by | Aug 6, 2024 | Toolkits
The Carbon Leadership Forum develops toolkits to aid practitioners in understanding and reducing embodied carbon in built environments. CLF Embodied Carbon Policy ToolkitCualquier código que coloques aquí...
by | Aug 6, 2024 | Construction, EC Education, Materials, Resource Library subpage, Reuse
International engineering firm Walter P Moore has released a groundbreaking stewardship report entitled Embodied Carbon, A Clearer View of Carbon Emissions. The report focuses on an issue of relevance for all material specifiers, which is the reduction of greenhouse...
by | Aug 6, 2024 | Resource Library subpage, Video
Episode 1 Episode 1 of this 12-part series from the Boston Society of Architects explores how we can turn building materials — a climate challenge — into a climate solution. Speakers: Lori Ferriss, Stephanie Carlisle, Stacy Smedley, Frances Yang. View the Playlist on...
by andrew.himes | Jun 7, 2024 | Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, EC Education, Resource Library
This factsheet aims to provide a high-level overview of embodied carbon — how it is defined, its significance in the global climate crisis, and why it is an important consideration for policymakers. Embodied carbon refers to the greenhouse gas emissions arising from...
by andrew.himes | Jun 6, 2024 | Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, EC Education, Resource Library
This factsheet explains what Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are, how they are created and the pathways to use them in policy. Industrial policies that target the reduction of emissions from construction products, like “Buy Clean” policies, need data to...
by andrew.himes | May 13, 2024 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Case Study, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Resource Library subpage
Analysis of Embodied and Operational Carbon Impacts of 30 Buildings The California Carbon Report is the first in a series of reports to be released as part of the multi-year CLF WBLCA Benchmarking Study (v2). About Actors in the built environment are promoting...