as carbon sinks now gives such materials a clear advantage, with the potential to reverse the climate profile of buildings from a leading driver of carbon...

Carbon-Storing Materials

by | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Biogenic Carbon, CLF Featured Publications, CLF Featured Research, Materials, Research Report, Wood

Summary Report | February 2021 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees C will require removing carbon from the atmosphere in addition to reducing emissions.” Authors The research team from the Carbon Leadership Forum at...

LCA and Timber Optimization

by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, LCA Data & Tools, Materials, Research Report, Wood

Research Purpose: Explore how mass timber buildings can be optimized for material efficiency, and support a regionally-specific LCA case study of an office building in the Pacific Northwest. Report published: February, 2018 About Transitioning construction of low to...

Climate Smart Forestry

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Biogenic Carbon, Materials, Wood

What is Climate Smart Forestry? A collection of strategies and management actions that increase the carbon storage benefits from forests and the forest sector, in a way that also supports ecosystem services and cultural values. It 1) reduces carbon emissions, 2)...