by CLF_NJA_Admin | Apr 14, 2024 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, Data and Tools, LCA, Research Report, Tools & Data
The Carbon Leadership Forum is currently conducting a multi-year project to develop a robust and harmonized database of WBLCA benchmarks. About In 2017, the CLF published the Embodied Carbon Benchmark Study for North American buildings. Since then, the practice of...
by andrew.himes | Mar 30, 2024 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Data and Tools, LCA, Research Report, Resource Library subpage
At the end of their service lives, building materials are either recovered (e.g., reused, recycled, incinerated) or disposed of in landfills. In life cycle assessment (LCA) terms, the environmental impacts due to material recovery or disposal are accounted for within...
by andrew.himes | Sep 8, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, CLF Publication, Policy, Publications, Research Report
A Policy-Focused Roadmap for Reducing Embodied Carbon In this report, the CLF lays out a vision and steps towards an ideal LCA ecosystem optimized for use as a tool for policy and private sector decarbonization action (focusing on the United States and Canada). This...
by andrew.himes | Sep 8, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, Research Report
Effective July 1, 2024, CALGreen has mandatory embodied carbon requirements. The Carbon Leadership Forum is collecting whole building life cycle assessment (WBLCA) results conducted for compliance with CALGreen to inform future policy development. About The California...
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...
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