by stephanie | 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 CLF_NJA_Admin | Jun 15, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Publications, CLF Policy Primer, CLF Policy Resources, CLF Publication, Policy, Video
Policymakers are taking the lead from building industry practices, tools, and projects to begin implementing a variety of policies to reduce embodied carbon on government-funded and private sector projects. The CLF Regional Hubs are uniquely positioned to act as local...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Policy, Resource Library subpage
ACEEE White Paper (December 2021) Authors Nora Esram and Ming Hu screened over 5,000 published articles, and reviewed 44 articles in extensive detail to identify the current state of knowledge for existing methods, databases, and tools on embodied carbon in buildings....
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Materials, Policy, Resource Library subpage
Global Efficiency Intelligence Report (September 2021) The United States spends billions of dollars each year on government procurement. In 2018, the United States spent $110 billion in federal non-defense investments in physical capital that among other things,...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Materials, Policy, Resource Library subpage
Climate Works Foundation Report (December 2020) The material economy is how we provide all the physical stuff we need and want—houses, utility lines, roads and railroads, cars and trucks, consumer products—through manufacturing, construction, mining, and waste...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Buildings, Materials, Policy, Resource Library subpage
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...