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...
Andrew Himes is CLF’s Director of Collective Impact. His 2021 TEDxSeattle talk is an impassioned plea for buildings that help solve climate change instead of contributing to it. With a sense of hope, Andrew asserts that working together to solve the climate...
This video explains upfront embodied carbon emissions from buildings, and shows how material selection can make the difference between a building with a huge carbon footprint, or a building that is actually a net carbon sink. View the video on...
This March 2020 Conference showcased the most effective building materials, construction methods, design tools, architecture and planning strategies, practices and policies for dramatically and rapidly reducing the embodied and operational carbon emissions to meet the...
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...
This playlist from CLF’s Youtube channel is a compilation of presentations from the 2018 Carbon Smart Building Day conference hosted by CLF, and affiliated with the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. View the playlist on Youtube Tip for using...