by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 26, 2021 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural
To meet global emissions targets and curb the negative effects of climate change, ambitious sustainability goals must be set and exceeded in the design of the buildings we create. Given the large carbon footprint of the built environment, a unified approach to the...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 20, 2021 | All Resources, Owner
Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies for Optimizing Projects, Systems, and Procurement Businesses that take a leading role in committing to truly net-zero goals that include embodied carbon will avoid regulatory and reputational risks and lead the world in setting...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 16, 2021 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural, Tools & Data
Want to quickly find the embodied carbon order of magnitude of your project or framing scheme? Use this very simple estimator below that we call ECOM. ECOM stands for (E)mbodied (C)arbon (O)rder of (M)agnitude and is a basic embodied carbon estimator. ECOM allows...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 16, 2021 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural
Jenny Pattison discusses the typical considerations that structural engineers face when seeking to add floors to an existing building, and the sustainability outcomes of potential solutions. Introduction Vertical extensions to existing buildings are often proposed to...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 16, 2021 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural
Will Hawkins, Angus Peters and Tim Mander argue for designers to challenge overspecification and grasp the opportunity that reduced floor loads offer for low-carbon structural design. To align with climate targets, we must reduce the embodied carbon of building...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 16, 2021 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural
Influence the Brief Tim Chapman and Ian Firth highlight the carbon differences between civil structures and buildings projects, and propose that engineers work with their clients to target low-carbon outcomes, rather than just low-carbon structures. In carbon strategy...