by andrew.himes | Apr 18, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Data and Tools, Materials, Research Report, Tools & Data
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...
by andrew.himes | Apr 17, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Materials, Research Report
Washington State Department of Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Project / April 2023 A growing number of federal and state-level policies have started requiring embodied carbon reporting from roadway construction projects. However, few have inventories and/or...
by andrew.himes | Apr 13, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, Data and Tools, Research Report
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...
by Andrew Himes | Mar 1, 2023 | All Resources, Feature, Policy
In 2022, an unprecedented number of policies were introduced and passed addressing embodied carbon reductions in the building and infrastructure sector. We have continued to see interest in this topic increase at all levels of government as well as in the design...
by Andrew Himes | 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...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Aug 19, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Publication, Data and Tools, Resource Library subpage, Tools & Data
This list provides a quick overview of available tools for architects, engineers, and consultants to evaluate the environmental impacts of buildings and building materials using life cycle assessment. This is a non-exhaustive list that does not include many tools the...